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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MCPHERSON COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$63,455,399
Total expenses
$43,902,901
Contributions and grants received
$27,870,932
Grants paid
$17,781,743
Program service revenue
$33,543,452
Investment income
$1,073,908
Other revenue
$967,107
Total assets, end of year
$788,243,245
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,879,669
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$769,363,576
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,966,568
Management and general expenses
$5,187,720
Fundraising expenses
$1,748,613
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,966,568

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,182,977

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $26,687,955

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $173,423

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $26,710,410 · related or exempt $26,710,410

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTERPRISE

    total $5,909,815 · related or exempt $5,909,815

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $822,173 · related or exempt $822,173

  • 2d · Program service revenue: STUDENT HOUSING FEES

    total $101,054 · related or exempt $101,054

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,023,622 · excluded $1,023,622

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $960,289 · excluded $960,289

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,908,860 · other assets $22,815

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

    securities $4,783,719 · other assets $97,670

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $125,141 · other assets -$74,855

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $50,286 · related or exempt $50,286

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $100,739

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $93,921

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $6,818 · excluded $6,818

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $17,781,743 · program services $17,781,743

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $482,215 · program services $48,221 · management and general $289,331 · fundraising $144,663

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,781,779 · program services $8,133,085 · management and general $785,962 · fundraising $862,732

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $831,695 · program services $654,607 · management and general $142,738 · fundraising $34,350

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,424,859 · program services $1,111,359 · management and general $266,411 · fundraising $47,089

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $711,593 · program services $571,471 · management and general $110,839 · fundraising $29,283

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $468,923 · program services $18,619 · management and general $254,008 · fundraising $196,296

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $64,285 · program services $6,335 · management and general $57,950

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $82,374 · management and general $82,374

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $773,954 · management and general $773,954

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $706,134 · program services $489,509 · management and general $212,555 · fundraising $4,070

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $271,882 · program services $98,049 · management and general $50,144 · fundraising $123,689

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $500,361 · program services $223,692 · management and general $178,849 · fundraising $97,820

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,011,329 · program services $110,333 · management and general $899,252 · fundraising $1,744

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,316,588 · program services $1,180,687 · management and general $135,901

  • 17 · Travel

    total $816,079 · program services $665,413 · management and general $18,133 · fundraising $132,533

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $379,737 · program services $209,691 · management and general $119,380 · fundraising $50,666

  • 20 · Interest

    total $391,113 · program services $208,085 · management and general $183,028

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,642,013 · program services $1,554,191 · management and general $87,822

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $689,754 · program services $371,046 · management and general $318,708

  • 24a · Other expenses: AUXILIARY

    total $2,203,054 · program services $2,203,054

  • 24b · Other expenses: CO CURRICULAR

    total $585,377 · program services $584,691 · management and general $686

  • 24c · Other expenses: GENERAL EDUCATION

    total $566,124 · program services $554,307 · management and general $4,023 · fundraising $7,794

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $278,038 · program services $188,380 · management and general $73,774 · fundraising $15,884

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $141,898 · management and general $141,898

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,358,168 · end of year $561,944

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,365,147 · end of year $4,332,517

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $672,879,939 · end of year $680,725,826

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $500,562 · end of year $546,170

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $410,657 · end of year $222,449

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,432,549 · end of year $2,617,578

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $21,149 · end of year $279,049

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

    $79,540,394

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

    $32,702,767

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $31,341,288 · end of year $46,837,627

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $29,462,388 · end of year $31,658,044

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $18,972,767 · end of year $19,821,987

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $795,559 · end of year $640,054

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,729,779 · end of year $2,956,653

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $131,999 · end of year $2,074,385

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $9,651,882

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,151,221 · end of year $8,246,092

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,657,307 · end of year $5,602,539

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,281,849 · end of year $48,260,322

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $713,936,136 · end of year $721,103,254

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO DEVELOP WHOLE PERSONS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP, PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE. MCPHERSON COLLEGE IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF PERSONS FROM DIVERSE FAITHS AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. THE COLLEGE PROVIDES EDUCATION IN OVER 30 AREAS OF STUDY, SERVING APPROXIMATELY 781 STUDENTS.

