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← JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$94,624,599
Total expenses
$81,205,273
Contributions and grants received
$22,017,460
Grants paid
$26,551,605
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$70,327,489
Management and general expenses
$8,674,659
Fundraising expenses
$2,203,125
Program service expenses (Part III)
$70,327,489

Program services were 86.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MR MARVIN G SPEES

    CHARIMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR LAWSON HEMBREE IV

    VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MRS HOLLY ROBASON BEITEL

    SECRETARY/TREASURER OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR JAMES BARNETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR MARC BOATWRIGHT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR JOHN E BROWN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MRS ERICKA CARRASCO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR JAMES CONGDON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • DR EMILY K DENG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR ROLLIN L FORD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR CAMERON GEIGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • DR STEPHEN R GENHEIMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • DR WAYNE HARDY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR BRADLEY HERSCHEND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR KEITH E HOLMBERG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR MICHAEL R KAIRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR MICHAEL S KING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR ALAN L LEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR DAVID H LEVAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR DOUG NEUFELD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR MARCO REYES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR WILLIAM ROSS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR GUNNAR SHAFFER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MRS RUTH H SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR JOHN SPENST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MRS DESIREE WEBER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MRS DIANE N WILLITS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • MR PAUL ZHENG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • DR CHARLES POLLARD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $521,804
    From this org
    $413,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,875
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,773
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $28,156
    Deferred
    $47,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $60,725
    Filer's total
    $521,804

  • DR KIMBERLY M HADLEY

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $222,213
    From this org
    $183,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,326
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,226
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $8,661
    Deferred
    $20,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,944
    Filer's total
    $222,213

  • DR JAMES KRALL

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $226,199
    From this org
    $185,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,080
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,973
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $12,146
    Deferred
    $20,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,780
    Filer's total
    $226,199

  • DR ROBERT NORWOOD

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $226,715
    From this org
    $141,675
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,040
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,514
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,161
    Deferred
    $15,245
    Nontaxable benefits
    $69,795
    Filer's total
    $226,715

  • STEVE BEERS

    VP FOR STUDENT DEVELOPMENT (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $124,182
    From this org
    $112,293
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,889
    Hours/week
    21

  • DR KENNETH HAHN

    DEPARTMENT CHAIR, GENERAL SCIENCE; PROFESSOR OF PH

    Total calculated
    $167,000
    From this org
    $125,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,484
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,355
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $1,161
    Deferred
    $9,286
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,198
    Filer's total
    $167,000

  • SAMUEL HEINRICH

    PROFESSOR OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS

    Total calculated
    $152,248
    From this org
    $125,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,184
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,903
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,161
    Deferred
    $9,171
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,013
    Filer's total
    $152,248

  • DR RYAN LADNER

    VICE PRESIDENT OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $198,914
    From this org
    $151,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,460
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,481
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $10,473
    Deferred
    $15,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,718
    Filer's total
    $198,914

  • PAUL NAST

    CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $162,310
    From this org
    $128,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,865
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,284
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $1,161
    Deferred
    $9,609
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,256
    Filer's total
    $162,310

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 — 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, AND AS A CONVENIENCE TO THE UNIVERSITY, THE PRESIDENT IS PROVIDED A HOME ON UNIVERSITY GROUNDS. THIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE INCOME. ON OCCASSION, THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDED TRAVEL FOR THE WIFE OF JIM KRALL, VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT, IN ORDER FOR HER TO ACCOMPANY HIM IN MEETING WITH DONOR COUPLES. THIS TRAVEL WAS FOR APPROVED BUSINESS PURPOSES AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE INCOME
PART I, LINE 7
PERFORMANCE-BASED, DISCRETIONARY BONUSES ARE AWARDED TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING OFFICERS AND HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES. ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE BONUS AMOUNTS, IF ANY, ARE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD NEAR YEAREND BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE YEAR AND A COMPARISON OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TO BENCHMARK DATA FROM THE CCCU AND CUPA.

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.

  • THE JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY · AR · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY

  • JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY NORTHERN IRELAND

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · UK · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641139349300729

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