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← SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$138,374,477
Total expenses
$143,127,331
Contributions and grants received
$7,691,888
Grants paid
$48,847,833
Program service revenue
$121,055,657
Investment income
$8,612,972
Other revenue
$1,013,960
Total assets, end of year
$314,231,163
Total liabilities, end of year
$115,645,868
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$198,585,295
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$123,908,664
Management and general expenses
$14,904,290
Fundraising expenses
$4,314,377
Program service expenses (Part III)
$123,908,664

Program services were 86.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $980,784

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,711,104

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $303,971

  • 2a · Program service revenue: UNDERGRADUATE TUITION/FEES

    total $93,205,633 · related or exempt $93,205,633

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTEPRISES

    total $19,207,710 · related or exempt $19,207,710

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GRADUATE TUITION/FEES

    total $7,079,474 · related or exempt $7,079,474

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER EDUCATION PROG.

    total $1,562,840 · related or exempt $1,562,840

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,397,399 · unrelated business -$70,966 · excluded $1,468,365

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,013,960

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,013,960

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,013,960 · excluded $1,013,960

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $142,918,831

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

    securities $135,703,258

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,215,573

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,215,573 · excluded $7,215,573

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $48,847,833 · program services $48,847,833

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,060,981 · program services $890,475 · management and general $710,098 · fundraising $460,408

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $159,908 · management and general $159,908

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $37,376,561 · program services $31,089,215 · management and general $4,239,887 · fundraising $2,047,459

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,592,646 · program services $1,328,527 · management and general $176,626 · fundraising $87,493

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,883,226 · program services $7,413,551 · management and general $981,437 · fundraising $488,238

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,719,566 · program services $2,256,166 · management and general $314,813 · fundraising $148,587

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $221,806 · program services $8,800 · management and general $213,006

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $232,892 · management and general $232,892

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $379,586 · management and general $379,586

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,338,314 · program services $642,110 · management and general $637,999 · fundraising $58,205

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $958,325 · program services $122,246 · management and general $819,805 · fundraising $16,274

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,203,883 · program services $1,781,330 · management and general $289,167 · fundraising $133,386

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,080,892 · program services $305,344 · management and general $1,538,015 · fundraising $237,533

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,010,198 · program services $2,767,447 · management and general $231,650 · fundraising $11,101

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,140,003 · program services $942,754 · management and general $80,038 · fundraising $117,211

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $893,061 · program services $542,886 · management and general $84,763 · fundraising $265,412

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,328,683 · program services $3,927,156 · management and general $383,002 · fundraising $18,525

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,007,588 · program services $4,543,087 · management and general $443,071 · fundraising $21,430

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,606,818 · management and general $1,606,818

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOREIGN PROGRAM COSTS

    total $6,265,527 · program services $6,265,527

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTED FOOD SERVICE

    total $5,056,806 · program services $5,056,806

  • 24c · Other expenses: HOUSEKEEPING & MAINT.

    total $3,380,070 · program services $3,281,838 · management and general $93,248 · fundraising $4,984

  • 24d · Other expenses: BUILDING REPAIR & REN.

    total $1,251,663 · program services $1,083,990 · management and general $163,191 · fundraising $4,482

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,130,495 · program services $811,576 · management and general $1,125,270 · fundraising $193,649

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,780,368 · end of year $8,764,020

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $15,386,780 · end of year $4,205,173

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $418,202 · end of year $442,621

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $188,263

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,643,590 · end of year $4,534,547

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

    $195,049,133

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

    $86,061,136

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $108,735,508 · end of year $108,987,997

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,913,249 · end of year $3,267,281

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $160,516,828 · end of year $180,504,877

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,196,669 · end of year $3,524,647

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,560,519 · end of year $7,204,663

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,852,227 · end of year $5,276,540

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $40,632,634 · end of year $40,667,673

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $46,382,736 · end of year $45,922,879

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,667,823 · end of year $16,574,113

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $43,475,911 · end of year $40,100,189

