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← MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$38,601,400
Total expenses
$36,010,399
Contributions and grants received
$4,798,442
Grants paid
$7,671,324
Program service revenue
$33,090,442
Investment income
$673,649
Other revenue
$38,867
Total assets, end of year
$45,366,417
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,801,088
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$41,565,329
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,682,707
Management and general expenses
$7,842,861
Fundraising expenses
$484,831
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,682,707

Program services were 76.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $25,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $778,394

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,995,048

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,201,450

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $30,108,526 · related or exempt $30,108,526

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY SERVICES

    total $2,981,916 · related or exempt $2,981,916

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $647,311 · excluded $647,311

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $30,475 · excluded $30,475

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $39,633

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $39,633 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $39,633 · excluded $39,633

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,309,332 · other assets $26,338

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

    securities $10,309,332

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $26,338

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $26,338 · excluded $26,338

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,050

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $25,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,050

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$25,000 · excluded -$25,000

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $220

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,461

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$6,241 · related or exempt -$6,241

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,671,324 · program services $7,671,324

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $431,494 · program services $305,381 · management and general $118,771 · fundraising $7,342

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $12,784,056 · program services $9,051,112 · management and general $3,515,616 · fundraising $217,328

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $413,542 · program services $292,788 · management and general $113,724 · fundraising $7,030

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $776,769 · program services $549,953 · management and general $213,611 · fundraising $13,205

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $915,015 · program services $647,831 · management and general $251,629 · fundraising $15,555

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $22,443 · program services $15,889 · management and general $6,172 · fundraising $382

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $108,938 · program services $77,128 · management and general $29,958 · fundraising $1,852

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $81,500 · program services $57,701 · management and general $22,413 · fundraising $1,386

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,213,885 · program services $1,567,431 · management and general $608,818 · fundraising $37,636

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,138,629 · program services $1,514,150 · management and general $588,122 · fundraising $36,357

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $293,083 · program services $207,503 · management and general $80,598 · fundraising $4,982

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,186,225 · program services $839,847 · management and general $326,212 · fundraising $20,166

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,265,906 · program services $896,262 · management and general $348,124 · fundraising $21,520

  • 17 · Travel

    total $609,549 · program services $431,561 · management and general $167,626 · fundraising $10,362

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,073 · program services $5,716 · management and general $2,220 · fundraising $137

  • 20 · Interest

    total $122,872 · program services $86,993 · management and general $33,790 · fundraising $2,089

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,073,639 · program services $1,468,137 · management and general $570,251 · fundraising $35,251

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $346,872 · program services $245,585 · management and general $95,390 · fundraising $5,897

  • 24a · Other expenses: AUXILIARY SUPPORT

    total $1,216,114 · program services $808,442 · management and general $383,938 · fundraising $23,734

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $858,283 · program services $607,664 · management and general $236,028 · fundraising $14,591

  • 24c · Other expenses: FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

    total $276,001 · program services $195,409 · management and general $75,900 · fundraising $4,692

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank Service and Credit Fees

    total $112,411 · program services $79,587 · management and general $30,913 · fundraising $1,911

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $83,776 · program services $59,313 · management and general $23,037 · fundraising $1,426

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,442,362 · end of year $4,506,725

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,665,719 · end of year $5,482,466

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,833,758 · end of year $1,993,932

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $385 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $37,932 · end of year $33,566

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $552,254 · end of year $574,316

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

    $39,550,000

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

    $14,453,838

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,478,614 · end of year $25,096,162

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,118,313 · end of year $7,484,470

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $168,136 · end of year $131,638

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $22,421 · end of year $22,421

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $79,366 · end of year $40,721

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,086,470 · end of year $1,366,515

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,465,414 · end of year $2,389,666

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $62,406 · end of year $44,907

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,344,364 · end of year $35,707,488

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,440,606 · end of year $5,857,841

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY PREPARES STUDENTS THROUGH A WESLEYAN PERSPECTIVE TO CREATE, COLLABORATE, AND INNOVATE TO SOLVE LOCAL AND GLOBAL PROBLEMS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST AND THE GOOD OF SOCIETY.

  • INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING AND SERVING WITH BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS THE UNIVERSITY EXISTS TO EQUIP STUDENTS TO GROW SPIRITUALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY. The University has experienced enrollment growth and has received support and approval to implement a Nursing program.

    Expenses $27,682,707 · Grants $7,671,324 · Revenue $33,084,201

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Randall Spence

    BOARD CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Todd Braschler

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steven Goo

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amy Alden

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Clark Jolley

    TRUSTEE / ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $600
    From this org
    $600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David McCutcheon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Derrol Dawkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Eric Anthony Joseph

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Jessica Rimmer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Lisa Leeper

    TRUSTEE / ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    From this org
    $3,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Sean O'Brien

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Justin Koch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Andrew Rehbein

    TRUSTEE / ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Brian Marlett

    TRUSTEE/ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,000
    From this org
    $11,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Crystal Colp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Dr Richard Mansfield

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Eli Pagel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Jeff Stewart

    TRUSTT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Jim Clark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Larry Speelman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Sarah Zaske

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Thom Pratt

    TRUSTEE / ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Todd Watson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ron Whitton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rosanna Lucerotorrez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Scott Duncan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Scott Staton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve Cottom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve Foskin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stuart Graham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dean Meadows

    VP / CFO

    Total calculated
    $133,358
    From this org
    $121,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,428
    Hours/week
    50
  • Dr Phil Greenwald

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $298,537
    From this org
    $202,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $95,791
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,246
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,286
    Nontaxable benefits
    $69,505
    Filer's total
    $298,537
  • Dr Bobbie Spurgeon-Harris

    EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $160,217
    From this org
    $139,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,340
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,170
    Bonus
    $2,707
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,894
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,446
    Filer's total
    $160,217
  • Dr Dan Fisher

    VP ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $123,311
    From this org
    $111,844
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,467
    Hours/week
    50
  • Dr Sharon Lease

    VP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $133,258
    From this org
    $126,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,058
    Hours/week
    50
  • Jennifer Randall

    ASST VP ENROLLMENT

    Total calculated
    $120,073
    From this org
    $104,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,660
    Hours/week
    50
  • Jody Allen

    COO / CIO

    Total calculated
    $146,098
    From this org
    $111,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,098
    Hours/week
    50

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
Year-end bonus for the individuals listed were gross-up and the bonus was included as taxable wages to the employees. Dr. Bobbie Spurgeon-Harris: $2,707 Jody Allen $2,707 Dean Meadows $2,166 Dr. Sharon Lease $2,166 Dr. Dan Fisher $1,624 Jennifer Randall $1,624
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
PHIL GREENWALD: $48,0000 HOUSING ALLOWANCE NON-TAXABLE UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 107 [MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL]. THIS IS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (D).
Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
MERIT INCREASES OR BONUSES ARE DECIDED ANNUALLY AT THE TIME OF BUDGET PREPARATION. THE PRESIDENT DETERMINES TIMING AND AMOUNT IF THEY ARE GIVEN.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202610419349301756

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