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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BEACON COLLEGE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$40,961,104
Total expenses
$39,623,164
Contributions and grants received
$4,081,108
Grants paid
$10,185,274
Program service revenue
$36,181,699
Investment income
$404,572
Other revenue
$293,725
Total assets, end of year
$40,741,397
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,604,452
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,136,945
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$33,323,132
Management and general expenses
$5,665,680
Fundraising expenses
$634,352
Program service expenses (Part III)
$33,323,132

Program services were 84.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,081,108

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $629,140

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $26,584,015 · related or exempt $26,584,015

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ROOM & BOARD FEES

    total $7,575,517 · related or exempt $7,575,517

  • 2c · Program service revenue: NONTRADITIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $1,390,579 · related or exempt $1,390,579

  • 2d · Program service revenue: STUDENT SERVICE FEES

    total $631,588 · related or exempt $631,588

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $168,206 · excluded $168,206

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,821,412 · other assets $4,500

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

    securities $4,589,066 · other assets $480

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $232,346 · other assets $4,020

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $236,366 · excluded $236,366

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $6,430

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,675

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $4,755 · excluded $4,755

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $286,002

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $219,438

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $66,564 · excluded $66,564

  • 11a · Other revenue: STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE

    total $160,525 · excluded $160,525

  • 11b · Other revenue: INSURANCE SETTLEMENT

    total $52,271 · excluded $52,271

  • 11c · Other revenue: VENDING

    total $6,179 · excluded $6,179

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $3,431 · excluded $3,431

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $222,406

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,120,934 · program services $10,120,934

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $64,340 · program services $64,340

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,545,518 · program services $446,462 · management and general $918,689 · fundraising $180,367

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $42,263 · program services $32,387 · management and general $9,162 · fundraising $714

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,920,299 · program services $9,049,116 · management and general $1,646,115 · fundraising $225,068

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $319,549 · program services $257,981 · management and general $61,568

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,386,497 · program services $998,172 · management and general $388,325

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $828,855 · program services $647,471 · management and general $162,614 · fundraising $18,770

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $105,799 · management and general $105,399 · fundraising $400

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $78,432 · management and general $78,432

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $83,113 · fundraising $83,113

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $25,111 · management and general $25,111

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,751,716 · program services $4,434,667 · management and general $317,049

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $734,071 · program services $462,065 · management and general $270,194 · fundraising $1,812

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,145,919 · program services $489,695 · management and general $609,097 · fundraising $47,127

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $71,827 · program services $4,585 · management and general $57,156 · fundraising $10,086

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,429,434 · program services $2,087,038 · management and general $329,545 · fundraising $12,851

  • 17 · Travel

    total $409,283 · program services $240,857 · management and general $152,176 · fundraising $16,250

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $663,603 · program services $447,797 · management and general $183,463 · fundraising $32,343

  • 20 · Interest

    total $643,790 · program services $593,367 · management and general $50,423

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,749,659 · program services $1,574,034 · management and general $175,625

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $856,585 · program services $795,387 · management and general $60,580 · fundraising $618

  • 24a · Other expenses: CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

    total $483,809 · program services $482,661 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,148

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & MEMBERSHIPS

    total $101,497 · program services $37,015 · management and general $64,482 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS & CATERING

    total $30,995 · program services $30,995 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $4,682 · program services $4,682 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,584 · program services $21,424 · management and general $475 · fundraising $3,685

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,311,761 · end of year $2,578,219

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,760,368 · end of year $3,267,710

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,947,283 · end of year $1,817,471

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $105,048 · end of year $567,190

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $45,053 · end of year $41,212

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $400,071 · end of year $518,747

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

    $41,144,457

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

    $10,858,668

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $30,345,885 · end of year $30,285,789

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,423,980 · end of year $915,570

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $476,074 · end of year $749,489

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,613,936 · end of year $1,868,595

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,991,371 · end of year $2,607,364

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $17,190,813 · end of year $16,628,338

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $78,367 · end of year $227,913

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $272,242

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,974,251 · end of year $12,631,702

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,966,785 · end of year $6,505,243