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $150,207,607 · end of year $158,485,106

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AT SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, OUR MISSION IS TO GRADUATE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD WHO ARE DIVERSE IN EVERY DEFINITION OF THE WORD, WHO TAKE INTELLECTUAL AND CREATIVE RISKS, AND WHO ARE ABLE TO FOCUS EXCEPTIONAL INTELLECTUAL DISCIPLINE (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE IS A FOUR-YEAR LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) OFFERING SELECT GRADUATE PROGRAMS ON ITS MAIN CAMPUS IN BRONXVILLE, NY AND 4 UNDERGRADUATE GLOBAL STUDIES PROGRAMS.

  • UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS: THE FREEDOM TO STEER YOUR OWN EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BASIS OF SARAH LAWRENCE'S ACADEMIC APPROACH. STUDENTS CREATE A COURSE OF STUDY THAT IS UNIQUELY THEIRS, BENEFITING FROM A 11:1 STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO AND 1:1 CONFERENCES WITH FACULTY. STUDENTS ENGAGE IN A LEVEL OF INTELLECTUAL AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT PREPARES THEM FOR A LIFE OF MEANING IN WHATEVER PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS THEY CHOOSE. OUR 1,400 DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS CAN FOCUS IN ANY OF OUR NEARLY 50 DISCIPLINES ON OUR CAMPUS OR IN GLOBAL STUDIES PROGRAMS IN LONDON, OXFORD, PARIS, AND HAVANA.

    Expenses $102,786,597 · Grants $46,841,284 · Revenue $93,205,633

  • AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES: SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF LIVING AND DINING EXPERIENCES. ON-CAMPUS HOUSING FOR 1,124 STUDENTS INCLUDES MANY UNIQUE OPTIONS, FROM CONVERTED HOUSES TO TRADITIONAL SUITE-STYLE RESIDENCE HALLS. SARAH LAWRENCE DINING OPTIONS INCLUDE DINING-HALL, GRAB-AND-GO, AND CAFE STYLE FARE ACROSS A RANGE OF MEAL-PLANS.

    Expenses $15,542,235 · Revenue $19,207,710

  • GRADUATE PROGRAMS: SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE OFFERS ITS 223 GRADUATE STUDENTS NINE DISTINCTIVE MASTER'S DEGREE AND VARIOUS NON-DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE THE AREAS OF WRITING, THEATRE, WOMEN'S HISTORY, DANCE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, ART OF TEACHING, HUMAN GENETICS, HEALTH ADVOCACY AND DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY.

    Expenses $5,218,434 · Grants $2,006,549 · Revenue $7,079,474

  • OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONSISTING OF NON-CREDIT CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SPECIAL NON-CREDIT COURSES FOR ADULTS, (LANGUAGE, PHOTOGRAPHY, SWIMMING AND FITNESS, ETC.), WRITING INSTITUTE CLASSES, CERTIFICATE COURSES, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $361,398 · Revenue $1,562,840

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Meryl Rosen

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shanlon Wu

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maureen Pilkington

    VICE CHAIR (AS OF 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tracei Lauren Akarlilar

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Berger

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Sandigo Cabrera

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Cassidy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Coleman

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gwendolyn Perry Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Harris

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Hawley

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leigh Heyman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marilynn Wood Hill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregg Horowitz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clarion Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neil Makhija

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Atadika Nirschl Novisi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Lucas Rew

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracey Riese

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Sauvage

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Winifred Scheuer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Stutzman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Untermeyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Van Dijk

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Wilson

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Philip Wiser

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Yeu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cristle Collins Judd

    PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $681,042
    From this org
    $519,969
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $161,073
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $517,382
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,587
    Deferred
    $42,963
    Nontaxable benefits
    $118,110
    Filer's total
    $681,042
  • Elke Zuern

    FACULTY/TRUSTEE (AS OF 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $91,227
    From this org
    $66,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,680
    Hours/week
    30
  • Robert Kenny Thru 052024

    INTERIM VP OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kanwal Singh

    PROVOST & DEAN OF FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $342,735
    From this org
    $278,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,655
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,121
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,534
    Filer's total
    $342,735
  • Thomas Blum

    AVP INST RESEARCH & GOV REL/SEC.

