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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TURNER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,992,923
Total expenses
$2,094,549
Contributions and grants received
$613,121
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$61,171
Investment income
$38,266
Other revenue
$1,280,365
Total assets, end of year
$1,890,851
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,024,810
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$866,041
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$893,830
Management and general expenses
$1,200,424
Fundraising expenses
$295
Program service expenses (Part III)
$893,830

Program services were 42.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $613,121

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $61,171

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,266

  • 11a · Other revenue: SALES AND AUXILIARY ENTERPRISE

    total $1,279,562

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $803

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,280,365

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $921,279 · program services $589,632 · management and general $331,647

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $44,515 · program services $3,863 · management and general $40,652

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $179,064 · program services $21,083 · management and general $157,981

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,000 · management and general $75,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $95,897 · management and general $95,897

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $97,838 · program services $21,969 · management and general $75,869

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $147,414 · program services $147,414

  • 17 · Travel

    total $105,578 · management and general $105,578

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $41,940 · management and general $41,940

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $115,617 · management and general $115,617

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,743 · program services $44,743

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $295 · fundraising $295

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $20,985 · management and general $20,985

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING PUBLICATION

    total $20,523 · program services $20,523

  • 24d · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIP528

    total $528 · program services $528

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $183,333 · program services $44,075 · management and general $139,258

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $341,566 · end of year $127,330

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,866 · end of year $24,296

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

    $2,419,370

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

    $1,085,166

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,012,105 · end of year $1,334,204

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $366,950 · end of year $405,021

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $120,600 · end of year $71,371

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $640,220 · end of year $19,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $934,439

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $611,830 · end of year $524,376

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $355,837 · end of year $341,665

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Turner Theological Seminary advances its mission by preparing Christian leaders through graduatetheological education, leadership development, spiritual formation, and lifelong learning. During thefiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the Seminary strengthened its academic, operational, and financialcapacity as an independent theological institution.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Turner Theological Seminary advances its mission by preparing Christian leaders through graduatetheological education, leadership development, spiritual formation, and lifelong learning.

  • Provided graduate theological education to 54 Master of Divinity students, preparing men and women for ecclesial leadership through theological scholarship, spiritual formation, and practical ministry preparation.

    Expenses $893,830

  • Awarded approximately 668,132 in scholarships and fellowships while providing academic support, mentoring, leadership development, and spiritual formation to promote student success and ministerial preparation.

    Grants $613,121

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ammie L Davis

    President CEO

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tar U Way R A Bright

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Gloria T Byrd

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Michael Mitchell

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 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

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
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202622109349301857

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