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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$79,233,946
Total expenses
$73,721,920
Contributions and grants received
$13,904,363
Grants paid
$20,446,625
Program service revenue
$64,025,312
Investment income
$1,232,566
Other revenue
$71,705
Total assets, end of year
$130,732,216
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,798,182
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$119,934,034
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$63,363,583
Management and general expenses
$8,468,987
Fundraising expenses
$1,889,350
Program service expenses (Part III)
$63,363,583

Program services were 85.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,323,640

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,580,723

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $204,898

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $54,155,434 · related or exempt $54,155,434

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY

    total $9,432,857 · related or exempt $9,432,857

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $437,021 · related or exempt $437,021

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,292,801 · excluded $1,292,801

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $220,205

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $148,500

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $71,705 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $71,705 · excluded $71,705

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,742

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

    securities $10,505 · other assets $58,472

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,763 · other assets -$58,472

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$60,235 · excluded -$60,235

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 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 $20,446,625 · program services $20,446,625

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,189,162 · program services $189,081 · management and general $903,990 · fundraising $96,091

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $22,157,729 · program services $18,618,024 · management and general $2,551,246 · fundraising $988,459

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,107,247 · program services $922,070 · management and general $136,223 · fundraising $48,954

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,703,096 · program services $3,001,902 · management and general $529,110 · fundraising $172,084

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,695,846 · program services $1,369,200 · management and general $248,004 · fundraising $78,642

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $43,636 · program services $11,019 · management and general $15,539 · fundraising $17,078

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $88,200 · program services $6,500 · management and general $76,900 · fundraising $4,800

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $117,061 · fundraising $117,061

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $32,668 · management and general $32,668

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,580,885 · program services $4,534,323 · management and general $948,914 · fundraising $97,648

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $513,285 · program services $142,381 · management and general $365,895 · fundraising $5,009

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,461,863 · program services $2,009,278 · management and general $324,588 · fundraising $127,997

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,075,706 · management and general $1,075,706

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,540,139 · program services $4,232,698 · management and general $274,498 · fundraising $32,943

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,239,716 · program services $1,021,054 · management and general $163,476 · fundraising $55,186

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $163,858 · program services $98,479 · management and general $55,454 · fundraising $9,925

  • 20 · Interest

    total $157,557 · program services $148,241 · management and general $9,316

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,880,889 · program services $4,540,488 · management and general $303,107 · fundraising $37,294

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $617,996 · program services $183,026 · management and general $434,970

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENDITURES

    total $1,888,409 · program services $1,888,409

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $20,347 · program services $785 · management and general $19,383 · fundraising $179

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $384,474 · end of year $248,630

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20,192,252 · end of year $11,997,025

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,306,481

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $485,635 · end of year $586,250

  • 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 $1,088,171 · end of year $617,643

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $200,558 · end of year $139,969

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $644,292 · end of year $762,163

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

    $153,601,946

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

    $92,721,660

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $59,163,525 · end of year $60,880,286

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,536,879 · end of year $19,277,179

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $32,390,067 · end of year $30,916,590

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,628,429 · end of year $3,782,364

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $481,354 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,884,975 · end of year $2,633,481

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $3,819,325 · end of year $2,671,039

  • 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 $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,808,449 · end of year $1,711,298

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $88,936,535 · end of year $87,519,222

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,526,786 · end of year $32,414,812

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY IS A COMPREHENSIVE INSTITUTION OF CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION WHERE EDUCATORS ENGAGE LEARNERS TO NURTURE CHRISTIAN VIRTUE, TO DEVELOP COMPETENCY AND INGENUITY IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL FIELDS, TO INTEGRATE FAITH AND WORK, AND TO SERVE THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LETU IS A PRIVATE, INTERDENOMINATIONAL, EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION OF MORE THAN 3,000 STUDENTS CLAIMING EVERY WORKPLACE AND EVERY NATION AS ITS MISSION FIELD.

  • TRADITIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION - LETU IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED BY US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT IN THE TOP TIER AMONG REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE WEST. LETU PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS FOR TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, THE LIBERAL ARTS, NURSING, BUSINESS, AERONAUTICAL SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND THE SCIENCES AT THE MAIN CAMPUS IN LONGVIEW, TEXAS. A TOTAL OF 283 TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS GRADUATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 22/23. ADDITIONALLY, TRADITIONAL GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ENGINEERING ARE OFFERED. A TOTAL OF 1 TRADITIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT GRADUATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 22/23.

