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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$41,125,512
Total expenses
$40,408,389
Contributions and grants received
$8,044,535
Grants paid
$10,925,409
Program service revenue
$32,181,774
Investment income
$675,904
Other revenue
$223,299
Total assets, end of year
$96,446,953
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,504,307
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$77,942,646
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$34,365,237
Management and general expenses
$5,182,262
Fundraising expenses
$860,890
Program service expenses (Part III)
$34,365,237

Program services were 85.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $10,425

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,024

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $513,805

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,518,281

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,117,035

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $26,771,254 · related or exempt $26,771,254

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT HOUSING

    total $2,947,367 · related or exempt $2,947,367

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE

    total $1,508,806 · related or exempt $1,508,806

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $954,347 · related or exempt $954,347

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $313,415 · excluded $313,415

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,481 · excluded $1,481

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $146,392

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $146,392

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $146,392 · unrelated business $29,545 · excluded $116,847

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $14,504,711 · other assets $170,882

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

    securities $14,313,104 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $191,607 · other assets $170,882

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $362,489 · excluded $362,489

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $20,770

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $10,425

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $11,606

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $9,164 · excluded $9,164

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $291,534

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $225,272

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $66,262 · excluded $66,262

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,925,409 · program services $10,925,409

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $659,415 · management and general $442,913 · fundraising $216,502

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $72,659 · program services $72,659

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,578,895 · program services $9,888,251 · management and general $1,527,145 · fundraising $163,499

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $334,205 · program services $279,689 · management and general $50,159 · fundraising $4,357

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,575,896 · program services $1,289,214 · management and general $259,183 · fundraising $27,499

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $845,787 · program services $704,801 · management and general $117,769 · fundraising $23,217

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $83,250 · management and general $83,250

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $28,669 · fundraising $28,669

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $87,156 · management and general $87,156

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,206,113 · program services $2,523,055 · management and general $408,223 · fundraising $274,835

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $344,933 · program services $65,874 · management and general $279,059

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,487,490 · program services $1,345,937 · management and general $97,927 · fundraising $43,626

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,365 · management and general $3,365

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,236,438 · program services $2,086,263 · management and general $145,707 · fundraising $4,468

  • 17 · Travel

    total $865,571 · program services $834,214 · management and general $23,931 · fundraising $7,426

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $38,775 · program services $22,975 · management and general $15,653 · fundraising $147

  • 20 · Interest

    total $715,808 · program services $654,034 · management and general $58,195 · fundraising $3,579

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,798,526 · program services $2,557,013 · management and general $227,520 · fundraising $13,993

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $511,417 · program services $165,760 · management and general $340,190 · fundraising $5,467

  • 24a · Other expenses: UBI TAXES

    total $846 · management and general $846

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS/MAINTENANCE

    total $1,096,992 · program services $331,080 · management and general $764,094 · fundraising $1,818

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS, SUBSCRIPTI

    total $244,770 · program services $207,986 · management and general $36,016 · fundraising $768

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $214,989 · program services $180,867 · management and general $13,463 · fundraising $20,659

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $451,015 · program services $230,156 · management and general $200,498 · fundraising $20,361

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,245 · end of year $14,373

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,207,026 · end of year $2,478,910

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,399,254 · end of year $3,523,449

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $481,842 · end of year $513,170

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $140,711 · end of year $140,510

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $773,226 · end of year $993,732

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

    $105,721,584

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

    $50,554,779

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $55,071,107 · end of year $55,166,805

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,661,045 · end of year $29,702,652

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $630,779 · end of year $5,506

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $494,883 · end of year $403,775

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,378,960 · end of year $3,504,071

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,920,251 · end of year $1,749,805

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $546,163 · end of year $440,858

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $975,059 · end of year $843,527

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $15,570,745 · end of year $14,888,997

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $17,580 · end of year $84,127

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $160,715 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $678,781 · end of year $496,993

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $42,600,929 · end of year $42,785,953

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,772,855 · end of year $35,156,693

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS, A CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IN THE LIBERAL ARTS TRADITION, EDUCATES STUDENTS IN THE HUMANITIES, SCIENCES AND PROFESSIONS. THE TRADITIONAL MOTTO OF THE UNIVERSITY IS CULTURE FOR SERVICE, THAT IS, WE SEEK TO FOSTER ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATURE CHRISTIAN PERSONS FOR SERVICE TO GOD AND HUMANKIND IN THE WORLD. THROUGH PROGRAMS IN THE HUMANITIES, SCIENCES AND PROFESSIONS, THE UNIVERSITY HELPS PERSONS GROW INTELLECTUALLY, DISCERN TRUTH AND DEVELOP A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW. AS A CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION, THE UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS FOSTERS IN ALL MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL MATURITY, PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND VALUES WHICH REFLECT THE CHARACTER AND TEACHINGS OF CHRIST. THE UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS IS COMMITTED TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO THE INTEGRATION OF BIBLICAL FAITH AND LEARNING; IT AFFIRMS THAT CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO SHARE THEIR FAITH WITH OTHERS THROUGH LIVES OF SERVICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AS A CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, USF EDUCATES STUDENTS IN THE HUMANITIES, SCIENCES, AND PROFESSIONS.

  • PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS HIGHER EDUCATION--PROVIDING EDUCATION TO 1,500 STUDENTS WORKING TOWARD ASSOCIATES, BACHELORS, MASTERS, AND DOCTORATE DEGREES.

    Expenses $34,365,237 · Grants $10,925,409 · Revenue $32,181,774

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff Savage

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Judy Blauwet

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Beth Shipman-Habicht

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tim Plimpton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rocky Rehfeldt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Baumgartener

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William McCready

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Bosch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Curt Buchholz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr John Collier

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Eidsness

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Carol Evans

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Fleck

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Schulte

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Larock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara McMurchie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Max Merry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Paula O'Neill-Weedon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rev Randy Rasmussen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Al Schoeneman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randall Stewart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancee Sturdevant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Thum

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bobbi Thury

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Young

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Evans

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Ramirez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Barber

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mat Nelson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Okken

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Whisler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kendra Calhoun

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Kapaska

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Rysdon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Brett Bradfield

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $313,041
    From this org
    $276,037
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,004
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,694
    Bonus
    $8,250
    Other
    $4,093
    Deferred
    $11,164
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,535
    Filer's total
    $320,736
  • Michael Van Surksum

    VP FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $119,131
    From this org
    $92,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,680
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related
  • Todd Knutson

    VP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $223,994
    From this org
    $186,829
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,165
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,029
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,800
    Deferred
    $7,969
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,196
    Filer's total
    $223,994
  • Steven Horan

    ASST. PROFESSOR-BUS ADMIN/MBA DIR.

    Total calculated
    $124,876
    From this org
    $108,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,969
    Hours/week
    50
  • Jessica Cherenegar

    DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF NURSING

    Total calculated
    $151,165
    From this org
    $123,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,518
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,647
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,518
    Filer's total
    $151,165
  • James Glogowski

    HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $125,500
    From this org
    $125,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $300
    Hours/week
    50
  • Patricia Cole

    ASSOC. PROF-BUS ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $132,919
    From this org
    $103,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,667
    Hours/week
    50
  • Michael Thompson

    ASSOC. PROF-CRIM JUST/GEN. COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $140,748
    From this org
    $109,976
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,772
    Hours/week
    50

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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.

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.

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)

    T · INVESTMENT · PA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510629349301866

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