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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$138,871,492
Total expenses
$144,941,959
Contributions and grants received
$11,174,414
Grants paid
$62,249,732
Program service revenue
$127,030,505
Investment income
$497,586
Other revenue
$168,987
Total assets, end of year
$209,245,225
Total liabilities, end of year
$74,620,579
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$134,624,646
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$133,733,789
Management and general expenses
$8,802,751
Fundraising expenses
$2,405,419
Program service expenses (Part III)
$133,733,789

Program services were 92.3% 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

    $102,452

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,499,691

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,572,271

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,216,775

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $114,899,711 · related or exempt $114,899,711

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

    total $9,760,953 · related or exempt $9,760,953

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER STUDENT SERVICES

    total $2,108,264 · related or exempt $2,108,264

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

    total $221,820 · related or exempt $221,820

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $39,757 · unrelated business $39,757

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $522,133 · unrelated business -$41,247 · excluded $563,380

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $886,891

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $707,256

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $179,635

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $179,635 · unrelated business $179,635

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,405,806

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

    securities $7,996,674 · other assets $433,679

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $409,132 · other assets -$433,679

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$24,547 · excluded -$24,547

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,570

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

    $102,452

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $44,022

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$24,452 · excluded -$24,452

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $14,303

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $499

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $13,804 · unrelated business $13,804

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $62,249,732 · program services $62,249,732

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,251,833 · program services $217,347 · management and general $857,806 · fundraising $176,680

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $42,124,200 · program services $37,910,746 · management and general $2,874,439 · fundraising $1,339,015

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $653,276 · program services $569,918 · management and general $63,277 · fundraising $20,081

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,957,796 · program services $3,447,375 · management and general $407,113 · fundraising $103,308

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,968,979 · program services $2,590,136 · management and general $287,577 · fundraising $91,266

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $186,493 · program services $3,012 · management and general $183,481

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $113,031 · management and general $113,031

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $304,114 · management and general $304,114

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,128,396 · program services $5,541,202 · management and general $176,745 · fundraising $410,449

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $220,256 · program services $169,378 · management and general $49,395 · fundraising $1,483

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,211,129 · program services $1,763,083 · management and general $395,118 · fundraising $52,928

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,562,379 · program services $1,347,402 · management and general $153,609 · fundraising $61,368

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,625,400 · program services $3,520,810 · management and general $104,550 · fundraising $40

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,662,267 · program services $2,387,254 · management and general $225,586 · fundraising $49,427

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,174,447 · program services $965,391 · management and general $145,972 · fundraising $63,084

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,523,069 · program services $2,332,857 · management and general $188,608 · fundraising $1,604

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,674,261 · program services $5,354,637 · management and general $293,666 · fundraising $25,958

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,305,441 · program services $1,236,132 · management and general $69,309

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS

    total $1,311,603 · management and general $1,311,603

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES, FEES, & TAXES

    total $1,183,753 · program services $720,903 · management and general $456,831 · fundraising $6,019

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $971,412 · program services $939,997 · management and general $30,865 · fundraising $550

  • 24d · Other expenses: REFERENCE MATERIALS

    total $459,795 · program services $408,810 · management and general $49,732 · fundraising $1,253

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $118,897 · program services $57,667 · management and general $60,324 · fundraising $906

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,306,806 · end of year $6,840,909

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,802,717 · end of year $8,661,186

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,487,737 · end of year $4,394,846

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,623,680 · end of year $5,400,457

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $515,452 · end of year $541,598

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,645,283 · end of year $948,108

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $37,711 · end of year $35,995

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,357,920 · end of year $1,564,800

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

    $191,921,621

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

    $88,013,520

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $109,720,790 · end of year $103,908,101

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $33,229,484 · end of year $34,403,346

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $31,437,256 · end of year $34,088,468

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,783,543 · end of year $8,457,411

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,766,671 · end of year $10,165,345

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,295,776 · end of year $6,075,842

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $55,668,547 · end of year $43,312,780