    Total calculated
    $168,663
    From this org
    $150,781
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,882
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,781
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,465
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,417
    Filer's total
    $168,663
  • Andrew Kane As Of 032024

    VP OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin McKenna

    VP ADMISSIONS

    Total calculated
    $231,364
    From this org
    $212,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,524
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,840
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,033
    Nontaxable benefits
    $491
    Filer's total
    $231,364
  • Patricia Goldman

    VP ADVANCEMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $412,910
    From this org
    $326,896
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,014
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $326,896
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,208
    Nontaxable benefits
    $57,806
    Filer's total
    $412,910
  • Sean Jameson

    CHIEF TECH & INFO SECURITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $246,995
    From this org
    $176,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,220
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,775
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,416
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,804
    Filer's total
    $246,995
  • Jerrilynn Dodds

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $223,613
    From this org
    $190,161
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,452
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,161
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,646
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,806
    Filer's total
    $223,613
  • Patrice Panza

    ASSOCIATE VP FOR PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $254,984
    From this org
    $193,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,969
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,015
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,621
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,348
    Filer's total
    $254,984
  • Kelle Steenblock

    DIRECTOR OF GENOMICS INSTITUTE

    Total calculated
    $234,934
    From this org
    $231,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,267
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,667
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $2,887
    Nontaxable benefits
    $380
    Filer's total
    $234,934
  • Alison Schlesinger

    VP FOR NEW EDUCATIONAL VENTURES

    Total calculated
    $281,120
    From this org
    $238,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,702
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,418
    Bonus
    $36,000
    Other
    $5,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,702
    Filer's total
    $281,120
  • Elizabeth Johnston

    FORMER FACULTY/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $159,908
    From this org
    $98,146
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,762
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $98,146
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,012
    Filer's total
    $159,908

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 · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 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

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)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST-CLASS OR CHARTER TRAVEL CRISTLE COLLINS JUDD, PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE, HAS A CONTRACT THAT SPECIFIES THAT SHE MAY FLY BUSINESS CLASS FOR ANY FLIGHT IN EXCESS OF 4 HOURS. ON SOME FLIGHTS THERE ARE NO BUSINESS CLASS OPTIONS (ONLY FIRST CLASS OR ECONOMY) AND IN THOSE RARE CASES SHE HAS FLOWN FIRST CLASS. SHE HAS NEVER FLOWN FIRST CLASS WHEN THERE IS A BUSINESS CLASS OPTION. HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR RESIDENCE OR PERSONAL USE IN 2023 THE COLLEGE HOUSED THE PRESIDENT (CRISTLE COLLINS JUDD) IN A RESIDENCE ON CAMPUS. THIS HOUSING IS REQUIRED BY THE NATURE OF THE POSITION AND IS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. THE AMOUNT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (D) AND TOTALED $99,552. PRESIDENT JUDD'S POSITION AT THE COLLEGE REQUIRES REGULAR ACTIVE AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND NECESSETATES HER BEING ACCESSIBLE ON AT ALL TIMES TO RESPOND TO POTENTIAL EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. PERSONAL SERVICES THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE SERVES NOT ONLY AS A RESIDENCE, BUT ALSO AS A HOST LOCATION FOR MANY COLLEGE EVENTS AND THE COLLEGE PROVIDES STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE HOME. THESE INCIDENTAL COSTS ARE NOT DEEMED TAXABLE TO THE PRESIDENT.

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.

  • SARAH LAWRENCE AT OXFORD

    EDUCATION · UK · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SLC

  • SARAH LAWRENCE PARIS

    EDUCATION · FR · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SLC

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)

    N/A · NY · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541049349301979

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