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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$31,939,740
Total expenses
$34,671,979
Contributions and grants received
$9,924,808
Grants paid
$11,546,450
Program service revenue
$19,870,920
Investment income
$1,353,366
Other revenue
$790,646
Total assets, end of year
$155,722,122
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,408,569
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$136,313,553
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$28,596,689
Management and general expenses
$4,678,850
Fundraising expenses
$1,396,440
Program service expenses (Part III)
$28,596,689

Program services were 82.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $78,069

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $421,352

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,425,387

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $547,934

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $17,426,749 · related or exempt $17,426,749

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HOUSING & MEALS

    total $1,950,417 · related or exempt $1,950,417

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

    total $493,754 · related or exempt $493,754

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,353,366 · excluded $1,353,366

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $119,248

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $53,502

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $65,746

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $65,746 · unrelated business $65,746

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,272,405

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

    securities $5,272,405

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,139,279

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $544,466

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $594,813 · related or exempt $594,813

  • 11a · Other revenue: MUSEUM INCOME

    total $130,087 · related or exempt $130,087

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $130,087

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $11,546,450 · program services $11,546,450

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $812,959 · management and general $812,959

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,913,306 · program services $7,626,923 · management and general $783,937 · fundraising $502,446

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $536,050 · program services $421,268 · management and general $84,325 · fundraising $30,457

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,402,912 · program services $1,102,511 · management and general $220,690 · fundraising $79,711

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $657,826 · program services $516,968 · management and general $103,481 · fundraising $37,377

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $134,113 · program services $134,113

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $758,148 · management and general $758,148

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $148,751 · management and general $134,238 · fundraising $14,513

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $59,468 · program services $52,743 · fundraising $6,725

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $200,011 · program services $111,385 · management and general $26,511 · fundraising $62,115

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $84,394 · program services $38,222 · management and general $22,925 · fundraising $23,247

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $106,153 · program services $96,796 · management and general $9,357

  • 17 · Travel

    total $158,528 · program services $92,913 · management and general $60,968 · fundraising $4,647

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $305,322 · program services $16,724 · management and general $13,449 · fundraising $275,149

  • 20 · Interest

    total $432,849 · program services $432,849

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,214,968 · program services $1,882,723 · management and general $221,497 · fundraising $110,748

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $521,039 · management and general $521,039

  • 24a · Other expenses: BUILDING & GROUNDS

    total $1,568,381 · program services $1,333,124 · management and general $156,838 · fundraising $78,419

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $799,876 · program services $778,011 · management and general $19,676 · fundraising $2,189

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICES

    total $419,119 · program services $419,119

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $388,091 · program services $388,091

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,503,265 · program services $1,605,756 · management and general $728,812 · fundraising $168,697

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $431,836 · end of year $66,801

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,191,764 · end of year $7,794,616

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,753,167 · end of year $2,141,901

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $259,727 · end of year $119,914

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $113,781

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $67,259 · end of year $56,217

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $20,724 · end of year $24,987

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $274,572 · end of year $321,453

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

    $89,795,249

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

    $32,574,210

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $55,926,235 · end of year $57,221,039

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $83,065,669 · end of year $87,860,593

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $118,082 · end of year $114,601

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,635,296 · end of year $1,168,030

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $599,487 · end of year $468,589

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $12,145,000 · end of year $14,760,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,496,000 · end of year $1,792,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,211,362 · end of year $1,219,950

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,769,773 · end of year $52,479,351

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $77,365,898 · end of year $83,834,202

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OPERATION OF A FOUR YEAR ACCREDITED DEGREE COLLEGE, OPERATION OF A SMALL GRADUATE PROGRAM AND OTHER SUMMER EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

  • TUITION, FEES AND ROOM AND BOARD. COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC OFFERS UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES TO APPROXIMATELY 350 STUDENTS. A DEGREE IN HUMAN ECOLOGY CAN BE EARNED FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND A MASTERS OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE IN HUMAN ECOLOGY CAN BE EARNED FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE COLLEGE PROVIDES ON CAMPUS HOUSING TO APPROXIMATELY 160 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $28,596,689 · Grants $11,546,450 · Revenue $20,595,820

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ann Elizabeth Gardiner

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Marthann Samek

    VICE CO-CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Henry Lp Schmelzer

    VICE CO-CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ronald E Beard

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $4,200
    From this org
    $4,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Barclay Corbus

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Cynthia Baker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Timothy Bass

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Boland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joyce Cacho

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alyne Cistone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heather Richards Evans

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allison Fundis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marie Griffith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nina Horner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nicholas Lapham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Howard Lapsley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Casey Mallinckrodt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chandreyee Mitra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roland Reynolds

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura McGiffert Slover

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura Stone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen W Sullens

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claudia Turnbull

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Darron Collins

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $378,621
    From this org
    $356,407
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,214
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $356,407
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,659
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,555
    Filer's total
    $378,621
  • Sylvia Torti

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $246,963
    From this org
    $219,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,372
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,591
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,013
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,359
    Filer's total
    $246,963
  • Carlyle Paul

    ADMIN DEAN

    Total calculated
    $179,118
    From this org
    $142,884
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,234
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,884
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,649
    Filer's total
    $179,118
  • Kenneth Hill

    ACADEMIC DEA

    Total calculated
    $152,772
    From this org
    $117,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,553
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,219
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,904
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,649
    Filer's total
    $152,772
  • Todd Little-Siebold

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $149,531
    From this org
    $114,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,420
    Hours/week
    35
  • Heather Albert-Knopp

    DEAN OF ADMI

    Total calculated
    $137,537
    From this org
    $109,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,144
    Hours/week
    35
  • John Anderson

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $128,410
    From this org
    $108,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,215
    Hours/week
    35

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
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 1B
THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSING PROVIDED WAS PART OF THE NEGOTIATED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. NO FURTHER SUBSTANTIATION REQUIRED.

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
2024
Filed
31 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202600919349300130

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