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $746,936 · end of year $223,353

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $10,500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,919,568 · end of year $4,343,259

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $52,195,878 · end of year $47,562,869

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $81,355,003 · end of year $87,061,777

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY EDUCATES STUDENTS TO BE INFORMED CITIZENS, THOUGHTFUL STEWARDS, CRITICAL THINKERS, AND RESPONSIBLE LEADERS.AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY EDUCATES STUDENTS TO BE INFORMED CITIZENS, THOUGHTFUL STEWARDS, CRITICAL THINKERS, AND RESPONSIBLE LEADERS. THE AUGSBURG EXPERIENCE IS SUPPORTED BY AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY THAT IS COMMITTED TO INTENTIONAL DIVERSITY IN ITS LIFE AND WORK. AN AUGSBURG EDUCATION IS DEFINED BY EXCELLENCE IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, GUIDED BY THE FAITH AND VALUES OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND SHAPED BY ITS URBAN AND GLOBAL SETTINGS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A PRIVATE LUTHERAN FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.

  • POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONSET IN A VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY OFFERS MORE THAN 50 UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND 11 GRADUATE DEGREES TO NEARLY 3,200 STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. THE TRADEMARKS OF AN AUGSBURG EDUCATION ARE AN EMPHASIS ON DIRECT, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING STUDENTS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF FAITH, LEARNING, AND SERVICE. AUGSBURG IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LEADING INSTITUTIONS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RANKS AMONG THE TOP PRODUCERS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIP AWARDEES, INCLUDING FULBRIGHT AND GOLDWATER SCHOLARS. THE UNIVERSITY HAS EARNED THE MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOL DESIGNATION AS WELL AS A TOP 30 LGBTQ FRIENDLY COLLEGE, AND A TOP 20 DISABILITY FRIENDLY UNIVERSITY. AUGSBURG WAS LISTED NUMBER 24 IN BEST VALUE SCHOOLS' 2025 LIST OF THE BEST COLLEGES IN MINNESOTA. IN 2020, AUGSBURG WAS NAMED AMONG THE INAUGURAL RECIPIENTS OF CAMPUS COMPACT'S AWARD FOR INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION. GUIDED BY THE FAITH AND VALUES OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, AUGSBURG DEMONSTRATES EXCELLENCE IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES AND EDUCATES STUDENTS TO BE INFORMED CITIZENS, THOUGHTFUL STEWARDS, CRITICAL THINKERS, AND RESPONSIBLE LEADERS.

    Expenses $102,243,444 · Grants $62,249,732 · Revenue $114,899,711

  • ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND STUDENT SERVICESAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY PROVIDES INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO NEARLY 3,200 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEARNERS. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE GAGE CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS PROVIDES ADVISING, TUTORING, AND OTHER ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES TO ALL UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE GAGE CENTER INCLUDES THE CENTER FOR LEARNING AND ACCESSIBLE STUDENT SERVICES, ACADEMIC SPECIALISTS WHO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH COGNITIVE, LEARNING, AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. IN ADDITION, STEPUP AUGSBURG'S INNOVATIVE, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE RECOVERY PROGRAM SUPPORTS 70-100 STUDENTS EACH YEAR WITH COUNSELING, SUBSTANCE-FREE HOUSING, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THE INTEGRATED SERVICES OF THE ENROLLMENT CENTER, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CAN RECEIVE COUNSELING AND SUPPORT WITH TUITION PAYMENT PLANS, SCHOLARSHIPS, FINANCIAL AID, AND REGISTRATION. NEARLY HALF OF ALL AUGSBURG STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AT THE INTERCOLLEGIATE OR INTRAMURAL LEVEL AND STUDENTS CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF AUGSBURG'S 50 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. STUDENTS ARE ALSO SUPPORTED ACADEMICALLY BY THE LINDELL LIBRARY WHICH AS NEARLY 500,000 BOOKS AND E-BOOKS, 150,000 STREAMING VIDEOS AND AUDIO FILES, AND MORE THAN 200 DATABASES WITH ACCESS TO ANOTHER 500 MILLION TITLES WORLDWIDE THROUGH THE OCLC WORLDCAT DATABASE.

