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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,272,123
Total expenses
$20,215,137
Contributions and grants received
$8,807,757
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$11,796,954
Investment income
$667,412
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$30,279,556
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,817,082
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,462,474
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,743,277
Management and general expenses
$8,471,860
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,743,277

Program services were 58.1% 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)

    $7,198,223

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,609,534

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $8,230,374 · related or exempt $8,230,374

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY SERVICES

    total $3,566,580 · related or exempt $3,566,580

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $667,412 · related or exempt $667,412

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,552,989 · program services $5,341,425 · management and general $2,211,564

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,421,175 · program services $746,840 · management and general $674,335

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $249,111 · management and general $249,111

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $191,065 · management and general $191,065

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $390,806 · program services $26,403 · management and general $364,403

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,070 · program services $59,070

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $600,592 · program services $101,461 · management and general $499,131

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $553,602 · program services $39,567 · management and general $514,035

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,153,711 · program services $309,590 · management and general $844,121

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,153,833 · management and general $1,153,833

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,177,353 · program services $1,068,908 · management and general $108,445

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $404,813 · program services $3,696 · management and general $401,117

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICES

    total $2,731,640 · program services $2,732,974 · management and general -$1,334

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $1,285,141 · program services $348,338 · management and general $936,803

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $817,560 · program services $817,560

  • 24d · Other expenses: COLLECTION EXPENSE

    total $325,724 · program services $493 · management and general $325,231

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $146,952 · program services $146,952

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $293,828 · end of year $965,158

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,451,363 · end of year $1,536,741

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,843,483 · end of year $2,371,318

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,320 · end of year $531,499

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $608 · end of year $96,019

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

    $55,606,234

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

    $38,119,942

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,306,275 · end of year $17,486,292

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,070,686 · end of year $5,400,017

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $217,933 · end of year $1,892,512

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,168,695 · end of year $1,438,919

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $966,225 · end of year $801,185

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $7,549,371 · end of year $11,083,333

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $3,042,303 · end of year $3,042,303

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,066,414 · end of year $1,451,342

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,079,162 · end of year $9,036,841

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,326,326 · end of year $3,425,633

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY IS A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY AND THE PRIMARY MISSION IS TO ENGAGE, SUPPORT, AND ASSIST STUDENTS IN IDENTIFYING AND PREPARING FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PURPOSES IN LIFE AS SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS, ENTREPRENEURS, THOUGHT-LEADERS AND GLOBAL CITIZENS BY IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH RIGOROUS INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY AND CRITICAL THINKING. THE MISSION IS MOST EFFECTIVELY ACCOMPLISHED BY INSTILLING PRIDE, DISCIPLINE AND INSPIRING LIFE-LONG LEARNING, PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED, AND THE SKILLS DEVELOPED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY'S MISSION IS TO HELP STUDENTS PREPARE FOR LIFE'S CHALLEGES AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A SOUND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. IMPARTING KNOWLDEGE, INSTILLING DISCIPLINE, AND INSPIRING LIFELONG LEARNING THROUGH CRITICAL INQUIRY, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

  • PROVIDE A POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TO THE STUDENTS OF WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY.

    Expenses $11,743,277

  • THE UNIVESITY PROVIDES POST SECONDARY EDUCATION TO MINORITY STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE UNINTED STATES.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • VAN NEWKIRK

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $274,000
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,000
    Filer's total
    $274,000
  • FLOYD ALEXANDER

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • PAXTON BAKER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • REGINAL BEAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • MARY BOOSALIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • DR JAMYE COLEMAN-WILLLIAMS

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JERMAINE COVINGTON

    TRUSTEE-AME

    Total calculated
    $0
  • BISHOP FRANK M REID III

    TRUSTEE - EX

    Total calculated
    $0
  • DR NELSON RIVERS III

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • BARBARA JOHNSON

    TRUSTEE-SECR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • FRANK E EMORY JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • COLONEL WILLIAM R LEE

    TRUSTEE EMER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • DR RICHARD ALLEN LEWIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • PAUL P MARTIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JOHN C MILLER

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
  • ANGELA T RYE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JOHN TOLBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • ADRIENNE TRIMBLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JOE TURNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • RICK WADE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • MARK WILSON

    BOARD CHAIRM

    Total calculated
    $0
  • WILLIAM WOODSON

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0

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

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349311042

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