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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTHEASTERN SEMINARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,816,264
Total expenses
$1,912,856
Contributions and grants received
$204,462
Grants paid
$185,847
Program service revenue
$1,584,022
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$27,780
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,470,493
Management and general expenses
$342,483
Fundraising expenses
$99,880
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,470,493

Program services were 76.9% 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

    $204,462

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $1,584,022 · related or exempt $1,584,022

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $27,780 · related or exempt $27,780

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $27,780

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $185,847 · program services $185,847

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $986,200 · program services $821,846 · management and general $95,354 · fundraising $69,000

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,165 · program services $9,304 · management and general $1,080 · fundraising $781

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $184,599 · program services $97,795 · management and general $72,664 · fundraising $14,140

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,205 · program services $0 · management and general $1,205 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,000 · program services $0 · management and general $18,000 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $134,894 · program services $3,211 · management and general $131,683 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,007 · program services $563 · management and general $21,575 · fundraising $869

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,100 · program services $46,100 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,012 · program services $0 · management and general $922 · fundraising $15,090

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,275 · program services $1,275 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $49,853 · program services $49,853 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,400 · program services $5,400 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $132,685 · program services $132,685 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: ACADEMIC COSTS & SYMPOSIUMS

    total $51,879 · program services $51,879 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE COSTS

    total $47,999 · program services $47,999 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: GROUND LEASE

    total $16,736 · program services $16,736 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,127 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,013,622 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,337,732 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $263,604 · end of year $0

  • 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 $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,092,411 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,223,956

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $355,321 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $675,248 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $83,707 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,348,549 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $991,121 · end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,191,148 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NORTHEASTERN SEMINARY STRIVES TO BE A VIBRANT SOURCE FOR CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL FORMATION WHOSE STUDENTS ARE FORMED IN A BIBLICAL VISION OF GRACIOUS CHRISTIANITY AND IMPACT WHOLENESS TO THE WORLD IN AN EXPANSIVE ARRAY OF VOCATIONS AND CONTEXTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ROOTED IN BIBLICAL AND HISTORIC CHRISTIAN FAITH, NORTHEASTERN SEMINARY PREPARES CHRIST-CENTERED MEN AND WOMEN FOR FAITHFUL, EFFECTIVE MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH AND WORLD.

  • TO PREPARE MEN AND WOMEN FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, BOTH LAY AND ORDAINED ROOTED IN CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH, THE SEMINARY CREATIVELY SEEKS TO EQUIP ITS STUDENTS FOR MINISTRY TO CONTEMPORARY CULTURE.

    Expenses $1,470,493 · Grants $185,847 · Revenue $1,611,802

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Deborah Schmidt

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Janet Balajthy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Kevin Mannoia

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Terry Taber

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Barbara Rose

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Caryl Wenzke LEFT 0823

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Chad Goodchild

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • David Rinker LEFT 0524

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Deborah White

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Duncan O'Dwyer LEFT 1023

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Dwight Kip Palmer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Emerson Fullwood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Eric Logan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Guy Adams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Herbert Alexander

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Holly Hillberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • John Jennings

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Justin Niebel START 1023

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Linda Adams LEFT 0524

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Mauricio Riveros LEFT 0923

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Pam Braman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Paul Lysander

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Ramona Graham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Tim Harner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Wayne McCown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Wesley Jr Skinner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Alexander H Jones LEFT 0624

    VP for Institutional Advancement

    Total calculated
    $151,872
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $126,374
    Other
    $25,498
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $126,374 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,295 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,203 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $151,872 related
  • Benjamin Espinoza LEFT 0823

    VP Northeastern Seminary

    Total calculated
    $79,711
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $61,065
    Other
    $18,646
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related
  • Ken Motsenbocker START 0324

    Chief Financial Officer (Interim)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 36 related
  • Kristen M Brown LEFT 0324

    VP for Student Experience

    Total calculated
    $133,738
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $121,589
    Other
    $12,149
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related
  • Laurie J Leo LEFT 0324

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $160,861
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,938
    Other
    $3,923
    Hours/week
    6 + 41 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $156,938 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,923 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $160,861 related
  • Rupert A Hayles Jr START 0723

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $161,264
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $145,236
    Other
    $16,028
    Hours/week
    4 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $145,236 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,351 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,677 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $161,264 related
  • Deana L Porterfield

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $155,280
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $114,700
    Other
    $40,580
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $114,700 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,874 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,706 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $155,280 related

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 · 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 II
ALL COMPENSATION LISTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II AND FORM 990, PART VII IS PAID BY ROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

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.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

1 distribution to a recipient named as a person, $7,474,513. Counted where the filer named the recipient as a person, as filed. Who received them, and what, are not published.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531349349304643

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