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← THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$48,647,779
Total expenses
$47,672,702
Contributions and grants received
$1,591,504
Grants paid
$7,089,560
Program service revenue
$45,990,964
Investment income
$349,540
Other revenue
$715,771
Total assets, end of year
$86,279,646
Total liabilities, end of year
$53,728,099
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,551,547
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$34,673,211
Management and general expenses
$11,631,327
Fundraising expenses
$1,368,164
Program service expenses (Part III)
$34,673,211

Program services were 72.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $440,292

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,151,212

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $44,634,946 · related or exempt $44,634,946

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT PROGRAMS

    total $836,734 · related or exempt $836,734

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

    total $519,284 · related or exempt $519,284

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $734,810 · excluded $734,810

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $385,270

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$385,270

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$385,270 · excluded -$385,270

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $99,117

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $68,872

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $30,245 · excluded $30,245

  • 11a · Other revenue: VARIOUS STUDENT REVENU

    total $474,873 · related or exempt $474,873

  • 11b · Other revenue: CHARGEBACK OF LOAN STA

    total $184,411 · related or exempt $184,411

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $26,242 · related or exempt $26,242

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $685,526

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $7,089,560 · program services $7,089,560

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,774,380 · program services $564,616 · management and general $1,209,764

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,188,903 · program services $12,562,716 · management and general $1,179,003 · fundraising $447,184

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $121,822 · program services $121,822

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $390,171 · program services $320,540 · management and general $57,741 · fundraising $11,890

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,212,741 · program services $5,938,292 · management and general $1,083,582 · fundraising $190,867

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $293,771 · program services $16,427 · management and general $277,344

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $212,237 · management and general $212,237

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,917,262 · program services $265,686 · management and general $1,425,972 · fundraising $225,604

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $401,914 · program services $238,948 · management and general $3,271 · fundraising $159,695

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,477,781 · program services $455,669 · management and general $916,776 · fundraising $105,336

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $778,798 · program services $468,943 · management and general $307,884 · fundraising $1,971

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $31 · fundraising $31

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,925,086 · program services $176,242 · management and general $3,746,178 · fundraising $2,666

  • 17 · Travel

    total $783,315 · program services $571,308 · management and general $131,740 · fundraising $80,267

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $756,293 · program services $502,776 · management and general $140,497 · fundraising $113,020

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,475,887 · program services $4,030,039 · management and general $445,848

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $167,695 · program services $1,061 · management and general $166,634

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $511,773 · program services $511,773

  • 24b · Other expenses: LOCAL TAXES

    total $472,370 · program services $129,624 · management and general $317,296 · fundraising $25,450

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOK SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $118,490 · program services $113,616 · management and general $2,803 · fundraising $2,071

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS EXP.

    total $76,448 · program services $45,906 · management and general $28,430 · fundraising $2,112

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $525,974 · program services $547,647 · management and general -$21,673

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,682,956 · end of year $9,619,625

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $19,624,123 · end of year $21,494,340

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $470,085 · end of year $534,253

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $55,496 · end of year $43,465

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,409,159 · end of year $1,349,880

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $65,165,513

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $22,385,437

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $45,944,915 · end of year $42,780,076

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,099,242 · end of year $10,458,007

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,345,576 · end of year $9,375,832

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,223,343 · end of year $14,552,269

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $16,236,350 · end of year $14,413,973

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,956,763 · end of year $15,386,025

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,103,796 · end of year $26,696,378

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,420,148 · end of year $5,855,169

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE AMERICAN UNVERSITY OF PARIS, INC. (AUP) IS A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREES, MIDDLE STATES ACCREDITED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS, INC. ("AUP") IS A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DEGREES, SPECIFICALLY BACHELOR OF ARTS, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND MASTER'S DEGREES, THAT ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND ACCREDITED BY MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION.

  • PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION TO STUDENTS SEEKING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE (BA & BS). THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IS 1,139 IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2024. AUP PROVIDES HOUSING TO STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR THE 1ST YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY THROUGH ITS WHOLLY OWNED ENTITY, SAS AUP HOUSING, WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN JULY 2021 TO MANAGE THE STUDENT HOUSING ACTIVITY IN FRANCE.

    Expenses $31,443,302 · Grants $6,088,797 · Revenue $40,977,553

  • PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION TO STUDENTS SEEKING A MASTER'S DEGREE (MA & MS). THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IS 117 IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2024.

    Expenses $3,229,909 · Grants $1,000,763 · Revenue $3,657,393

  • OTHER AUXILIARY SERVICES AND STUDENT PROGRAMS

    Revenue $2,041,544

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Asthalter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.75 + 0.25 related
  • Martin Avidan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related
  • Euan Baird

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75 + 0.25 related
  • Elizabeth Ballantine

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75 + 0.25 related
  • Andrew Batinovich

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Garth Bray

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Elliott Burdette

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75 + 0.25 related
  • Melanie Cissone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related
  • Beatrice Cointreau

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL NOV. 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related
  • Margaret Conklin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.75 + 0.25 related
  • Sandra Craig

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Krystian Czerniecki

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.25 + 0.25 related
  • Christina De Labouchere

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.25 related
  • Raymond Henze III

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL MAY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75 + 0.25 related
  • Lee Huebner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related
  • Giles Kemp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75 + 0.25 related
  • Silver Miller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 0.25 related
  • Jane Ross

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Jacqueline Routier

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Carol Sutton Lewis

    TRUSTEE (FROM FEB. 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.4 + 0.65 related
  • Philippe Tartavull

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Doris Joan Daughney

    CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14.75 + 0.25 related
  • Achim Kluber

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.75 + 0.25 related
  • John Klein

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.75 + 0.25 related
  • Barbara Reno

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.75 + 0.25 related
  • Sonya Stephens

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related
  • Valerie Fode

    EVP FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related
  • Marc Montheard Vp Security

    OPERATIONS & STUDENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related
  • Tim Rogers

    VP & DIR. OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related
  • Robert Johnson

    VP IT (UNTIL MARCH 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related
  • Hannah Westley Dean Of

    ACADEMIC AFFAIRS (FROM AUG. 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related
  • Jean-Charles Khlaut

    DIR. OF ACCOUNTING AND CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kilian Ordelheide

    DIR. OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Waddick Doyle

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Daniel Gunn

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stephen Sawyer

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Celeste Schenck

    PRESIDENT (UNTIL JUNE 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • William Fisher Dean Of

    ACADEMIC AFFAIRS (UNTIL JULY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINES 1A AND 5A, AND PART II:
THE UNIVERSITY HAS NOT PROVIDED DETAILS ON COMPENSATION, ON HOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE, AND ON INCENTIVES DUE TO FRENCH PRIVACY LAW CONCERNS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • SCI SEGUIN UNIVERSITIES

    RELATED · REAL ESTATE · FR · 99.9% owned

    Directly controlled by AUP INC

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • AUP HOUSING

    C · STUDENT LODGING · FR · 100% owned · share of income $7,807,628 · share of assets $6,267,399 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511639349301731

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