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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$73,352,068
Total expenses
$67,752,565
Contributions and grants received
$42,195,125
Grants paid
$9,491,290
Program service revenue
$28,993,632
Investment income
$2,536,933
Other revenue
-$373,622
Total assets, end of year
$156,461,744
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,088,593
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$139,373,151
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$51,255,650
Management and general expenses
$10,783,900
Fundraising expenses
$5,713,015
Program service expenses (Part III)
$51,255,650

Program services were 75.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $8,879,792

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $6,126,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $27,189,333

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and Fees

    total $25,527,096 · related or exempt $25,527,096

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Housing

    total $3,285,215 · related or exempt $3,285,215

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Educational Activities

    total $114,435 · related or exempt $114,435

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Bibliotheca Sacra

    total $19,491 · related or exempt $19,491

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $47,395 · related or exempt $47,395

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,804,145 · unrelated business $99,003 · excluded $1,705,142

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $111,386 · unrelated business $928 · excluded $110,458

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $32,200

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $32,200

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $32,200 · excluded $32,200

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,949,078 · other assets $104

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

    securities $1,216,394

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $732,684 · other assets $104

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $732,788 · excluded $732,788

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $90,110

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $8,879,792

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,251,724

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,161,614 · excluded -$1,161,614

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $394,250

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $173,579

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $220,671 · related or exempt $220,671

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $422,358 · excluded $422,358

  • 11b · Other revenue: Advertising income

    total $1,377 · unrelated business $1,377

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $423,735

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $215,850 · program services $215,850

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,344,232 · program services $7,344,232

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,931,208 · program services $1,931,208

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,933,139 · program services $620,812 · management and general $937,263 · fundraising $375,064

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $119,705 · program services $6,420 · management and general $113,285

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $24,585,262 · program services $19,653,508 · management and general $3,457,434 · fundraising $1,474,320

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,024,561 · program services $1,356,009 · management and general $507,293 · fundraising $161,259

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,277,311 · program services $2,598,270 · management and general $1,525,373 · fundraising $153,668

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,426,405 · program services $1,059,090 · management and general $257,378 · fundraising $109,937

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $101,140 · program services $1,313 · management and general $98,077 · fundraising $1,750

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $72,562 · management and general $72,562

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $495,160 · fundraising $495,160

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $38,380 · management and general $38,380

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,373,628 · program services $4,897,632 · management and general $475,996

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $719,915 · program services $291,393 · management and general $9,389 · fundraising $419,133

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,451,064 · program services $429,375 · management and general $432,002 · fundraising $589,687

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,424,423 · program services $1,848,747 · management and general $361,183 · fundraising $214,493

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,104,883 · program services $2,645,656 · management and general $350,048 · fundraising $109,179

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,723,801 · program services $1,118,057 · management and general $320,965 · fundraising $284,779

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,917,658 · program services $979,734 · management and general $326,418 · fundraising $611,506

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,402,899 · program services $2,878,477 · management and general $485,073 · fundraising $39,349

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $440,204 · program services $308,170 · management and general $88,023 · fundraising $44,011

  • 24a · Other expenses: Fundraising printmailother

    total $384,170 · fundraising $384,170

  • 24b · Other expenses: Duesfees

    total $385,797 · program services $85,729 · management and general $187,013 · fundraising $113,055

  • 24c · Other expenses: Equipmentfurnishings

    total $111,801 · program services $91,492 · management and general $15,456 · fundraising $4,853

  • 24d · Other expenses: Books and subscriptions

    total $942,287 · program services $815,344 · management and general $14,259 · fundraising $112,684

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $805,120 · program services $79,132 · management and general $711,030 · fundraising $14,958

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,299 · end of year $8,508

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20,127,471 · end of year $13,045,845

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $200,519 · end of year $3,506,971

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,073,599 · end of year $1,383,325

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,340,629 · end of year $5,853,300

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,608,252 · end of year $1,855,855

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

    $137,269,535

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

    $60,096,583

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $76,660,235 · end of year $77,172,952

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $39,165,197 · end of year $41,472,630

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,568,069 · end of year $9,789,824

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,831,692 · end of year $2,372,534

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,891,574 · end of year $2,987,335

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,977,970 · end of year $3,228,311

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $6,813,478 · end of year $5,691,272

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,939,025 · end of year $5,181,675

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $76,346,230 · end of year $80,759,696

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $55,617,685 · end of year $58,613,455

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of Dallas Theological Seminary is to glorify God by equipping godly servant-leaders for the proclamation of His Word and the building up of the body of Christ worldwide.

  • INSTRUCTION: Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) offers a variety of graduate academic programs from its main campus in Dallas, TX and its various extension sites. Online courses are also offered. DTS is nondenominational and seeks to serve those of like biblical faith in evangelical protestantism. DTS has over 19,000 alumni serving in over 100 countries. Fall 2024 enrollment consisted of 2,634 students, with 14,877 total class hours taken that term.

    Expenses $31,278,859 · Grants $8,581,346 · Revenue $25,640,620

  • STUDENT SERVICES: The mission of student services is to ensure that every student has the opportunity to develop as a godly servant-leader through his or her social, cultural, spiritual, physical, and emotional life. We provide advisement, programming, and services to enrich community, family life, personal interaction, social development, cultural awareness, physical development and campus diversity. The admissions department works to recruit and then equip entering students with the resources needed to have a successful graduate-studies experience. The registrar and counseling offices provide advising, counseling and testing services to facilitate personal, family and professional development. The Chaplains office encourages campus community life, worship, and spiritual development through chapel programming. The Dean of Students office provides opportunities for student participation in decision-making and leadership development through student groups.

