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← MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,885,938
Total expenses
$5,933,032
Contributions and grants received
$7,128,819
Grants paid
$577,708
Program service revenue
$3,691,472
Investment income
$19,843
Other revenue
$45,804
Total assets, end of year
$12,420,838
Total liabilities, end of year
$963,832
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,457,006
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,008,103
Management and general expenses
$2,870,008
Fundraising expenses
$54,921
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,008,103

Program services were 50.7% 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)

    $2,549,461

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,579,358

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition & Fees

    total $3,682,013 · related or exempt $3,682,013

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Auxiliary

    total $9,459 · related or exempt $9,459

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,213 · excluded $19,213

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,421 · excluded $1,421

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $38,699

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $38,699 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $38,699 · excluded $38,699

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $630

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $630 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $630 · excluded $630

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5,684 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,684

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,684

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $577,708 · program services $577,708

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $674,016 · program services $376,462 · management and general $297,554

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,148,508 · program services $1,360,267 · management and general $788,241

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,613 · program services $6,486 · management and general $5,127

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $61,504 · program services $24,708 · management and general $36,796

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $284,947 · program services $8,549 · management and general $276,398

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $58,679 · management and general $58,679

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $121,307 · management and general $121,307

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $541,007 · program services $327,086 · management and general $213,921 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $38,559 · program services $2,340 · management and general $36,219

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $85,752 · program services $5,205 · management and general $80,547

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $150,089 · program services $12,884 · management and general $137,205

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $488,250 · program services $50,798 · management and general $437,452

  • 17 · Travel

    total $75,865 · program services $68,477 · management and general $7,388

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $161,263 · program services $22,578 · management and general $138,685

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,353 · program services $1,417 · management and general $21,936

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies and Materials

    total $167,542 · program services $147,226 · management and general $20,316

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fundraising Expenses

    total $54,921 · fundraising $54,921

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $208,149 · program services $15,912 · management and general $192,237 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,303,833 · end of year $4,144,944

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $717,684 · end of year $831,111

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $91,966 · end of year $1,328,766

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $160,418 · end of year $234,115

  • 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

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $135,374 · end of year $494,536

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

    $6,629,614

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

    $2,438,397

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,081,482 · end of year $4,191,217

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $643,396 · end of year $1,103,499

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $92,650 · end of year $92,650

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $188,150 · end of year $375,092

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $564,468 · end of year $588,740

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,606,587 · end of year $8,514,483

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $867,598 · end of year $2,942,523

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

In its commitment to academic excellence, Morris Brown College provides experiences that foster and enhance intellectual, personal, and interpersonal development for students who have demonstrated the potential to compete in a challenging undergraduate liberal arts program of study.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of the College is to provide educational opportunities in a positive and nurturing environment that will enable its students to become fully functional persons in the global society.

  • To sustain a learning community in which students can prepare academically, socially and spiritually for leadership in a complex, diverse and rapidly changing world. Morris Brown College provides scholarships to deserving students. Through student aid, the College offers support in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, and work study to students based on financial need to allow students a college education who may not otherwise be able to attend.

    Expenses $3,008,103 · Grants $577,708 · Revenue $3,691,472

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Kevin E James

    President

    Total calculated
    $259,088
    From this org
    $233,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,303
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $27,960
    Deferred
    $17,660
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,165
    Filer's total
    $259,088
  • George B Hopkins

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Dr Perry Simmons Jr

    Vice Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rev Dr Reginald T Jackson

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cassius F Butts

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darryl Hicks

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David L Kemp

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr James B Ewers Jr

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr James Plenty

    Trustee-Faculty Representative

    Total calculated
    $66,310
    From this org
    $57,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,087
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr John Foster

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Marybeth Gasman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregory Jackson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gwendolyn Boyd

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Miller

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Jackson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jethro Joseph

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Herring

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Tolliver

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myesha W Good

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pedro Bryant

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rep Kimberly Alexander

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Gregory V Eason Sr

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra H Mason

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Morris

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Comer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr James Allen

    AVP of Enrollment Student Services

    Total calculated
    $101,074
    From this org
    $91,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,720
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Toneyce Randolph

    Provost / Sr. VP for Academic Affairs

    Total calculated
    $43,428
    From this org
    $40,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,529
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shermanetta Carter

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $121,146
    From this org
    $109,912
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,234
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stephanie Gunby

    Associate VP / Director of Financial Aid

    Total calculated
    $86,294
    From this org
    $84,909
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,385
    Hours/week
    40
  • Todd Blackburn

    Asst. VP for Institutional Advancement

    Total calculated
    $54,635
    From this org
    $53,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $870
    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. 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 · 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, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
Dr. Kevin James, President, receives a housing allowance as a taxable benefit.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
Dr. Kevin James, President, receives a social club membership as a non-taxable benefit for bona fide business purposes.

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
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541339349307984

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