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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,374,775
Total expenses
$30,318,391
Contributions and grants received
$10,957,073
Grants paid
$6,218,475
Program service revenue
$13,488,775
Investment income
$7,813,608
Other revenue
$1,115,319
Total assets, end of year
$133,736,170
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,346,083
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$129,390,087
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$22,910,332
Management and general expenses
$5,666,135
Fundraising expenses
$1,741,924
Program service expenses (Part III)
$22,910,332

Program services were 75.6% 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

    $286,535

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $3,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $827,830

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,839,708

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,322,589

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $13,137,595 · related or exempt $13,137,595

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COUNSELING CLINIC INCO

    total $226,331 · related or exempt $226,331

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FINANCE CHARGES

    total $93,066 · related or exempt $93,066

  • 2d · Program service revenue: STUDENT CLINIC FEES

    total $30,300 · related or exempt $30,300

  • 2e · Program service revenue: LIBRARY FINES

    total $1,483 · related or exempt $1,483

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,745,843 · unrelated business $253,793 · excluded $1,492,050

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,419,629

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $369,024

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,050,605

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,050,605 · related or exempt $660,789 · excluded $389,816

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $23,551,728 · other assets $2,779,603

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

    securities $19,008,295 · other assets $1,255,271

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,543,433 · other assets $1,524,332

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,067,765 · unrelated business $77,372 · excluded $5,990,393

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $152,409

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

    $286,535

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $191,802

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$39,393 · excluded -$39,393

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $220,234

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $172,353

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $47,881 · excluded $47,881

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $56,226 · excluded $56,226

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $56,226

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,134,522 · program services $6,134,522

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $80,953 · program services $80,953

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,659,575 · program services $558,601 · management and general $895,810 · fundraising $205,164

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,043,353 · program services $8,391,622 · management and general $1,880,945 · fundraising $770,786

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $608,788 · program services $441,233 · management and general $115,013 · fundraising $52,542

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $914,994 · program services $699,074 · management and general $165,382 · fundraising $50,538

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $516,120 · program services $292,598 · management and general $182,492 · fundraising $41,030

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $41,179 · management and general $41,179

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $131,224 · program services $8,439 · management and general $115,756 · fundraising $7,029

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $254,115 · fundraising $254,115

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $178,818 · management and general $178,818

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $213,396 · program services $40,425 · management and general $171,214 · fundraising $1,757

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $150,370 · program services $9,597 · management and general $131,242 · fundraising $9,531

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $532,900 · program services $308,896 · management and general $149,083 · fundraising $74,921

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $703,171 · program services $603,224 · management and general $93,967 · fundraising $5,980

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,496,758 · program services $2,128,137 · management and general $347,419 · fundraising $21,202

  • 17 · Travel

    total $737,254 · program services $471,188 · management and general $191,002 · fundraising $75,064

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $90,219 · program services $29,529 · management and general $58,911 · fundraising $1,779

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,408,708 · program services $2,086,792 · management and general $298,417 · fundraising $23,499

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $413,539 · program services $56,535 · management and general $356,868 · fundraising $136

  • 24a · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $229,798 · program services $229,798

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $129,145 · program services $129,145

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $104,544 · program services $59,559 · management and general $43,101 · fundraising $1,884

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMENCEMENT & CONVOCAT

    total $66,960 · program services $66,960

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $474,988 · program services $80,505 · management and general $249,516 · fundraising $144,967

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,470,093 · end of year $2,152,641

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $123,979 · end of year $134,479

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,037,587 · end of year $2,000,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,619,732 · end of year $3,452,567

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $533,533 · end of year $2,910,955

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $214,627 · end of year $227,091

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $291,320 · end of year $262,259

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

    $65,723,334

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

    $28,204,892

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $36,371,623 · end of year $37,518,442

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,517,889 · end of year $50,287,084

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $30,076,032 · end of year $31,497,615

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,500,519 · end of year $3,293,037

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,566,775 · end of year $1,312,047

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,477,477 · end of year $1,469,030

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,086,392 · end of year $1,565,006

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,279,972 · end of year $70,931,180

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $57,346,318 · end of year $58,458,907

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (RTS) EXISTS TO GLORIFY THE TRIUNE GOD AND TO SERVE HIS CHURCH IN ALL BRANCHES OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY, ESPECIALLY PRESBYTERIAN AND REFORMED CHURCHES, BY PROVIDING REFORMED GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION THAT IS (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) GLOBALLY ACCESSIBLE. REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EQUIPS ITS STUDENTS FOR MINISTRY, PRIMARILY THROUGH PASTORAL TRAINING, TO BE SERVANT LEADERS MARKED BY A MIND FOR TRUTH. A HEART FOR GOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PREPARE LEADERS FOR THE CHURCH WITH A MIND FOR TRUTH AND A HEART FOR GODTHROUGH A PROGRAM OF GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION.

