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← BRADLEY UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BRADLEY UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$240,758,276
Total expenses
$239,086,357
Contributions and grants received
$27,369,227
Grants paid
$85,184,682
Program service revenue
$190,854,095
Investment income
$18,626,897
Other revenue
$3,908,057
Total assets, end of year
$715,511,447
Total liabilities, end of year
$184,137,834
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$531,373,613
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$223,966,529
Management and general expenses
$11,595,425
Fundraising expenses
$3,524,403
Program service expenses (Part III)
$223,966,529

Program services were 93.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $58,203

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $11,342,288

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,968,736

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,844,177

  • 2a · Program service revenue: INSTRUCTION & RESEARCH

    total $164,795,029 · related or exempt $164,795,029

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY SERVICE

    total $14,305,251 · related or exempt $14,305,251

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE REVENUE

    total $8,331,757 · related or exempt $8,331,757

  • 2d · Program service revenue: INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

    total $2,270,632 · related or exempt $2,270,632

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $1,151,426 · related or exempt $1,151,426

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,355,368 · unrelated business $1,103,887 · excluded $19,251,481

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $85,051

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $40,268

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $44,783

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $44,783 · unrelated business $44,783

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $17,777

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

    securities $1,746,248 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,746,248 · other assets $17,777

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,728,471 · excluded -$1,728,471

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $183,679

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $70,880

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $112,799 · excluded $112,799

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $50,209

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $29,694

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $20,515 · excluded $20,515

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $3,729,960 · related or exempt $3,729,960

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,729,960

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $85,184,682 · program services $85,184,682

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,107,648 · program services $2,765,807 · management and general $248,612 · fundraising $93,229

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $68,082,429 · program services $60,470,498 · management and general $5,399,788 · fundraising $2,212,143

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,069,913 · program services $2,742,028 · management and general $247,871 · fundraising $80,014

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,299,919 · program services $7,412,399 · management and general $669,911 · fundraising $217,609

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,997,580 · program services $4,463,049 · management and general $403,337 · fundraising $131,194

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,901,103 · program services $2,343,972 · management and general $556,554 · fundraising $577

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $251,654 · program services $203,326 · management and general $48,278 · fundraising $50

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $248,088 · management and general $248,088

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $88,547 · management and general $88,547

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,520,201 · program services $3,116,164 · management and general $403,269 · fundraising $768

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,090,867 · program services $1,003,839 · management and general $18,519 · fundraising $68,509

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,864,581 · program services $8,210,471 · management and general $340,308 · fundraising $313,802

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,273,496 · program services $3,218,135 · management and general $44,890 · fundraising $10,471

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,754,689 · program services $17,233,887 · management and general $515,780 · fundraising $5,022

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,807,343 · program services $3,580,331 · management and general $136,574 · fundraising $90,438

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,250,316 · program services $1,175,767 · management and general $44,850 · fundraising $29,699

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,263,325 · program services $4,819,908 · management and general $443,417

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,036,042 · program services $11,937,801 · management and general $1,098,241

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,300,678 · program services $2,039,032 · management and general $76,212 · fundraising $185,434

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE

    total $2,207,328 · program services $2,045,433 · management and general $76,451 · fundraising $85,444

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER NONOPERATING EXPE

    total $485,928 · management and general $485,928

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $17,519,667 · end of year $13,453,291

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $701,173 · end of year $1,780,155

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,608,337 · end of year $5,533,419

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,398,833 · end of year $2,826,025

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,369,688 · end of year $1,947,905

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

    $601,211,793

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

    $279,064,387

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $325,757,222 · end of year $322,147,406

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $212,186,807 · end of year $214,819,303

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $149,533,772 · end of year $151,461,868

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,899,062 · end of year $1,542,075

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,870,725 · end of year $22,205,358

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,358,585 · end of year $3,505,336

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $136,506,765 · end of year $131,798,288

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $679,093 · end of year $541,600

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $3,231,917 · end of year $2,818,611

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $24,926,928 · end of year $23,268,641

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $370,803,038 · end of year $365,441,552

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $157,597,510 · end of year $165,932,061

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY EMPOWERS STUDENTS FOR IMMEDIATE AND SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS BY COMBINING PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION, LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND CO-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCES. ALONGSIDE OUR DEDICATION TO STUDENTS, WE EMBRACE THE GENERATION, APPLICATION, AND INTERPRETATION OF KNOWLEDGE.

