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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,824,198
Total expenses
$18,352,001
Contributions and grants received
$1,426,890
Grants paid
$4,016,687
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,776,460
Management and general expenses
$4,424,372
Fundraising expenses
$151,169
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,776,460

Program services were 75.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DR ELAINE SENA CORTEZ

    BOARD MEMBER / ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $9,214
    From this org
    $9,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • LEE ROBERSON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID SHAW

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD CARESS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN BROMLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLIFF BRUNSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA CASTILLO ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEATHER EVANS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEANNE GANDY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR GEORGE KLEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL NEWELL ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD SANCHEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CONNIE SEVIER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOBBY SHAW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN SNIDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMUEL S SPENCER JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • LIZABETH WHITE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY EIDSON

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRISTI GOODWIN

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES LACKEY

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR RYAN TIPTON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $330,793
    From this org
    $312,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,078
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,881
    Bonus
    $10,834
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,298
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,780
    Filer's total
    $330,793

  • DR PAULA SMITH

    EVP/CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $167,212
    From this org
    $160,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,060
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,231
    Bonus
    $5,921
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,203
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,857
    Filer's total
    $167,212

  • DR BRIANNA LOPEZ

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $225,202
    From this org
    $209,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,513
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,458
    Bonus
    $8,231
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,238
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,275
    Filer's total
    $225,202

  • DR KEISHA TIPTON

    DEAN/FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $165,609
    From this org
    $146,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,454
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,146
    Bonus
    $6,009
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,418
    Filer's total
    $165,609

  • STEVE APPEL

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $132,842
    From this org
    $120,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,177
    Hours/week
    50

  • DR LAUREN MILAM

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $118,448
    From this org
    $104,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,928
    Hours/week
    40

  • DR STEPHANIE JOHNSON

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $111,463
    From this org
    $108,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,215
    Hours/week
    40

  • DR SANDRA JOHNSON

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $102,614
    From this org
    $102,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $104
    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 — 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE BOARD APPROVED NONFIXED PAYMENTS MADE IN THE FORM OF DISCRETIONARY BONUSES.

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

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
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533189349309873

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