  • THE SEMINARY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 1,800 STUDENTS THROUGH CAMPUSES IN JACKSON, MS, ORLANDO, FL, CHARLOTTE, NC, METRO WASHINGTON, DC, ATLANTA, GA, HOUSTON, TX, DALLAS, TX, NEW YORK, NY, DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND AN EXTENSION SITE IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. IN ADDITION, THE SEMINARY IS ENHANCING REFORMED THEOLOGY CURRICULUM WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN INDONESIA. STUDENTS AT RTS ARE ENROLLED IN THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAMS: MASTER OF DIVINITY, MASTER OF ARTS (THEOLOGICAL STUDIES), MASTER OF ARTS (BIBLICAL STUDIES), MASTER OF ARTS (RELIGION), MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELING, MASTER OF ARTS IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELING, MASTER OF THEOLOGY, AND DOCTOR OF MINISTRY.

    Expenses $22,910,332 · Grants $6,218,475 · Revenue $14,149,564

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Ridgway

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • V Hu Meena

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Roderick S Russ III

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • William Mounger

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bf Bracy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Hugh Comer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert Curtis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Larry Edwards

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • T David Elkin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Geroge Fair

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Paul Hurst III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Charles Irby Sr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • J Byron Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Collie Lehn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David H Lucas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Scott McLellan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • J Scott Redd Sr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Benjamin Roberson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Craig Rohde

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Warren Williamson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • J Ligon Duncan III

    CHANCELLOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $377,601
    From this org
    $276,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $101,174
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,427
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,686
    Nontaxable benefits
    $80,488
    Filer's total
    $377,601
  • Robert Cara

    PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $188,739
    From this org
    $166,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,199
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,540
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,547
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,652
    Filer's total
    $188,739
  • Ricky Rayborn

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $149,465
    From this org
    $124,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,061
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related
  • Jessica Short

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $148,859
    From this org
    $134,532
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,327
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related
  • David Veldkamp

    CHIEF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $141,101
    From this org
    $116,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,386
    Hours/week
    40
  • Richard Doggett

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $127,840
    From this org
    $115,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,486
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kimberly Shirley

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $119,154
    From this org
    $96,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,666
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amy Honeycutt

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $107,283
    From this org
    $95,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,789
    Hours/week
    40
  • J Scott Redd Jr

    PRESIDENT, DC CAMPUS

    Total calculated
    $219,897
    From this org
    $161,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,126
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,771
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,808
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,318
    Filer's total
    $219,897
  • Mark McDowell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DALLAS AND HOUSTON CAMPUSES

    Total calculated
    $214,414
    From this org
    $129,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,108
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,306
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,308
    Nontaxable benefits
    $74,800
    Filer's total
    $214,414
  • Scott Swain

    PRESIDENT, ORLANDO CAMPUS

    Total calculated
    $203,800
    From this org
    $131,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,419
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,381
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61,662
    Filer's total
    $203,800
  • Michael Kruger

    PRESIDENT, CHARLOTTE CAMPUS

    Total calculated
    $191,260
    From this org
    $127,609
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,651
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,609
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,536
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,115
    Filer's total
    $191,260
  • Robert Allen

    PROFESSOR & ACADEMIC DEAN, ORLANDO

    Total calculated
    $174,960
    From this org
    $110,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,567
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,393
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,609
    Nontaxable benefits
    $54,958
    Filer's total
    $174,960
  • David John

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GLOBAL AND DISTANCE

    Total calculated
    $138,555
    From this org
    $116,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,533
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE HOUSING ALLOWANCES - ANNUALLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SEMINARY. ONE OFFICERS, ONE KEY EMPLOYEES, AND FOUR HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES RECEIVED HOUSING ALLOWANCES WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THEIR TOTAL NONTAXABLE COMPENSATION. TRAVEL FOR A COMPANION WAS PROVIDE TO A FAMILY MEMBER OF CEO WHICH WAS TREATED AS NON-TAXABLE.
PART I, LINE 7
THE SEMINARY PAID DISCRETIONARY NON-FIXED BONUS PAYMENTS TO THE CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER AND CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

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.

Disregarded entities

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

  • REFORMED PROPERTIES LLC

    REAL ESTATE · FL · income $263,905 · assets $1,154,700

    Directly controlled by RTS

  • BELCHER PROPERTIES LLC

    REAL ESTATE · MS · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by RTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641059349300434

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