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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CANISIUS UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO NEW YORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$99,933,030
Total expenses
$104,578,532
Contributions and grants received
$10,061,227
Grants paid
$34,081,955
Program service revenue
$78,196,800
Investment income
-$231,971
Other revenue
$11,906,974
Total assets, end of year
$276,069,279
Total liabilities, end of year
$65,677,263
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$210,392,016
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$85,395,846
Management and general expenses
$17,525,732
Fundraising expenses
$1,656,954
Program service expenses (Part III)
$85,395,846

Program services were 81.7% 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

    $19,585

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,616,384

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,425,258

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $298,125

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $67,708,881 · related or exempt $67,708,881

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RESIDENCE HALL - RM & BO

    total $8,510,015 · related or exempt $8,510,015

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE/ATHLETICS/BOOKSTORE

    total $1,977,904 · related or exempt $1,741,219 · unrelated business $236,685

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $662,831 · excluded $662,831

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $134,043

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $134,043

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $134,043 · excluded $134,043

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $31,477,987 · other assets $2,150,000

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

    securities $29,878,982 · other assets $4,643,807

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,599,005 · other assets -$2,493,807

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$894,802 · excluded -$894,802

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $92,331

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

    $19,585

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $61,991

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $30,340 · excluded $30,340

  • 11a · Other revenue: NET PROCEEDS FROM INSURANCE CLAIM

    total $6,476,610 · excluded $6,476,610

  • 11b · Other revenue: EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT

    total $3,184,438 · excluded $3,184,438

  • 11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,081,543 · related or exempt $2,081,543

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,742,591

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $34,081,955 · program services $34,081,955

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,259,370 · program services $367,587 · management and general $740,415 · fundraising $151,368

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,604,773 · program services $21,455,288 · management and general $5,363,822 · fundraising $785,663

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $958,724 · program services $741,065 · management and general $185,266 · fundraising $32,393

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,774,981 · program services $4,388,986 · management and general $1,212,746 · fundraising $173,249

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,207,721 · program services $1,677,868 · management and general $463,621 · fundraising $66,232

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $258,670 · management and general $258,670

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,235 · management and general $54,235

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $55,000 · management and general $55,000

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,697,606 · program services $1,442,965 · management and general $220,689 · fundraising $33,952

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,349,742 · program services $5,397,281 · management and general $825,466 · fundraising $126,995

  • 24a · Other expenses: ACADEMIC SUPPORT

    total $10,656,013 · program services $10,656,013

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

    total $6,539,957 · management and general $6,252,855 · fundraising $287,102

  • 24c · Other expenses: INSTRUCTION

    total $3,876,611 · program services $3,876,611

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,945,050 · program services $1,310,227 · management and general $634,823

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,258,124 · management and general $1,258,124

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,298,463 · end of year $16,337,516

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,149,794 · end of year $2,894,564

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,264,708 · end of year $8,041,140

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,301,538 · end of year $6,751,672

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,794,638 · end of year $958,677

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

    $264,446,627

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

    $167,414,341

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $104,577,084 · end of year $97,032,286

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $158,044,405 · end of year $141,563,398

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,056,149 · end of year $2,490,026

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,442,477 · end of year $10,516,795

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,973,731 · end of year $5,489,254

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $45,532,628 · end of year $42,587,625

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $227,192 · end of year $204,370

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,803,148 · end of year $6,879,219

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $80,275,986 · end of year $70,014,105

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $139,231,617 · end of year $140,377,911

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CANISIUS UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, GOVERNED BY AN INDEPENDENT SELF PERPETUATING BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNDER A CHARTER GRANTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED AS A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE A GRADUATE DIVISION, A SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, A SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND A SUMMER SESSION IN ADDITION TO THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CANISIUS UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, GOVERNED BY AN INDEPENDENT SELF PERPETUATING BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNDER A CHARTER GRANTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED AS A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE, THE UNIVERTY HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE A GRADUATE DIVISION, A SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, A SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND A SUMMER SESSION IN ADDITION TO THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

  • EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION - PROVIDE EDUCATION TO 2,492 STUDENTS IN THE FALL AND 2,389 STUDENTS IN THE SPRING SEMESTERS.

    Expenses $59,624,253 · Grants $34,064,188 · Revenue $65,926,890

  • STUDENT SERVICES - PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $18,763,020 · Grants $17,767 · Revenue $5,604,753

  • RESIDENCE HALLS - PROVIDE ROOM AND BOARD TO ALL RESIDENT STUDENTS AND THOSE STUDENTS WITH MEAL PLANS.

