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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$118,629,455
Total expenses
$130,334,641
Contributions and grants received
$11,881,025
Grants paid
$38,378,033
Program service revenue
$97,914,900
Investment income
$1,188,797
Other revenue
$7,644,733
Total assets, end of year
$155,806,618
Total liabilities, end of year
$76,714,348
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$79,092,270
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$108,474,246
Management and general expenses
$20,997,058
Fundraising expenses
$863,337
Program service expenses (Part III)
$108,474,246

Program services were 83.2% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $4,914,722

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,886,816

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,079,487

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

    total $96,104,127 · related or exempt $96,104,127

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NON-CREDIT COURSE FEES

    total $1,810,773 · related or exempt $1,810,773

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $594,978 · excluded $594,978

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,300 · personal property $48,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,300 · personal property $48,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $50,300 · unrelated business $48,000 · excluded $2,300

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $9,112,665 · other assets $854,179

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

    securities $9,373,025 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$260,360 · other assets $854,179

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $593,819 · excluded $593,819

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,856,010

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,367,179

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,488,831 · related or exempt $7,488,831

  • 11a · Other revenue: DUES AND EVENT INCOME

    total $105,602 · excluded $105,602

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $105,602

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $36,002,944 · program services $36,002,944

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,375,089 · program services $2,375,089

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,115,962 · management and general $2,115,962

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $37,452,077 · program services $28,507,887 · management and general $8,512,541 · fundraising $431,649

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,036,118 · program services $1,496,111 · management and general $509,240 · fundraising $30,767

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,877,240 · program services $4,548,268 · management and general $1,263,864 · fundraising $65,108

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,729,263 · program services $2,063,982 · management and general $634,318 · fundraising $30,963

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $595,439 · program services $292,046 · management and general $142,960 · fundraising $160,433

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $106,719 · management and general $106,719

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $168,007 · management and general $168,007

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $71,365 · management and general $71,365

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,994,365 · program services $3,417,369 · management and general $568,739 · fundraising $8,257

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,469,578 · program services $4,220,192 · management and general $164,021 · fundraising $85,365

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,191,317 · program services $1,066,135 · management and general $115,724 · fundraising $9,458

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,510,166 · program services $559,484 · management and general $2,924,798 · fundraising $25,884

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,712,434 · program services $5,712,434

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,455,235 · program services $2,387,914 · management and general $54,655 · fundraising $12,666

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $442,761 · program services $266,603 · management and general $176,158

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,680,938 · program services $1,680,938

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,387,432 · program services $8,387,432

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,339,869 · program services $1,326,599 · management and general $13,270

  • 24a · Other expenses: ATHLETIC EXPENSE

    total $2,433,985 · program services $2,433,985

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MA

    total $1,583,840 · program services $119,406 · management and general $1,464,434

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS

    total $1,249,221 · management and general $1,249,221

  • 24d · Other expenses: TESTING AND ASSESSMENT

    total $1,113,291 · program services $1,113,291

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,239,986 · program services $496,137 · management and general $741,062 · fundraising $2,787

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,700,258 · end of year $1,281,647

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $806,820 · end of year $1,913,865

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,149,142 · end of year $1,681,188

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,276,525 · end of year $4,644,316

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $75,627 · end of year $94,339

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,136,979 · end of year $3,052,073

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

    $205,608,081

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

    $104,279,879

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $105,650,111 · end of year $101,328,202

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $23,558,427 · end of year $15,507,726

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $231,164 · end of year $201,582

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,862,564 · end of year $26,101,680

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,843,696 · end of year $7,867,416

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,790,732 · end of year $5,763,540

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $35,202,105 · end of year $31,514,435

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,600,000 · end of year $3,300,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $315,385 · end of year $1,394,696

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,452,774 · end of year $26,874,261

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $88,324,543 · end of year $78,009,888

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,918,382 · end of year $1,082,382

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PREPARES INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO EXCEL IN THE KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PREPARING STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN BUSINESS, HEALTH, AND TECHNOLOGY. QUALITY, CAREER-ORIENTED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE MAIN CAMPUS IN GRAND RAPIDS AND OTHER CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN.

  • PROVIDE EDUCATION TO APPROXIMATELY 5,000 STUDENTS AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN, INCLUDING OVER 3,000 COURSES AT THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVELS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN BUSINESS, HEALTH, AND TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $107,285,731 · Grants $38,378,033 · Revenue $103,592,958

  • EDUCATING BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS THROUGH NON-CREDIT COURSES IN VARIOUS AREAS.

