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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,995,168
Total expenses
$38,046,534
Contributions and grants received
$3,373,884
Grants paid
$14,347,815
Program service revenue
$29,419,563
Investment income
$1,201,721
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$68,655,986
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,842,611
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,813,375
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$33,135,439
Management and general expenses
$4,565,312
Fundraising expenses
$345,783
Program service expenses (Part III)
$33,135,439

Program services were 87.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,002,058

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,371,826

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $21,880

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $25,423,743 · related or exempt $25,423,743

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY

    total $3,454,261 · related or exempt $3,454,261

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER SOURCES

    total $521,965 · related or exempt $521,965

  • 2d · Program service revenue: INTEREST & LATE CHARGES

    total $19,594 · related or exempt $19,594

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $697,454 · excluded $697,454

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $15,486,971

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

    securities $14,540,969 · other assets $441,735

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $946,002 · other assets -$441,735

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $504,267 · excluded $504,267

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,347,815 · program services $14,347,815

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,202,958 · program services $1,012,204 · management and general $161,368 · fundraising $29,386

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,683,905 · program services $7,302,113 · management and general $1,170,759 · fundraising $211,033

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $67,138 · program services $53,198 · management and general $12,900 · fundraising $1,040

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $634,514 · program services $550,107 · management and general $68,174 · fundraising $16,233

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $647,350 · program services $536,565 · management and general $94,006 · fundraising $16,779

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $130,033 · program services $9,471 · management and general $120,562

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $188,889 · management and general $188,889

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,291,812 · program services $3,590,749 · management and general $701,063

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75,519 · program services $1,740 · management and general $73,779

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,119 · management and general $14,119

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $976,793 · program services $938,389 · management and general $38,404

  • 17 · Travel

    total $783,417 · program services $760,201 · management and general $21,275 · fundraising $1,941

  • 20 · Interest

    total $901,551 · management and general $901,551

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,383,584 · program services $1,383,584

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $839,980 · program services $479,873 · management and general $360,107

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $2,093,339 · program services $1,688,649 · management and general $340,166 · fundraising $64,524

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $341,183 · program services $337,548 · management and general $3,635

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $207,712 · management and general $207,712

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES

    total $181,017 · program services $107,494 · management and general $73,523

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $53,906 · program services $35,739 · management and general $13,320 · fundraising $4,847

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $332,692 · end of year $430,546

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $701,235 · end of year $82,620

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,084,306

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $737,073 · end of year $909,049

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $320,703 · end of year $228,222

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $201,734 · end of year $189,215

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $415,642 · end of year $544,508

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

    $62,656,714

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

    $31,066,687

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $36,933,100 · end of year $31,590,027

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $29,388,963 · end of year $26,771,833

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,660,301 · end of year $6,825,660

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,601,266 · end of year $1,957,761

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $242,769 · end of year $118,077

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $8,884,245 · end of year $8,370,851

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,887,798 · end of year $4,466,221

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,884,763 · end of year $2,929,701

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,288,601 · end of year $14,839,212

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,902,001 · end of year $35,974,163

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

UNION IS GROUNDED BY FOUR PILLARS THAT DEFINE OUR FOCUS AS AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION: SERVICE TO EACH OTHER AND OUR COMMUNITIES; OUR APPALACHIAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE; OUR CORE AFFILIATION WITH METHODISM AND THE LIBERAL ARTS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE. UNION SERVES EACH OF ITS STUDENTS WITH A SINCERE COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN THOSE PILLARS, TO SPARK PASSION AND INSPIRE LIFELONG LEARNING IN ALL THEY DO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

  • 1644 TOTAL STUDENTS, UG STUDENTS 859, GR STUDENTS 796, 378 STUDENTS GRADUATED DURING FY 2025, 155 UG AND 223 GR STUDENTS.

    Expenses $33,135,439 · Grants $14,347,815 · Revenue $29,419,563

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Goss

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dr Thomas Clark

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Terry Smallwood

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jessica Begman

    BAORD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rev Dr Barry Ball

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Don Calitri

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Billy Hensley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Paul Isaacs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Don Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Ruth Wooton-Kee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Don Lane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Edna Mann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jose Martinez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Haley McCoy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Mitchell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roy Pulliam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Rhodes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Skidmore-Short

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Tipton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Marcetta Darensbourg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Fultz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Halter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rich Prewitt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Stunson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Donald Washington

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $151,948
    From this org
    $144,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,654
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,343
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,951
    Deferred
    $2,155
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,499
    Filer's total
    $151,948
  • David Williams

    VP OF ENROLLMENT

    Total calculated
    $135,370
    From this org
    $126,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,810
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jessica L Justice

    VP OF BUSINESS/FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $87,198
    From this org
    $81,827
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,371
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Powell

    PROVOST (THRU 06/30/25)

    Total calculated
    $83,251
    From this org
    $83,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $222
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lynn Smith

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $90,085
    From this org
    $81,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,364
    Hours/week
    40
  • James Becknell

    DEAN OF STUDENTS

    Total calculated
    $85,961
    From this org
    $79,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,165
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eric Evans

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $80,080
    From this org
    $72,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,278
    Hours/week
    40
  • Maisie Nelson

    INTERIM VP OF DEVELOPMENT/COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $70,202
    From this org
    $63,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,451
    Hours/week
    40
  • Clay Butler

    VICE PRESIDENT: ATHLETICS

    Total calculated
    $81,213
    From this org
    $74,869
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,344
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stephanie Smith

    VICE PRESIDENT: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT & DEAN OF STUDE

    Total calculated
    $63,694
    From this org
    $59,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,556
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Miller

    UNIVERSITY CHAPLAIN (THRU 06/30/25)

    Total calculated
    $47,815
    From this org
    $41,357
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,458
    Hours/week
    40
  • Meghann Chesnut

    SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $30,899
    From this org
    $28,394
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,505
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joshua Wilkey

    PROVOST & VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Marcia Hawkins

    FORMER PRESIDENT (THRU 06/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $162,210
    From this org
    $155,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,249
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,191
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,770
    Deferred
    $1,577
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,672
    Filer's total
    $162,210

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 · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
DR. WASHINGTON, AS PRESIDENT OF UNION, HAS AGREED AND IS OBLIGED AS A CONDITION OF HIS EMPLOYMENT, AND AS A BENEFIT TO UNION, TO RESIDE DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT AT BALDWIN PLACE ON THE CAMPUS OF UNION COLLEGE.UNION SHALL PAY ALL UTILITIES, TAXES, INSURANCE AND EXPENSE OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP FOR BALDWIN PLACE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REPAIRING AND REMODELING BALDWIN PLACE IN ORDER TO KEEP IT AS A RESIDENCE BEFITTING A COLLEGE PRESIDENT. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL APPROVE ALL REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS. THE UNIVERSITY COVERS TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR DR. WASHINGTON'S WIFE TO EVENTS WHERE HER PRESENCE, AS FIRST-LADY OF THE UNIVERSITY, IS EXPECTED OR REQUIRED.
PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT AND ISSUES A CONTRACT. THE ADMINISTRATION APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR THE OTHER POSITIONS WHERE FACULTY RECEIVE A CONTRACT AND THE OTHERS RECEIVE AN EMPLOYMENT LETTER.

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 UNITRUST

    T · BENEFICIAL TRUST · KY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601269349301730

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