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← WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,533,078
Total expenses
$35,976,468
Contributions and grants received
$14,560,660
Grants paid
$6,189,640
Program service revenue
$16,112,741
Investment income
-$1,161,718
Other revenue
$21,395
Total assets, end of year
$42,392,094
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,680,255
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,711,839
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,939,591
Management and general expenses
$7,798,479
Fundraising expenses
$238,398
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,939,591

Program services were 77.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $66,075

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $5,658,110

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,894,243

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,942,232

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $13,262,664 · related or exempt $13,262,664

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

    total $2,415,777 · excluded $2,415,777

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUES

    total $434,300 · excluded $434,300

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $489,947 · excluded $489,947

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $59,722

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $59,722

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $59,722 · excluded $59,722

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

    other assets $1,651,665

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$1,651,665

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,651,665 · related or exempt -$1,651,665

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,003

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

    $66,075

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $49,330

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$38,327 · excluded -$38,327

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,189,640 · program services $6,189,640

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $512,647 · management and general $458,490 · fundraising $54,157

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,861,130 · program services $8,363,070 · management and general $2,389,449 · fundraising $108,611

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,609,841 · program services $1,239,578 · management and general $354,165 · fundraising $16,098

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,519,817 · program services $1,170,258 · management and general $334,360 · fundraising $15,199

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $755,949 · program services $582,081 · management and general $166,309 · fundraising $7,559

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $646,413 · management and general $646,413

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $188,429 · management and general $188,429

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $511,834 · management and general $511,834

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,517,829 · program services $2,517,829

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $348,532 · management and general $348,532

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,183,354 · program services $852,015 · management and general $331,339

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,107,588 · program services $553,794 · management and general $553,794

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,838,691 · program services $1,434,179 · management and general $367,738 · fundraising $36,774

  • 17 · Travel

    total $214,185 · program services $190,625 · management and general $23,560

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,902 · program services $4,693 · management and general $2,209

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,057,473 · program services $1,057,473

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,620,814 · program services $1,085,945 · management and general $534,869

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $629,662 · program services $629,662

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $1,255,363 · program services $1,255,363

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $664,428 · program services $358,791 · management and general $305,637

  • 24c · Other expenses: RESTRICTED EXPENSES

    total $478,444 · program services $224,869 · management and general $253,575

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP & DUES

    total $106,833 · program services $79,056 · management and general $27,777

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $150,670 · program services $150,670

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,032,593 · end of year $325,905

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $931,213 · end of year $8,760,201

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $113,902 · end of year $110,902

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,637,908 · end of year $3,208,987

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $10,105,588 · end of year $703,131

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $129,227 · end of year $117,351

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $111,161 · end of year $105,341

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

    $60,871,171

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

    $32,440,615

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $31,031,979 · end of year $28,430,556

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $398,851 · end of year $436,900

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $171,266 · end of year $192,820

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,788,942 · end of year $6,117,153

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $185,790 · end of year $130,651

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $20,498,563 · end of year $20,429,698

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,033,343 · end of year $2,002,753

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,172,757 · end of year $7,033,381

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,984,293 · end of year $6,678,458

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY IS A LEARNING COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN VISION OF EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE. THIS COSMOPOLITAN INSTITUTION CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL IN ORDER TO BECOME MORAL LEADERS IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. FOUNDED IN 1904, WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY IS A RESIDENTIAL CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION OFFERING FORMAL INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, PROVIDING A REGULAR CURRICULUM OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES, GRADUATE DEGREES, AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES IN HEALTH SCIENCES AND LIBERAL ARTS IN A SETTING THAT IS ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING AND CHRIST CENTERED. IN THE CLASSROOM WAU STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM A LOW STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED FACULTY COMMITTED TO EVERY STUDENT'S SUCCESS. WAU CONFERRED 13 ASSOCIATES, 131 BACHELORS, AND 35 MASTERS DEGREES ON 179 STUDENTS, FROM AN ENROLLMENT OF 671 STUDENTS (UNDUPLICATED HEADCOUNT)DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,

  • OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO PRESENT 4 YEAR LIBERAL ARTS FORMAL INSTRUCTION BY MAINTAINING A REGULAR FACULTY AND CURRICULUM TO A GROUP OF REGULARLY ENROLLED STUDENTS IN ACCREDITED PROGRAMS LEADING TO USEFUL CERTIFICATES, DEGREES AND/OR DIPLOMAS IN AREAS THAT FILL CRITICAL NEEDS IN SOCIETY SUCH AS NURSING, ACCOUNTING AND EDUCATION. OUR STUDENT BODY THIS YEAR CONSISTED OF 582 UNDERGRADUATE AND 89 GRADUATE UNDUPLICATED HEADCOUNT.

    Expenses $27,939,591 · Grants $6,189,640 · Revenue $16,112,741

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Weymouth Spence

    UNIVERSITY P

    Total calculated
    $248,914
    From this org
    $181,564
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,350
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,510
    Bonus
    $30,100
    Other
    $2,954
    Deferred
    $12,635
    Nontaxable benefits
    $54,715
    Filer's total
    $248,914

  • Patrick Farley

    EXEC VP OF F

    Total calculated
    $188,910
    From this org
    $175,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,596
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,334
    Bonus
    $30,100
    Other
    $6,880
    Deferred
    $13,596
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $188,910

  • Cheryl Kisunzu

    SECRETARY &

    Total calculated
    $168,019
    From this org
    $155,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,789
    Bonus
    $30,100
    Other
    $6,880
    Deferred
    $12,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $168,019

  • Issa Kagabo

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $125,451
    From this org
    $115,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,533
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ricardo Flores

    EXEC. DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $109,333
    From this org
    $101,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,631
    Hours/week
    40

  • Preston Hawes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $79,691
    From this org
    $73,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,134
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jorge Aguero

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Rosemary Ascencio

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Emmanuel Asiedu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tim Bailey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Alex Barrientos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Renee Battle-Brooks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Hanna Blake

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Celeste Ryan Blyden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bruce Boyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Stephen Brennwald

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marvin Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Vijayan Charles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bob Cundiff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Duane Dorch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Terry Forde

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gary Gibbs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Deborah Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brendon Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sandra Loughlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jerry Lutz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Donald E Melnick MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marta Perez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lois Peters

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Richard Rajarathinam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Albert Reece

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marcellus Robinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Donovan Ross

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Carol Stewart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Charles Tapp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dave Weigley

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401369349304520

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