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← LINCOLN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LINCOLN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,120,965
Total expenses
$4,413,031
Contributions and grants received
$1,682,063
Grants paid
$469,275
Program service revenue
$1,568,194
Investment income
-$1,118,682
Other revenue
-$10,610
Total assets, end of year
$12,797,073
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,243,880
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,553,193
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,266,349
Management and general expenses
$1,902,477
Fundraising expenses
$244,205
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,266,349

Program services were 51.4% 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

    $200

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $37,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,644,363

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SEMINARY

    total $884,085 · related or exempt $884,085

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHOOL OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

    total $409,534 · related or exempt $409,534

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $242,676 · related or exempt $242,676

  • 2d · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY

    total $21,229 · related or exempt $21,229

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CAMPUS EVENTS

    total $10,670 · related or exempt $10,670

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $135,588 · excluded $135,588

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,888,096 · other assets $1,168,296

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

    securities $2,888,096 · other assets $2,422,566

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets -$1,254,270

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,254,270 · excluded -$1,254,270

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,150

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

    $37,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,760

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$10,610 · excluded -$10,610

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $433,923 · program services $433,923

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $35,352 · program services $35,352

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $238,200 · program services $151,910 · management and general $64,076 · fundraising $22,214

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,611,174 · program services $1,027,511 · management and general $433,411 · fundraising $150,252

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $272,408 · program services $175,180 · management and general $73,157 · fundraising $24,071

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $111,896 · program services $71,959 · management and general $30,050 · fundraising $9,887

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,171 · management and general $26,171

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $108,782 · management and general $108,782

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $32,588 · management and general $32,588

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $80,460 · program services $22,706 · management and general $52,522 · fundraising $5,232

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,289 · program services $3,835 · management and general $4,167 · fundraising $287

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,704 · program services $4,525 · management and general $11,337 · fundraising $23,842

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $320 · management and general $320

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $82,924 · management and general $82,924

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,864 · program services $2,613 · management and general $14,395 · fundraising $5,856

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $33,035 · program services $16,638 · management and general $13,833 · fundraising $2,564

  • 20 · Interest

    total $103,394 · management and general $103,394

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $344,252 · program services $257,606 · management and general $86,646

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $71,601 · management and general $71,601

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $328,489 · program services $61,355 · management and general $267,134

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $287,827 · program services $1,236 · management and general $286,591

  • 24c · Other expenses: CHANGE IN SPLIT INTERES

    total $104,282 · management and general $104,282

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $35,096 · management and general $35,096

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,050,953 · end of year $1,916

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,580,325 · end of year $1,948,440

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $147,064 · end of year $122,616

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,058,097 · end of year $332,494

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $181,352 · end of year $177,835

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,721 · end of year $6,721

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,787

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

    $42,939

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

    $31,309

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,366,439 · end of year $11,630

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,794,294 · end of year $1,152,347

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $86,095 · end of year $6,061,281

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $6,463,268 · end of year $2,754,489

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $401,606 · end of year $227,304

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $184,093 · end of year $182,948

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $164,637 · end of year $53,355

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,125,025

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,052,939 · end of year $1,007,577

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $952,745 · end of year -$773,490

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,673,562 · end of year $12,326,683

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LINCOLN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IS A HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY WHOSE MISSION IS TO NUTURE AND EQUIP CHRISTIANS WITH A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW TO SERVE AND LEAD IN THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. LCU OFFERS BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREES IN BIBLICAL STUDIES AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; MASTER OF ARTS DEGREES IN BIBLICAL STUDIES, THEOLOGY, BIBLE & THEOLOGY, COUNSELING, MINISTRY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP; AND A MASTER OF DIVINITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO NURTURE AND EQUIP CHRISTIANS WITH A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW TO SERVE AND LEAD IN THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD.

  • LINCOLN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IS A HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY WHOSE MISSION IS TO NURTURE AND EQUIP CHRISTIANS WITH A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW TO SERVE AND LEAD IN THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. LCU OFFERS BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREES IN BIBLICAL STUDIES AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; MASTER OF ARTS DEGREES IN BIBLICAL STUDIES, THEOLOGY, BIBLE & THEOLOGY, COUNSELING, MINISTRY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP; AND A MASTER OF DIVINITY.

    Expenses $2,266,349 · Grants $469,275 · Revenue $1,568,194

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Brett Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Armstrong

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darryl Bolen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Veselsky

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Karen Diefendorf

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Vinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Warren Knoles

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Taylor

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Tanner Green

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Silas McCormick

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $83,000
    From this org
    $83,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Danielle Fields

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $93,260
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,260
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brady Cremeens

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $78,655
    From this org
    $70,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,439
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403189349301020

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