  • BRADLEY UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN PEORIA, ILLINOIS, THAT ENROLLS NEARLY 5,000 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, OFFERING UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, FINE ARTS, HEALTH SCIENCES, LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $223,966,529 · Grants $85,184,682 · Revenue $194,584,055

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cathy Jacobson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Celso White

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cheryl Procter-Rogers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Curtis Staker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Debbie Simon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Garret Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Glenn Ross

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Henry Vicary

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James Shadid

    PRESIDENT (BEG 4/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jenny Wilcoski

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jonathan Michael

    INTERIM PRESIDENT, CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $176,087
    From this org
    $176,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,087
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $176,087
  • Kathleen Mb Holst

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kevin Schloeplein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Leo Harmon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Matthew Vonachen

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Melvin Flowers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Lane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Scimo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ray Lahood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sharon Desmooulin-Kherat

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Stephen Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Stephen Standifird

    PRESIDENT (THRU 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $627,486
    From this org
    $576,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,194
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,659
    Bonus
    $54,000
    Other
    $138,633
    Deferred
    $23,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,094
    Filer's total
    $627,486
  • Daniel Moon

    INTERIM PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $269,186
    From this org
    $241,818
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,368
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,818
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,145
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,223
    Filer's total
    $269,186
  • Elizabeth Hull

    VP FOR FINANCE & ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $237,374
    From this org
    $222,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,775
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,161
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,438
    Deferred
    $14,613
    Nontaxable benefits
    $162
    Filer's total
    $237,374
  • Erin Kastberg

    VP LEGAL AFFAIRS & GEN. COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $288,856
    From this org
    $242,533
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,323
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,533
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $17,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,343
    Filer's total
    $288,856
  • Christopher Jones

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC PARTSHIP

    Total calculated
    $242,585
    From this org
    $226,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,983
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,269
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,333
    Deferred
    $15,866
    Nontaxable benefits
    $117
    Filer's total
    $242,585
  • Delorean Menifee

    VP ENROLLMENT, MARKETING & COMM

    Total calculated
    $162,846
    From this org
    $158,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,289
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,717
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,840
    Deferred
    $4,221
    Nontaxable benefits
    $68
    Filer's total
    $162,846
  • Jason Petrovich

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCE

    Total calculated
    $212,796
    From this org
    $188,703
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,093
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,699
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $29,004
    Deferred
    $12,104
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,989
    Filer's total
    $212,796
  • Nathan Thomas

    VP STUDENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $241,631
    From this org
    $225,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,710
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,421
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Deferred
    $15,710
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $241,631
  • Ralph Christopher Reynolds

    VP INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

    Total calculated
    $507,057
    From this org
    $454,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,377
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $336,890
    Bonus
    $70,000
    Other
    $47,790
    Deferred
    $24,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,227
    Filer's total
    $507,057
  • Warren Anderson

    VP DEI

    Total calculated
    $248,856
    From this org
    $222,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,036
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,525
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,295
    Deferred
    $15,813
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,223
    Filer's total
    $248,856
  • Brian Wardle

    MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $886,419
    From this org
    $834,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,416
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $783,500
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $35,503
    Deferred
    $24,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,266
    Filer's total
    $886,419
  • Ching-Shihn J Chen

    CHAIR IMET

    Total calculated
    $257,567
    From this org
    $229,529
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,038
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,442
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $87,087
    Deferred
    $8,925
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,113
    Filer's total
    $257,567
  • Ethan Ham

    DEAN OF SLANE COLLEGE OF COMM

    Total calculated
    $252,187
    From this org
    $217,348
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,839
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,177
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,171
    Deferred
    $15,639
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,200
    Filer's total
    $252,187
  • Krishnanand Maillacheruvu

    INTERIM DEAN

    Total calculated
    $300,039
    From this org
    $270,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,473
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,066
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Deferred
    $19,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,223
    Filer's total
    $300,039
  • Mary Conway

    EXECUTIVE & ACADEMIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $252,501
    From this org
    $226,924
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,577
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,924
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $21,000
    Deferred
    $15,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,177
    Filer's total
    $252,501
  • Walter Zakahi

    FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $141,143
    From this org
    $124,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,446
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $105,165
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $19,532
    Deferred
    $8,512
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,934
    Filer's total
    $141,143

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
ALL BENEFITS IDENTIFIED IN PART 1, LINE 1A ARE TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 1B
THE UNIVERSITY HAS A POLICY FOR CHARTER TRAVEL. HOWEVER, FOR ALL OTHER COMPONENTS INDICATED, THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES FOR IN A WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH THE EMPLOYEE.

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
15 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611129349302111

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