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← BETHEL COLLEGE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BETHEL COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$31,391,337
Total expenses
$27,564,182
Contributions and grants received
$8,910,703
Grants paid
$10,888,028
Program service revenue
$22,159,629
Investment income
$321,005
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$69,786,060
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,886,160
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$66,899,900
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$24,149,034
Management and general expenses
$2,723,304
Fundraising expenses
$691,844
Program service expenses (Part III)
$24,149,034

Program services were 87.6% 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)

    $137,138

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,773,565

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $94,543

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT TUITION & FEES

    total $17,676,255 · related or exempt $17,676,255

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ROOM & BOARD

    total $3,783,144 · related or exempt $3,783,144

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY INCOME

    total $700,230 · related or exempt $700,230

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $321,005 · excluded $321,005

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,888,028 · program services $10,888,028

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $561,663 · program services $142,763 · management and general $302,030 · fundraising $116,870

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,168,981 · program services $6,547,201 · management and general $347,392 · fundraising $274,388

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $60,530 · program services $54,598 · management and general $3,246 · fundraising $2,686

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $797,103 · program services $588,137 · management and general $171,476 · fundraising $37,490

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $518,256 · program services $439,345 · management and general $52,470 · fundraising $26,441

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,560 · management and general $31,560

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,056 · management and general $51,056

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,064,106 · program services $1,513,036 · management and general $526,580 · fundraising $24,490

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $192,267 · program services $186,718 · management and general $5,171 · fundraising $378

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $594,721 · program services $490,976 · management and general $56,336 · fundraising $47,409

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $666,978 · program services $604,551 · management and general $62,427

  • 17 · Travel

    total $972,842 · program services $779,017 · management and general $148,784 · fundraising $45,041

  • 20 · Interest

    total $93,677 · program services $93,677

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,555,666 · program services $1,259,525 · management and general $236,143 · fundraising $59,998

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $346,816 · program services $44,667 · management and general $302,149

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIP RENT/MAINTENANCE

    total $521,159 · program services $172,063 · management and general $292,939 · fundraising $56,157

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $390,339 · program services $344,732 · management and general $45,111 · fundraising $496

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $88,434 · program services $0 · management and general $88,434 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,200 · end of year $5,170

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,227,458 · end of year $13,259,327

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,852,973 · end of year $2,602,675

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $376,019 · end of year $252,481

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $558,218 · end of year $502,454

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $131,543 · end of year $127,618

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

    $51,349,422

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

    $31,959,049

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $20,278,472 · end of year $19,390,373

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,663,360 · end of year $33,408,772

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $256,634 · end of year $237,190

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $497,255 · end of year $365,394

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $566,799 · end of year $492,114

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $528,068 · end of year $264,886

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,250,065 · end of year $1,247,645

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $458,574 · end of year $516,121

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,464,541 · end of year $20,309,948

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $36,584,575 · end of year $46,589,952

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BETHEL COLLEGE EDUCATES LEADERS THROUGH FAITH AND LEARNING, BUILDING ITS PROGRAMS ON FOUR CENTRAL VALUES: DISCIPLESHIP, SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE AND INTEGRITY. DISTINCTIVE ELEMENTS OF A BETHEL EDUCATION INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS IN CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING AND RELIGION AND AN EMPHASIS ON UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, INTERNSHIPS AND STUDY ABROAD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O - FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION

  • GENERAL AND EDUCATION SERVICES FOR STUDENTS

    Expenses $22,192,904 · Grants $10,888,028 · Revenue $17,676,255

  • STUDENT HOUSING, FOOD SERVICE AND BOOKSTORE

    Expenses $1,956,130 · Revenue $4,483,374

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Wynn Goering

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Schmidt-Harrison

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Perkins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Penner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Adrian

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Faith Allen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Becker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Flickinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel Gaeddert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roberta Hodgson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blair Loganbill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Salvador Lujano Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nathan Murphy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Rhoades

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zandra Sawatzky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Schunn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Waltner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Ward

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Zerger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Gering

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $188,779
    From this org
    $161,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,022
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,757
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,322
    Filer's total
    $188,779
  • Jayna Bertholf

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $123,081
    From this org
    $106,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,677
    Hours/week
    40
  • Pamela Tieszen

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $129,906
    From this org
    $113,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,567
    Hours/week
    40
  • Heidi Hoskinson

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $119,965
    From this org
    $103,187
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,778
    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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REGULARLY COMPARES THE SALARY FOR PRESIDENT TO THAT OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THE PRESIDENT HAS A WRITTEN CONTRACT WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

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
2023
Filed
19 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443249349300829

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