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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$165,514,048
Total expenses
$168,552,957
Contributions and grants received
$15,618,125
Grants paid
$69,896,104
Program service revenue
$142,615,285
Investment income
$7,312,444
Other revenue
-$31,806
Total assets, end of year
$293,352,083
Total liabilities, end of year
$89,944,170
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$203,407,913
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$155,993,948
Management and general expenses
$10,846,135
Fundraising expenses
$1,712,874
Program service expenses (Part III)
$155,993,948

Program services were 92.5% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $520,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,673,495

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,424,630

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $600,580

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $122,464,119 · related or exempt $122,464,119

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

    total $15,616,166 · related or exempt $15,616,166

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER ACADEMIC SUPPORT

    total $4,535,000 · related or exempt $3,797,828 · unrelated business $737,172

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,982,070 · unrelated business $1,133 · excluded $5,980,937

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $920,146

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $951,952

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$31,806 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$31,806 · excluded -$31,806

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $38,178,690

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

    securities $36,848,316

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,330,374 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,330,374 · excluded $1,330,374

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $69,896,104 · program services $69,896,104

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $987,448 · program services $846,557 · management and general $123,790 · fundraising $17,101

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $45,390,055 · program services $38,913,752 · management and general $5,690,245 · fundraising $786,058

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,433,968 · program services $2,944,005 · management and general $430,494 · fundraising $59,469

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,163,482 · program services $5,284,069 · management and general $772,675 · fundraising $106,738

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,625,749 · program services $3,108,423 · management and general $454,536 · fundraising $62,790

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $253,203 · management and general $253,203

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $95,250 · management and general $95,250

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $260,854 · management and general $260,854

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,962,897 · program services $5,446,939 · management and general $301,437 · fundraising $214,521

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $622,320 · program services $574,390 · management and general $36,813 · fundraising $11,117

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,234,465 · program services $5,754,293 · management and general $368,799 · fundraising $111,373

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,738,428 · program services $2,527,517 · management and general $161,991 · fundraising $48,920

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,463,209 · program services $2,273,495 · management and general $145,711 · fundraising $44,003

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,764,650 · program services $3,474,701 · management and general $222,697 · fundraising $67,252

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,264,484 · program services $1,167,095 · management and general $74,800 · fundraising $22,589

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,097,984 · program services $1,812,505 · management and general $248,000 · fundraising $37,479

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,476,763 · program services $4,680,763 · management and general $796,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,656,063 · program services $1,528,515 · management and general $97,964 · fundraising $29,584

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT PURCHASE

    total $662,600 · program services $662,600

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & MEMBERSHIPS

    total $938,523 · program services $866,239 · management and general $55,518 · fundraising $16,766

  • 24c · Other expenses: UNIFORM RENTAL

    total $247,723 · program services $247,723

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES, FEES & PERMITS

    total $101,725 · program services $93,890 · management and general $6,018 · fundraising $1,817

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,215,010 · program services $3,890,373 · management and general $249,340 · fundraising $75,297

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $19,500 · end of year $21,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,837,582 · end of year $1,931,985

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,211,912 · end of year $1,187,171

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,226,640 · end of year $2,734,044

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2,640,683 · end of year $4,288,683

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $489,598 · end of year $565,871

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $918,469 · end of year $774,770

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

    $214,526,422

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

    $75,312,429

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $133,513,948 · end of year $139,213,993

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $80,601,686 · end of year $92,652,778

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $43,559,518 · end of year $45,725,773

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,386,499 · end of year $4,256,015

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,310,384 · end of year $17,515,735

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $49,973,430 · end of year $48,462,061

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $854,122 · end of year $901,715

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $8,451,995 · end of year $8,323,659

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,714,772 · end of year $14,741,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $65,095,000 · end of year $65,625,000

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $119,006,332 · end of year $137,782,913

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PLU SEEKS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS FOR LIVES OF THOUGHTFUL INQUIRY, SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND CARE - FOR OTHER PEOPLE, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE EARTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PLU PURPOSEFULLY INTEGRATES THE LIBERAL ARTS, PROFESSIONAL STUDIES & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH DISTINCTIVE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS & FACULTY MENTORED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $113,851,876 · Grants $69,896,104 · Revenue $122,600,547

  • 1) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF PLANT INCLUDING DEPRECIATION, INTEREST EXPENSE AND AMORTIZATION. 2) PUBLIC SERVICE.