    Expenses $8,698,120 · Grants $368,594 · Revenue $5,709

  • ACADEMIC SUPPORT: The library holds over 375,000 items, provides access to electronic resources and has special rare volumes. The media and computer lab allows students to use computer equipment, audio and video media.

    Expenses $5,772,399 · Grants $7,500 · Revenue $4,067

  • AUXILIARY: Auxiliary enterprises consist of a student bookstore, two student apartment buildings, and a theological journal. Swindoll Tower residence hall has 158 apartments for married students with families and includes a fireside chat room, playroom, and courtyard with a pool. Washington Hall, the single-student apartment building, contains 158 bedrooms in one and two bedroom apartments. Its amenities include a student research library that is an extension of Turpin Library, conference rooms, 2 music practice rooms, 2 media rooms, a multipurpose room/gym, and a pool. Bibliotheca Sacra, a theological quarterly, in continuous publication since 1843, has been published by DTS since 1934.

    Expenses $4,209,094 · Revenue $3,525,847

  • PUBLIC SERVICE: Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership and Cultural Engagement pursues the development of effective Christian leadership in order to build leaders of integrity and impact.

    Expenses $1,297,178 · Grants $533,850 · Revenue $38,060

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Yarbrough

    President

    Total calculated
    $412,262
    From this org
    $310,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,202
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,060
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $17,198
    Nontaxable benefits
    $85,004
    Filer's total
    $412,262
  • Robert Riggs

    Sr VP Operations

    Total calculated
    $234,015
    From this org
    $134,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $99,829
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,186
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,602
    Nontaxable benefits
    $89,227
    Filer's total
    $234,015
  • Josh Winn

    VP Communications and Community

    Total calculated
    $227,543
    From this org
    $199,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,295
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,248
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,291
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,004
    Filer's total
    $227,543
  • George Hillman

    VP Education

    Total calculated
    $221,273
    From this org
    $197,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,581
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,692
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,315
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,266
    Filer's total
    $221,273
  • David Tarrant

    VP Business & FinanceCFO

    Total calculated
    $220,501
    From this org
    $196,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,480
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,021
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,214
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,266
    Filer's total
    $220,501
  • Kim Till

    Sr VP Development

    Total calculated
    $219,803
    From this org
    $201,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,952
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,851
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,459
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,493
    Filer's total
    $219,803
  • Michael Ortiz

    VP Global Ministries

    Total calculated
    $186,329
    From this org
    $163,383
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,946
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,383
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,680
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,266
    Filer's total
    $186,329
  • John Dyer

    VP Enrollment and Educ Technology

    Total calculated
    $185,874
    From this org
    $176,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,924
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,950
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,868
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56
    Filer's total
    $185,874
  • Glenn Kreider

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $177,460
    From this org
    $135,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,186
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,274
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,466
    Filer's total
    $177,460
  • Teri OConnor

    Executive Director Advancement

    Total calculated
    $176,054
    From this org
    $153,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,454
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,600
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,188
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,266
    Filer's total
    $176,054
  • Ben Simpson

    Associate Professor New Testament

    Total calculated
    $174,443
    From this org
    $101,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,629
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,814
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,804
    Nontaxable benefits
    $64,825
    Filer's total
    $174,443
  • Scott Talbot

    Executive Director DSF

    Total calculated
    $172,681
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $157,035
    Other
    $15,646
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $157,035 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,152
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $7,494 related
    Filer's total
    $8,152 + $164,529 related
  • Jason Wiesepape

    Director Online Stu Engagement

    Total calculated
    $162,556
    From this org
    $105,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,534
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $105,022
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,104
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,430
    Filer's total
    $162,556
  • Mark Bailey

    Chancellor former President

    Total calculated
    $113,516
    From this org
    $53,026
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,490
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $53,026
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,254
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,236
    Filer's total
    $113,516
  • Brian Fisher

    Regent Chair

    Total calculated
    $1,125
    From this org
    $1,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel Chiang

    Regent

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Glover Jr

    Regent

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Golding

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth Horton

    Regent

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • L Randy Howard

    Trustee Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Kilpatrick

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Karl Kurz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • R Laurie Ledbetter

    Regent

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Leppert

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Miller

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert Murchison

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Bradley Payne

    Regent

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Perlman

    Regent Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carita Chen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Imad Shehadeh

    Regent

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Brinker Simmons

    Regent

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Stevens

    Board Incorp Mbr ChairRegent

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Grant Switzer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Turpin

    Trustee Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kathy Wills Wright

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Alpert

    Board Inc Mbr Vice ChairTrustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Roderick Clark

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Simmons

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Stone III

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • W Stephen Ku

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Elizabeth Logan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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)

Benefit information (Part I, line 1a)
Occasionally, the Presidents wife travels with him on official business, such as donor trips. The Seminary obtains documentation to verify that a bona fide business reason exists for the spousal travel, and the Seminary pays for the trip when the spouse acts in the capacity of an official Seminary delegate.Certain individuals receiving compensation are ministers of the gospel, and as such, a housing allowance is included in nontaxable benefits for some of the people listed in Pt. VII.

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

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.

  • Dallas Seminary Foundation

    501c3 · Foundation · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Dallas Theological Seminary

  • DTS Global Training

    509a3 · Support education of pastors worldwide · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Dallas Theological Seminary

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.

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • Charitable Remainder Trusts2

    Trust · Charitable Remainder Trusts · TX · 0% owned · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533429349300623

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