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← CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,772,748
Total expenses
$19,326,448
Contributions and grants received
$274,258
Grants paid
$6,214,657
Program service revenue
$15,293,629
Investment income
-$291,554
Other revenue
$496,415
Total assets, end of year
$7,439,894
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,210,188
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,229,706
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,790,732
Management and general expenses
$1,988,698
Fundraising expenses
$547,018
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,790,732

Program services were 86.9% 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

    $274,258

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $12,225,955 · related or exempt $12,225,955

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALES & SERVICES OF AUXILLARY

    total $3,067,674 · related or exempt $3,067,674

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $168 · excluded $168

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $165,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $165,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $165,000 · related or exempt $165,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $302,694

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

    other assets $594,416

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$291,722

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$291,722 · excluded -$291,722

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $331,415 · related or exempt $331,415

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $331,415

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,214,657 · program services $6,214,657

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $493,316 · program services $366,962 · management and general $107,011 · fundraising $19,343

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,490,689 · program services $4,829,396 · management and general $390,045 · fundraising $271,248

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $91,163 · program services $21,075 · management and general $70,088

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $572,488 · program services $125,550 · management and general $446,938

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $348,633 · program services $312,654 · management and general $21,688 · fundraising $14,291

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $439,929 · program services $200,409 · management and general $214,078 · fundraising $25,442

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $128,107 · program services $600 · fundraising $127,507

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,861 · program services $52,861

  • 17 · Travel

    total $208,402 · program services $157,909 · management and general $50,238 · fundraising $255

  • 20 · Interest

    total $753,057 · program services $320,055 · management and general $433,002

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $294,977 · program services $294,977

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $137,461 · program services $30,589 · management and general $106,872

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEAL PLAN

    total $1,768,687 · program services $1,768,687

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $488,689 · program services $488,689

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $371,516 · program services $291,681 · management and general $12,689 · fundraising $67,146

  • 24d · Other expenses: AL CAMPUS EXPENSES

    total $341,447 · program services $341,447

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,130,369 · program services $972,534 · management and general $136,049 · fundraising $21,786

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $420,079 · end of year $1,044,773

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $446,710

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,500,000 · end of year $65,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,380,083 · end of year $2,086,520

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $13,347 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $196,926 · end of year $183,251

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $220,817 · end of year $208,191

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

    $10,462,127

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

    $7,105,832

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,953,716 · end of year $3,356,295

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $18,365 · end of year $17,504

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $31,650 · end of year $31,650

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,900,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,263,490 · end of year $1,805,458

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $384,990 · end of year $279,586

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $48,010 · end of year $44,390

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,332,650 · end of year $1,382,622

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $5,820,877 · end of year $2,698,132

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,560 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,518,574 · end of year $843,706

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,264,832 · end of year $386,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

A CHRIST-CENTERED UNIVERSITY COMMITTED TO EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING, SCHOLARLY RESEARCH, CREATIVE INNOVATION, AND PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION.

  • INSTRUCTION, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, AND STUDENT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVISION OF ASSOCIATE, BACCALAUREATE, MASTER, AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN RESIDENT AND ONLINE FORMATS.

    Expenses $12,988,261 · Grants $6,214,657 · Revenue $12,225,955

  • AUXILIARY AND OTHER SERVICES IN REGARD TO THE UNIVERSITY'S PROVISION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INCLUDING DORMITORIES, FOOD SERVICE, BOOKSTORE, SPORTING EVENTS, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT SERVICE.

    Expenses $3,802,471 · Revenue $3,564,089

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Burdette Bruce

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Canterbury Tim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Calloway Thomas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimbrough Bobby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rawlings Herb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rigney Benjamin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walker Mark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Williams George Abie

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rey Ana Silva

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wilburn Shahn

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Burkard Heather

    PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $105,625
    From this org
    $105,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ronk Christopher

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $73,642
    From this org
    $73,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Zuniga Regina

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $65,185
    From this org
    $65,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Williams Willie

    VP STUDENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $65,248
    From this org
    $65,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Petitt Charles

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $183,615
    From this org
    $183,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $88,615
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $95,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $183,615

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

None.

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
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349305061

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