  • A.MCPHERSON COLLEGE'S MISSION IS TO "DEVELOP WHOLE PERSONS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP, PARTICIPATION, AND SERVICE" WITHIN A CAREER-FOCUSED LIBERAL ARTS ENVIRONMENT. IN 2023, THE COLLEGE SECURED AN UNPRECEDENTED 1B COMMITMENT TO ITS ENDOWMENT, MARKING ONE OF THE LARGEST SINGLE ENDOWMENT COMMITMENTS OF ANY SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN THE U.S. NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, MONEY MAGAZINE, AND THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S "GREAT COLLEGES TO WORK FOR," MCPHERSON COLLEGE IS RENOWNED FOR ITS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. ITS AUTOMOTIVE RESTORATION PROGRAM, THE FIRST FOUR-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM OF ITS KIND, MADE HISTORY WHEN A STUDENT-RESTORED MERCEDES-BENZ 300 S EARNED A CLASS AWARD AT THE PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE - THE FIRST TIME A STUDENT-RESTORED CAR RECEIVED SUCH AN HONOR AT THE PRESTIGIOUS CONCOURS. LEARN ABOUT ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS AT WWW.MCPHERSON.EDU.

    Expenses $36,966,568 · Grants $17,781,743 · Revenue $33,422,398

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

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL SCHNEIDER

    COLLEGE PRES

    Total calculated
    $422,791
    From this org
    $373,839
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,952
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,209
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $63,630
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,952
    Filer's total
    $422,791
  • RICHARD TUXHORN

    DIR OF ENDOW

    Total calculated
    $130,301
    From this org
    $118,334
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,967
    Hours/week
    50
  • AMANDA GUTIERREZ

    PROVOST/EXEC

    Total calculated
    $177,177
    From this org
    $145,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,222
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,955
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,952
    Filer's total
    $177,177
  • ERIK VOGEL

    VP FOR ADVAN

    Total calculated
    $146,819
    From this org
    $118,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,120
    Hours/week
    50
  • CAROL SUMMERVILL

    VP FOR FINAN

    Total calculated
    $150,298
    From this org
    $128,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,890
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,408
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,310
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,580
    Filer's total
    $150,298
  • MARTY SIGWING

    EXEC DIR OF

    Total calculated
    $123,404
    From this org
    $101,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,533
    Hours/week
    50
  • PAULA VINCNET

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • RICK DOLL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • LAUREL GILLISPIE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • JOHN HOLTHUS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • CAROLYN COON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JULIE HUBER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NICK GRIGGS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DENNIS HOUGHTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATHY MELHORN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARTY WARD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MODENA WILSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ERICA ALVAREZ-STANTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MYRON STINE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CRAIG LITTLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SHARHONDA MACLIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RONDA NEHER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CRAIG HOLMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RANDEE KOGER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM LOVING

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD LUNDQUIST

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEPHANIE REITZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDY SKINNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PAM TUCKER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AARON MEIS

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • JONATHAN KLINGER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DARYL BEAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 1A
UNDER IRC SECT 119(A)THE VALUE OF LODGING PROVIDED IN-KIND TO AN EMPLOYEE (THE PRESIDENT) FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE EMPLOYER IS EXCLUDABLE FROM GROSS INCOME IF THE EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO ACCEPT SUCH LODGING ON THE BUSINESS PREMISES OF THE EMPLOYER AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. THE COLLEGE REQUIRES AND FURNISHES A HOME FOR THE PRESIDENT'S USE AS A CONDITION OF HIS EMPLOYMENT. THE PRESIDENT IS TO USE THE HOME TO ENTERTAIN OR HOLD MEETINGS FOR BOARD MEMBERS, VARIOUS COLLEGE EMPLOYEES, POTENTIAL DONORS, AND STUDENTS. THIS IS A SCHOOL POLICY AND IS PART OF HIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. THE PRESIDENT HAS USED THE RESIDENCE EXTENSIVELY FOR COLLEGE BUSINESS. HE HAS AN OFFICE IN THE HOUSE SOLELY DESIGNATED FOR COLLEGE WORK THAT HE USES EACH DAY AND ON WEEKENDS. THE PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS THE TRUSTEES WHICH DROP BY CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE PRESIDENT WILL HOLD CABINET MEETINGS AT THE HOUSE PERIODICALLY. MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY OFFICIALS OCCUR FREQUENTLY AT THE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT MEETS POTENTIAL AND LONG-TIME DONORS AT HIS HOME SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH TO SECURE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE COLLEGE. HE HOLDS A FRESHMAN SEMINAR CLASS AT THE HOME SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH. THE PRESIDENT HAS ALSO ALLOWED STUDENTS TO STAY AT THE HOUSE FOR SHORT STAYS WHEN NEEDED. HIS HOME IS ALWAYS OPEN TO STUDENTS TO DROP BY AND VISIT. THE PRESIDENT PERFORMS A MEANINGFUL PORTION OF HIS DUTIES AT HIS HOME. THE COLLEGE PAYS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE MCPHERSON COUNTRY CLUB. THIS AMOUNT IS TREATED AS TAXABLE TO THE PRESIDENT AND IS INCLUDED IN WAGES.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540489349301959

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