    Expenses $1,188,515 · Revenue $1,810,773

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Pappas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $970,434
    From this org
    $611,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $359,107
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $381,327
    Bonus
    $191,406
    Other
    $38,594
    Deferred
    $328,575
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,532
    Filer's total
    $970,434
  • Kenneth Yerrick

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Cunningham

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rami Fawaz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Hahn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doyle Hayes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Hetzler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Klingenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Stiers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Tuuk-Kuras

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Vandyke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ileana McAlary

    PART YEAR - TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Veneklase

    PART YR INTERIM TREAS/SEC/EVP FINA

    Total calculated
    $384,333
    From this org
    $321,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,815
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,241
    Bonus
    $87,026
    Other
    $1,251
    Deferred
    $50,741
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,074
    Filer's total
    $384,333
  • Anthony Anderson

    PART YR TREAS/SEC/EVP FOR FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Walter O'Neill

    EVP ENROLLMENT & STUDENT S

    Total calculated
    $399,591
    From this org
    $264,159
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $135,432
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,420
    Bonus
    $76,680
    Other
    $1,059
    Deferred
    $100,405
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,027
    Filer's total
    $399,591
  • Gilda Gely

    EVP FOR ACADEMICS & PROVOS

    Total calculated
    $382,615
    From this org
    $304,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,829
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,980
    Bonus
    $86,000
    Other
    $13,806
    Deferred
    $67,821
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,008
    Filer's total
    $382,615
  • Scott Epstein

    EVP FOR QUALITY & EFFECTIV

    Total calculated
    $406,200
    From this org
    $275,720
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $130,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,551
    Bonus
    $76,118
    Other
    $1,051
    Deferred
    $101,595
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,885
    Filer's total
    $406,200
  • Rachel Render

    EVP FOR ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $381,585
    From this org
    $281,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $99,777
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,556
    Bonus
    $79,550
    Other
    $8,702
    Deferred
    $65,668
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,109
    Filer's total
    $381,585
  • Debra Cooper

    EVP FOR MARKETING & COMMUN

    Total calculated
    $354,012
    From this org
    $259,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $94,028
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,833
    Bonus
    $75,119
    Other
    $1,032
    Deferred
    $65,143
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,885
    Filer's total
    $354,012
  • Amy Mansfield

    DEAN - MAINE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $243,072
    From this org
    $213,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,256
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,159
    Bonus
    $29,750
    Other
    $1,907
    Deferred
    $16,865
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,391
    Filer's total
    $243,072
  • Jodi Chycinski

    VP - ADMISSIONS & STRAT PTRSHIP

    Total calculated
    $235,973
    From this org
    $189,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,981
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,983
    Bonus
    $14,671
    Other
    $338
    Deferred
    $12,337
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,644
    Filer's total
    $235,973

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
  • 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES WHO RECEIVED HOUSING LOANS. INTEREST IS CHARGED AT APPLICABLE IRS RATES AND INCLUDED IN EMPLOYEES' W-2 GROSS INCOME. IN ADDITION, RICHARD PAPPAS IS PAID A MONTHLY HOUSING ALLOWANCE, WHICH TOTALED $30,000.00 AND IS INCLUDED IN HIS GROSS INCOME. CERTAIN EMPLOYEES HAVE CLUB DUES PAID ON THEIR BEHALF FOR WORK RELATED FUNCTIONS.
PART I, LINES 4A-B
LINE 4A: DAVID VENEKLASE RECEIVED SEVERANCE PAYMENTS TOTALING $137,834 DURING THE TAX YEAR. LINE 4B: THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN A NONQUALIFIED 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AND HAD THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PLAN FOR THE YEAR REPORTED: RICHARD PAPPAS $46,319; GILDA GELY $23,403; WALTER O'NEILL $21,064; DAVE VENEKLASE $25,355; SCOTT EPSTEIN $21,748; DEB COOPER $20,612; RACHEL RENDER $21,979. IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN THAT INCLUDES CERTAIN RETENTION BONUSES TO BE PAID IF THEY REMAIN EMPLOYED BY THE UNIVERSITY THROUGH CERTAIN SERVICE DATES. DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNTS OF $240,994 FOR RICHARD PAPPAS; $59,729 FOR WALTER O'NEILL; $59,729 FOR SCOTT EPSTEIN, $23,892 FOR GILDA GELY, $23,892 FOR DEB COOPER, AND $23,892 FOR RACHEL RENDER ARE INCLUDED IN THEIR TOTAL COMPENSATION REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J UNDER THIS PLAN.
PART I, LINE 7
AS INDICATED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED A BONUS BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE PRESIDENT'S BONUS IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE ENTIRE BOARD. ALL OTHER BONUSES PAID OUT ARE REVIEWED BY 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
18 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410809349300241

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