    Expenses $16,931,187

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $16,424,360 · Revenue $14,956,902

  • AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES: PLU OFFERS NINE RESIDENCE HALLS; EIGHT TRADITIONAL STYLE RESIDENCE HALLS AND ONE APARTMENT-STYLE COMPLEX. DURING THE 2022-23 ACADEMIC YEAR, ON CAMPUS RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS SERVED 1134 STUDENTS IN THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS. PLU DELIVERED DINING SERVICES TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY. WE ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING NUTRITIONALLY SOUND AND SUSTAINABLY SOURCED MEALS AT OUR MODERN DINING HALL, AT A NOTED RESTAURANT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND CAMPUS COMMUNITY, AND THROUGH SEVERAL CONVENIENT QUICK-SERVE OPTIONS LOCATED ACROSS CAMPUS. DINING SERVICES IS A CAMPUS LEADER IN SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES, OFFERS NUTRITION EDUCATION AND CULINARY ADVENTURE CLASSES, AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. PLU HOSTED OVER 27,000 GUESTS ATTENDING APPROXIMATELY 60 NON-PLU CONFERENCES, CAMPS AND EVENTS DURING 2022-2023. CONFERENCES RANGE IN SIZE FROM ONE-DAY TRAININGS TO OVERNIGHT RETREATS; EDUCATION CONFERENCES; MUSIC CONCERTS; SPORTS CAMPS AND CLINICS. PLU'S HOSPITALITY SERVICES AND CAMPUS RESTAURANTS, INCLUDING THE CATERING DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES MEALS FOR MOST EVENTS AS WELL AS PLU FUNCTIONS. PLU RENTED RESIDENCE HALL ROOMS AND CAMPUS MEETING SPACES TO NEARLY 3000 GUESTS OVER THE SPAN OF 2 MONTHS DURING THE SUMMER CONFERENCE SEASON. DURING THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR NEARLY 50 EXTERNAL EVENTS WERE CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19, WHICH WOULD HAVE BROUGHT AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 GUESTS TO CAMPUS.

    Expenses $8,786,525 · Revenue $4,320,664

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Deal

    REGENT/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • L Allan Belton

    President

    Total calculated
    $479,633
    From this org
    $402,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,133
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $355,000
    Bonus
    $47,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $64,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,483
    Filer's total
    $479,633
  • Mark Griffith

    REGENT/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Long

    REGENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Saathoff

    REGENT/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Troy Andrade

    REGENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arne Ness

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Warwick

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Coy

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jaynee Groseth

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonette Blakney

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Mayer

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joyce Barr

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathi Littmann

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Larson-Caesar

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Soine

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Miller

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Iseri

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meggan Manlove

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Burad

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Salvador Mungia

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Kass

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Barnum

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Squires

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Radford-Hill

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelley Bryan-Wee

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Wilson

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Caulkins

    REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Gehring

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $181,533
    From this org
    $154,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,778
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,755
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,249
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,529
    Filer's total
    $181,533
  • Joanna Gregson

    Provost

    Total calculated
    $259,540
    From this org
    $225,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,941
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,644
    Bonus
    $2,955
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,378
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,563
    Filer's total
    $259,540
  • Joanna Royce-Davis

    VP, Student Life

    Total calculated
    $236,468
    From this org
    $204,594
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,874
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,550
    Bonus
    $2,044
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,268
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,606
    Filer's total
    $236,468
  • Ann Auman

    Dean, College of Natural Science

    Total calculated
    $201,564
    From this org
    $175,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,731
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,833
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,268
    Filer's total
    $201,564
  • Cameron Bennett

    Dean, College of Professional Studies

    Total calculated
    $204,990
    From this org
    $175,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,157
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,833
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,694
    Filer's total
    $204,990
  • Daniel Lee

    VP of University Relations

    Total calculated
    $228,492
    From this org
    $197,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,784
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,708
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,759
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,025
    Filer's total
    $228,492
  • David Ward

    Dean, College of Health Prof

    Total calculated
    $238,570
    From this org
    $206,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,237
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,833
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,613
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,624
    Filer's total
    $238,570
  • Kate Boyle

    Interim VP, Admin Services

    Total calculated
    $167,609
    From this org
    $152,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,881
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,728
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,223
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,658
    Filer's total
    $167,609

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4c
THE PRESIDENT PARTICIPATES IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023, THE PRESIDENT EARNED $30,000 REPORTED AS DEFERRED COMPENSATION ON SCHEDULE J.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • GARFIELD COMMONS LLC

    COM. REAL EST · WA · income $684,372 · assets $10,707,489

    Directly controlled by PLU

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS (20)

    Trust · CHARITABLE TR · WA

    Directly controlled by na

  • LIFE INCOME TRUSTS (3)

    Trust · CHARITABLE TR · WA

    Directly controlled by na

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530989349301813

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