    Expenses $54,916,488 · Grants $18,863,497 · Revenue $55,117,656

  • NONTRADITIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION - LETU PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS FOR NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS ONLINE AND IN-PERSON IN BIBLICAL STUDIES, BUSINESS, COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CYBER SECURITY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, HUMAN SERVICES, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, AND PSYCHOLOGY. A TOTAL OF 114 NONTRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS GRADUATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 22/23. ADDITIONALLY, NONTRADITIONAL GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN BUSINESS, EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGY, AND HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION ARE OFFERED. A TOTAL OF 73 NONTRADITIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS GRADUATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 22/23.

    Expenses $5,060,825 · Grants $1,955 · Revenue $4,913,174

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVED WITH SUMMER AND SPORTS CAMPS, EDUCATIONAL TRIPS, GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH, AND THE UNIVERSITY'S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

    Expenses $3,386,270 · Grants $1,581,173 · Revenue $3,994,482

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Dale Lunsford

    CHANCELLOR

    Total calculated
    $455,381
    From this org
    $426,781
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,600
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,910
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $104,871
    Deferred
    $21,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,250
    Filer's total
    $455,381
  • Dr Steven Mason

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $371,759
    From this org
    $348,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,694
    Hours/week
    59 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $284,398
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $63,667
    Deferred
    $16,051
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,643
    Filer's total
    $371,759
  • Dr Ben Caldwell

    PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $190,627
    From this org
    $168,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,474
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,929
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $224
    Deferred
    $12,022
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,452
    Filer's total
    $190,627
  • Mike Hood

    VP FOR FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $173,176
    From this org
    $154,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,400
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,411
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,365
    Deferred
    $10,376
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,024
    Filer's total
    $173,176
  • Terry A Zeitlow

    VICE PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $168,411
    From this org
    $150,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,238
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,322
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $851
    Deferred
    $10,095
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,143
    Filer's total
    $168,411
  • Dr Scott Anson

    PROFESSOR, MECHANICAL ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $157,008
    From this org
    $142,852
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,156
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,544
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $308
    Deferred
    $10,013
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,143
    Filer's total
    $157,008
  • Dr Matthew Green

    DEAN ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $154,842
    From this org
    $138,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,213
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,416
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $213
    Deferred
    $9,963
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,250
    Filer's total
    $154,842
  • Dr Don Egle

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR MKTG & COMM

    Total calculated
    $145,687
    From this org
    $134,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,022
    Hours/week
    60
  • Kathleen Mays

    DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $144,028
    From this org
    $135,147
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,881
    Hours/week
    60
  • Phil Burks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tom Burt

    SECRETARY - TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Pat Bertsche

    VICE CHAIR - TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michele Charles

    TRUSTEE Start: 11/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Daniel Difrancesco

    TRUSTEE Start: 11/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related
  • Eugene Frost

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Roger Kieffer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related
  • Loren Leman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Larry Mercer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related
  • Michael Moss

    TRUSTEE Start: 11/22

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Nikita Mumphrey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • James Nolt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cy Oatridge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rogers Pope Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Ross

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related
  • James Schreder

    TREASURER - TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michael Schutt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Solheim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Wayne Steege

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Don Stephens

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Merle Stoltzfus

    CHAIRMAN - TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kimberly Fish

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Doug Douglas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A
BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION: HOUSING FOR THE PRESIDENT IS PAID FOR BY THE UNIVERSITY. THE EXCLUSION RULES UNDER SECT. 119 ARE NOT MET, AND AS A RESULT, THE ALLOWANCE IS TAXABLE COMPENSATION TO THE PRESIDENT AND IS PROPERLY RECORDED AS SUCH ON HIS W-2. THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES A COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERSHIP IN THE PRESIDENT'S NAME THAT IS USED FOR BUSINESS RELATED ENTERTAINING. ON OCCASION, THE UNIVERSITY HAS PURCHASED FIRST CLASS COMMERCIAL AIRFARE FOR THE PRESIDENT WHEN HIS SCHEDULE AND/OR SEAT AVAILABILITY REQUIRE IT. DR. DALE LUNSFORD, CHANCELLOR, ALSO RECEIVED A HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND AIRFARE IN TAX YEAR 2022.

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 corporations and trusts

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

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (9)

    TRUSTS · CHARITABLE TR · TX

    Directly controlled by NA

  • RG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INC

    C-CORPORATION · SUPPORT · TX · 100% owned · share of income -$42,716 · share of assets $57,284 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by LETU

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430929349300218

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