    Expenses $7,008,573 · Revenue $8,510,015

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Martin J Berardi

    TRUSTEE - CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cindy L Odom

    TRUSTEE - VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nancy W Ware

    TRUSTEE - EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John R Connolly

    EMERITUS TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Catherine A Bolz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kimberly A Detrask

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jerry G Canada Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christopher P Devine

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nelson D Civello

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nora E Eberl Plizga

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eileen Crotty Sendor

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joyson C Thomas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christopher F Malof

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephen F Jackson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • James R Deuschle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christopher M Kelly

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hon Lenora Foote-Beavers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Francis M Lazarus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lt Col James E McNicholas Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark J Lema

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Gerald Thomas Krettek Sj

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Margaret W Paroski

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Patrick D Rogers Sj

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Marya J Propis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Vincent Gilbert Roux

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anthony F Shelley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Jeffrey P Von Arx Sj

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Thomas R Slon Sj

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Timothy T Tevens

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Laura A Zaepfel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael J Todaro

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cynthia L Skrzycki

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anthony B Spada Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Thomas G Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David J Nasca

    TRUSTEE-VICE CHAIR(TERM ENDED 6/30/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert H Maloney

    TRUSTEE (TERM ENDED 6/30/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anthony M Masiello

    TRUSTEE (TERM ENDED 6/30/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rev Phillip A Florio Sj

    TRUSTEE(TERM ENDED 6/30/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve K Stoute

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $250,497
    From this org
    $225,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,112
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,732
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $52,653
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,112
    Filer's total
    $250,497
  • Dr Sara R Morris

    VP - ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $267,827
    From this org
    $200,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,097
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,463
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,267
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $67,097
    Filer's total
    $267,827
  • Timothy P Balkin

    VP - BUSINESS/FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $190,246
    From this org
    $180,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,062
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,441
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,743
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,062
    Filer's total
    $190,246
  • Danielle Ianni

    VP - ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $163,355
    From this org
    $156,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,264
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,872
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $219
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,264
    Filer's total
    $163,355
  • Kimberly A Venti

    VP - INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCE

    Total calculated
    $232,477
    From this org
    $151,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,109
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,424
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $944
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $81,109
    Filer's total
    $232,477
  • Sandra Estanek

    VP STUD. AFFAIRS THRU 7/15/22

    Total calculated
    $104,572
    From this org
    $100,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,692
    Hours/week
    40
  • John J Hurley

    PRESIDENT - RETIRED 7/1/22

    Total calculated
    $209,657
    From this org
    $178,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,902
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,859
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,896
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,902
    Filer's total
    $209,657
  • Harold Fields

    VP - STUDENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $74,687
    From this org
    $65,976
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,711
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Ian J Redpath

    PROFESSOR - ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $175,163
    From this org
    $154,576
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,587
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,576
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,587
    Filer's total
    $175,163
  • Dr Joseph O'Donnell

    PROFESSOR - ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $175,435
    From this org
    $167,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,844
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,591
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,844
    Filer's total
    $175,435
  • Dr James Goldstein

    PROFESSOR - ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $183,886
    From this org
    $163,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,620
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,266
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,620
    Filer's total
    $183,886
  • Dr Denise Rotondo

    DEAN - SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $227,712
    From this org
    $175,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,657
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,055
    Filer's total
    $227,712
  • Phillip Witherspoon

    MEAN'S BASKETBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $283,365
    From this org
    $271,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,504
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $271,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,504
    Filer's total
    $283,365

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 · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 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 1, LINE 1A:
THE UNIVERSITY PAID FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CLUB DUES OR COUNTRY CLUB DUES FOR TWO OF THE OFFICERS/HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES LISTED IN PART VII. CANISIUS WILL ONLY REIMBURSE A BUSINESS EXPENSE WHEN ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING IRS REQUIREMENTS ARE MET: 1) THE EXPENSE MUST HAVE BUSINESS CONNECTION (I.E., THE EXPENSES MUST BE INCURRED WHILE PERFORMING SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY), 2) THE EXPENSES MUST BE ADEQUATELY SUBSTANTIATED BY THE EMPLOYEE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME; AND 3) THE EMPLOYEE MUST RETURN ANY EXCESS REIMBURSEMENT OF ALLOWANCE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME. A PORTION OF THESE DUES WERE TAXABLE BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF NON-BUSINESS TO BUSINESS USE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. THE UNIVERSITY "GROSSED UP" THE APPLICABLE NON-BUSINESS EXPENSES AND INCLUDED IN THE EMPLOYEES' W-2 AS ADDITIONAL TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

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
2022
Filed
6 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430329349301413

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