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BEACON COLLEGE IS AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITH AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ETHOS AND HOLISTIC FOCUS, UNIQUELY SERVING THE EDUCATION NEEDS OF NEURODIVERGENT STUDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUR-YEAR ACCREDITED COLLEGE SERVING NEURODIVERGENT STUDENTS WITH ASSOCIATES & BACHELORS DEGREES

  • BEACON WAS FOUNDED BY PARENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE A SUPERIOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES. WHEN ESTABLISHED IN 1989, THE COLLEGE WAS GRANTED THE APPROVAL OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO OFFER A FOCUSED LIBERAL ARTS-BASED CURRICULUM ALIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO THE LEARNING STYLES, SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL AND LIFESTYLE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF THESE STUDENTS. BEACON IS A FULLY ACCREDITATED FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE FOR STUDENTS SEEKING ASSOCIATE'S AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES. BEACON'S CAMPUS IN LEESBURG, FLORIDA CURRENTLY SERVES MORE THAN 500 DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS AND HUNDREDS MORE IN ITS TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $33,323,132 · Grants $10,185,274 · Revenue $36,181,699

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr George J Hagerty

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $539,922
    From this org
    $440,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $99,405
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $355,997
    Bonus
    $43,530
    Other
    $40,990
    Deferred
    $44,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $54,545
    Filer's total
    $539,922
  • Dr Brad Hough

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $237,371
    From this org
    $174,117
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,254
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,117
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,671
    Nontaxable benefits
    $57,583
    Filer's total
    $237,371
  • Richard Killion

    VP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $218,683
    From this org
    $180,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,311
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,372
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,922
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,389
    Filer's total
    $218,683
  • Dale Herold

    VP OF ADMISSIONS & ENROLLMENT

    Total calculated
    $216,827
    From this org
    $171,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,583
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,244
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,701
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,882
    Filer's total
    $216,827
  • Dr Fred Gore

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $206,983
    From this org
    $159,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,463
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,520
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,199
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,264
    Filer's total
    $206,983
  • Dr Brent Betit

    COO

    Total calculated
    $182,263
    From this org
    $163,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,165
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,098
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,932
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,233
    Filer's total
    $182,263
  • Dr Oksana Hagerty

    DEAN OF STUDENT SUCCESS

    Total calculated
    $178,701
    From this org
    $145,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,839
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,724
    Bonus
    $1,138
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,966
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,873
    Filer's total
    $178,701
  • Dana Manzo

    VP OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $165,304
    From this org
    $133,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,115
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,189
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,903
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,212
    Filer's total
    $165,304
  • Dr Kevin Reilly

    VP OF ACADEMICS

    Total calculated
    $123,900
    From this org
    $104,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,284
    Hours/week
    50
  • Dr Daniel Averbeck

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Sarah Flanagan

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • John Rogers

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Dr Jennifer Braaten

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Peter Giamalva

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John R Gill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Dr Mark Griffin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Dr Sheldon H Horowitz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Nancy D Judge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Dr Alfred Moffett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Janet Morrow

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Debbie Resnick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Hugh W Thompson III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Charo Uceda

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE RECEIVED A HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND AUTO ALLOWANCE AS A PART OF HIS COMPENSATION CONTRACT. IT IS INCLUDED IN HIS TAXABLE INCOME.
PART I, LINE 4B
DR. GEORGE J. HAGERTY HAD A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN UNDER SECTION 457(F) TOTALING $27,243 DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024. THIS DEFERRED AMOUNT IS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C).
PART I, LINE 7
THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL BONUS IS BASED UPON AN ASSESSMENT DONE BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS PART OF HIS ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. IT IS NOT SET IN AMOUNT, BUT IS DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF ASSESSMENT BY THE COMMITTEE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE GOALS PROVIDED AND RESULTS ACHIEVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE COLLEGE. WHILE THE PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE COLLEGE IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE COMMITTEE'S ASSESSMENT, IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL FACTORS INVOLVED. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD HAS INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED THE COMPENSATION LEVEL AND ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE DEAN OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR THE DEAN'S PEERS AND DIRECTED THE PRESIDENT TO COMPENSATE THE DEAN ACCORDING TO THE BOARD'S DETERMINATIONS. THIS BONUS IS NOT TIED TO SPECIFIC FINANCIAL COMPONENTS.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (1)

    TRUST · FL · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BEACON COLLEGE INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640839349301704

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