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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by STEVENSON UNIVERSITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$157,992,249
Total expenses
$156,394,641
Contributions and grants received
$24,258,331
Grants paid
$64,825,213
Program service revenue
$130,527,118
Investment income
$2,820,651
Other revenue
$386,149
Total assets, end of year
$343,217,002
Total liabilities, end of year
$162,974,927
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$180,242,075
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$138,035,003
Management and general expenses
$17,357,680
Fundraising expenses
$1,001,958
Program service expenses (Part III)
$138,035,003

Program services were 88.3% 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

    $8,080

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $17,497,160

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,753,091

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $261,272

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $106,488,737 · related or exempt $106,488,737

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT HOUSING

    total $15,296,774 · related or exempt $15,296,774

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE

    total $7,249,718 · related or exempt $7,249,718

  • 2d · Program service revenue: BOOKSTORE

    total $875,980 · related or exempt $875,980

  • 2e · Program service revenue: ATHLETICS

    total $403,352 · related or exempt $403,352

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $212,557 · related or exempt $212,557

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,895,896 · unrelated business $11,708 · excluded $2,884,188

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $520,854

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $162,281

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $358,573 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $358,573 · excluded $358,573

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $20,569,371 · other assets $20,335

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

    securities $20,664,298 · other assets $653

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$94,927 · other assets $19,682

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$75,245 · related or exempt $19,682 · excluded -$94,927

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $47,191

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

    $8,080

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,615

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $27,576 · excluded $27,576

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $63,773,952 · program services $63,773,952

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,051,261 · program services $1,051,261

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,294,793 · program services $614,440 · management and general $1,395,187 · fundraising $285,166

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $35,734,246 · program services $30,949,876 · management and general $4,338,415 · fundraising $445,955

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,611,471 · program services $1,335,368 · management and general $250,998 · fundraising $25,105

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,551,478 · program services $1,900,534 · management and general $1,615,806 · fundraising $35,138

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,564,947 · program services $2,226,434 · management and general $304,885 · fundraising $33,628

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $141,382 · program services $4,037 · management and general $137,345

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $115,262 · management and general $115,262

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $4,185 · fundraising $4,185

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $398,922 · management and general $398,922

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,175,335 · program services $58,013 · management and general $2,117,322

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,197,031 · program services $1,086,712 · management and general $107,420 · fundraising $2,899

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,971,963 · program services $864,903 · management and general $2,072,646 · fundraising $34,414

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,927,860 · program services $7,789,253 · management and general $138,607

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,088,386 · program services $8,065,264 · management and general $14,840 · fundraising $8,282

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $112,801 · program services $102,020 · management and general $10,781

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,516,299 · program services $3,500,194 · management and general $1,016,105

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,624,637 · program services $5,134,032 · management and general $1,490,605

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $759,799 · program services $456,849 · management and general $302,950

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIP RENTAL & MAINTENANCE

    total $2,511,007 · program services $2,340,093 · management and general $170,914

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE FOR RESALE

    total $1,436,601 · program services $1,436,601

  • 24c · Other expenses: ATHLETIC FEES/OFFICIALS/OTHE

    total $1,295,078 · program services $1,289,952 · management and general $4,953 · fundraising $173

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONSULTING/ACCREDITATION

    total $1,187,246 · program services $1,017,647 · management and general $169,599

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,348,699 · program services $3,037,568 · management and general $1,184,118 · fundraising $127,013

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,395,911 · end of year $3,219,050

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,831,799 · end of year $1,097,685

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,651,386 · end of year $5,402,240

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,649,738 · end of year $1,848,893

  • 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 $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,137,916 · end of year $6,968,482

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

    $325,433,140

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

    $115,345,745

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $185,955,351 · end of year $210,087,395

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $85,834,924 · end of year $91,256,203

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $18,262,193 · end of year $14,996,187

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,405,910 · end of year $8,340,867

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,148,105 · end of year $9,127,714

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,034,768 · end of year $3,231,637

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $140,600,079 · end of year $140,186,576

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $12,630,000 · end of year $10,429,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $134,679,135 · end of year $137,768,443

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $36,033,041 · end of year $42,473,632

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INNOVATIVE, COEDUCATIONAL, INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION OFFERING UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS A CAREER-FOCUSED EDUCATION MARKED BY INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION, CIVILITY, AND RESPECT FOR DIFFERENCE. THE UNIVERSITY BLENDS THE LIBERAL ARTS WITH CAREER EXPLORATION AND PLANNING, COMPLEMENTING A TRADITIONAL EDUCATION WITH APPLIED LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. THE UNIVERSITY MEETS STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND SUPPORTS AND CHALLENGES THEM TO BECOME REFLECTIVE AND ACCOMPLISHED INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED TO A LIFETIME OF LEARNING AND CONTRIBUTION. STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH THE COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE NEEDED TO ADDRESS CREATIVELY THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS FACING THEIR COMMUNITIES, THE NATION AND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INDEPENDENT COEDUCATIONAL FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY, WHICH OFFERS MASTER'S, BACHELOR'S, AND ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES TO APPROX. 3,000 FULL TIME EQUIV STUDENTS.