    Expenses $23,288,218 · Revenue $2,276,024

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $8,202,127 · Revenue $9,815,013

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • DENNIS MEYER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JOHN O'BRIEN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DEAN SUNDQUIST

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JILL THOMAS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • RON ANDERSON

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CYRUS BATHEJA

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHERYL CHATMAN

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KARIM EL-HIBRI

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ELLEN EWALD

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • REGINA HASSANALLY

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JAMES HEREFORD

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SAANII HERNANDEZ

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PAHOUA YANG HOFFMAN

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KENNETH HOLMEN

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • VEENA IYER

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DIANE JACOBSON

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ERIC JOLLY

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CYNTHIA JONES

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • WAYNE JORGENSON

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ETHELIND KABA

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KAROLYNN LESTRUD

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • TERRY LINDSTROM

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PATRICIA LULL

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MICHAEL MAXEY

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PAM MOKSNES

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • NANCY MUELLER

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PAUL PRIBBENOW

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $551,869
    From this org
    $392,199
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $159,670
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,058
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,141
    Deferred
    $61,274
    Nontaxable benefits
    $98,396
    Filer's total
    $551,869
  • JOHN SCHWARTZ

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LAMONT WELLS

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • NOYA WOODRICH

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LEIF ANDERSON

    VP AND CSO

    Total calculated
    $211,967
    From this org
    $186,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,249
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,604
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,114
    Deferred
    $11,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,234
    Filer's total
    $211,967
  • REBECCA JOHN

    VP AND COO

    Total calculated
    $215,397
    From this org
    $197,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,806
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,470
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,121
    Deferred
    $11,269
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,537
    Filer's total
    $215,397
  • JOHN COSKRAN

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $268,010
    From this org
    $259,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,380
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,805
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $825
    Deferred
    $8,380
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $268,010
  • PAULA O'LOUGHLIN

    PROVOST AND SR VP

    Total calculated
    $244,625
    From this org
    $219,394
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,231
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,230
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,164
    Deferred
    $8,116
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,115
    Filer's total
    $244,625
  • ROBERT GOULD

    VP OF STRATEGIC ENROLLMENT

    Total calculated
    $249,912
    From this org
    $233,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,045
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $816
    Deferred
    $13,001
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,050
    Filer's total
    $249,912
  • CATHERINE BISHOP

    SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $162,004
    From this org
    $153,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,474
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $530
    Deferred
    $8,474
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $162,004
  • AMY ALKIRE

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $200,537
    From this org
    $175,787
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,193
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $594
    Deferred
    $10,467
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,283
    Filer's total
    $200,537
  • SARAH ERKKINEN

    ASSIST VP INSTITUIONAL A

    Total calculated
    $182,630
    From this org
    $164,705
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,925
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,237
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $468
    Deferred
    $6,060
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,865
    Filer's total
    $182,630
  • MONNICA DEVERS

    DEAN OF PROF. STUDIES

    Total calculated
    $161,764
    From this org
    $151,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,608
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,123
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,033
    Deferred
    $8,408
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,200
    Filer's total
    $161,764

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
  • 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
PAUL PRIBBENOW - RESIDENCE PROVIDED AS PART OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, HEALTH OR SOCIAL CLUB DUES, VEHICLE LEASE FOR BUSINESS USE NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE INCOME.
PART I, LINE 4B
NAME: PAUL PRIBBENOW, DESCRIPTION: 457(F) PLAN, CURRENT YEAR AMOUNT: $38,500. PLAN DESCRIPTION: 457 PLAN

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.

  • ZEBRA INVESTMENTS SIX LIMITED

    C · FOREIGN CAMPUS · WA · 100% owned · share of income $517,202 · share of assets $376,622 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501009349300500

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