  • STEVENSON UNIVERSITY IS A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 2,672 FULL TIME, 313 PART TIME AND 498 GRADUATE STUDENTS.

    Expenses $73,209,790 · Revenue $130,546,800

  • THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING GRANTS IS AS FOLLOWS: PELL 905, SEOG 149, WORK STUDY 163, FEDERAL DIRECT SUB 1,643, FEDERAL DIRECT UNSUB 1,088, PARENT LOANS 688, AND STEVENSON GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2,758.

    Expenses $64,825,213 · Grants $64,825,213

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elliot L Hirshman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $970,454
    From this org
    $846,795
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $123,659
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $484,352
    Bonus
    $327,443
    Other
    $35,000
    Deferred
    $123,522
    Nontaxable benefits
    $137
    Filer's total
    $970,454
  • Melanie Edmondson

    VP OF ADMIN & FINANCE, CFO

    Total calculated
    $317,830
    From this org
    $296,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,613
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,217
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,476
    Nontaxable benefits
    $137
    Filer's total
    $317,830
  • Susan Gorman

    EVP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIR/PROVOS

    Total calculated
    $288,660
    From this org
    $255,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,927
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,733
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,972
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,955
    Filer's total
    $288,660
  • Mark Hergan

    VP ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $269,544
    From this org
    $239,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,543
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,346
    Bonus
    $29,655
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,475
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,068
    Filer's total
    $269,544
  • Christopher Vaughan

    VP UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $262,211
    From this org
    $245,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,582
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,036
    Bonus
    $25,593
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,445
    Nontaxable benefits
    $137
    Filer's total
    $262,211
  • Antionette Marbray

    VP LEGAL AFFAIRS/STATE&FED REG

    Total calculated
    $214,586
    From this org
    $196,181
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,405
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,181
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,964
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,441
    Filer's total
    $214,586
  • John Buettner

    VP MARKETING & DIGITAL COMM

    Total calculated
    $206,061
    From this org
    $192,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,389
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,672
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,252
    Nontaxable benefits
    $137
    Filer's total
    $206,061
  • David Jordan

    VP HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $195,355
    From this org
    $182,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,989
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,366
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,852
    Nontaxable benefits
    $137
    Filer's total
    $195,355
  • Tiffany Sanchez

    VP STUDENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $187,576
    From this org
    $159,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,143
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $79,433
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $80,000
    Deferred
    $25,329
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,814
    Filer's total
    $187,576
  • Meredith Durmowicz

    SR AVP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS/RESEAR

    Total calculated
    $182,452
    From this org
    $155,783
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,669
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,783
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,601
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,068
    Filer's total
    $182,452
  • Sue Kenney

    VP AND CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $172,681
    From this org
    $155,103
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,578
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,103
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,825
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,753
    Filer's total
    $172,681
  • Amanda Holstaka

    DEAN SODAC/VICE PROVOST OUTREA

    Total calculated
    $161,655
    From this org
    $150,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,372
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,283
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,235
    Nontaxable benefits
    $137
    Filer's total
    $161,655
  • Paul Mark Sandler Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert C Brennan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur F Bell Jr CPA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra R Berman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert D Biagiotti PE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Bozzuto

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David A Burrows Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel M Dell III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott E Dorsey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen P Gibbs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Herbert J Hoelter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy C Hubble

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean A Isaac MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Bowe Johnson PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna L Kahoe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blaire Aull Miller

    TRUSTEE EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith A Mowen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Candace Osunade

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • T Scott Pugatch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Ward Reynolds CFA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Sheetz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen Sher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna L Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James B Stradtner CFA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Towles

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith S Waranch Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Orsia Foudos Young Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 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)

HOUSING STIPEND
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A DR. ELLIOT HIRSHMAN PURCHASED HIS OWN RESIDENCE BUT RECEIVED A HOUSING ALLOWANCE OF $35,000 THIS YEAR FROM THE UNIVERSITY. THIS AMOUNT IS REPORTED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION ON SCHEDULE J AND PART VII.
SEVERANCE PAYMENT
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4A TIFFANY SANCHEZ RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $80,000.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4B ELLIOT HIRSHMAN AND TIFFANY SANCHEZ ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (SERP) SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY. DEFERRED COMPENSATION EARNED UNDER THIS PLAN IS REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART I, COLUMN C ALONG WITH THE 403(B) PLAN INSTITUTIONAL PAYMENTS. SERP CONTRIBUTIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS: ELLIOT HIRSHMAN $100,000 TIFFANY SANCHEZ $20,000
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 5A
CHRISTOPHER VAUGHAN, VP UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT RECEIVED A BONUS BASED ON FUNDRAISING OUTCOMES.

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.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431319349305373

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