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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$83,169,756
Total expenses
$67,782,531
Contributions and grants received
$19,979,895
Grants paid
$28,733,938
Program service revenue
$56,877,749
Investment income
$5,884,913
Other revenue
$427,199
Total assets, end of year
$126,843,899
Total liabilities, end of year
$57,376,084
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$69,467,815
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$53,058,120
Management and general expenses
$13,398,921
Fundraising expenses
$1,325,490
Program service expenses (Part III)
$53,058,120

Program services were 78.3% 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

    $26,225

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $86,669

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,867,001

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $17,397,965

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT TUITION

    total $51,446,971 · related or exempt $51,446,971

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HOUSING

    total $4,154,904 · related or exempt $4,154,904

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $1,021,414 · related or exempt $1,021,414

  • 2d · Program service revenue: AUXILARY SERVICES

    total $254,460 · related or exempt $254,460

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $666,112 · unrelated business $168,830 · excluded $497,282

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $432,003

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $432,003

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $432,003 · unrelated business $207,545 · excluded $224,458

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $31,223,909

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

    securities $26,005,108

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,218,801

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,218,801 · excluded $5,218,801

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $25,918

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

    $26,225

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $30,722

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,804 · excluded -$4,804

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $28,733,938 · program services $28,733,938

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $564,783 · program services $383,884 · management and general $153,954 · fundraising $26,945

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,094,252 · program services $9,579,884 · management and general $3,841,955 · fundraising $672,413

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,831,942 · program services $1,924,875 · management and general $771,960 · fundraising $135,107

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,431,995 · program services $973,329 · management and general $390,348 · fundraising $68,318

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,557,831 · program services $494,738 · management and general $1,887,319 · fundraising $175,774

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $850,539 · program services $478,892 · management and general $357,734 · fundraising $13,913

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $671,777 · program services $99,910 · management and general $571,867

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,840,159 · program services $44,025 · management and general $1,796,134

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,553,575 · program services $1,101,913 · management and general $451,662

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,984,546 · program services $1,533,984 · management and general $441,921 · fundraising $8,641

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,713,012 · program services $2,306,511 · management and general $385,004 · fundraising $21,497

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $764,467 · program services $354,194 · management and general $410,273

  • 24a · Other expenses: INCOME TAX EXPENSE

    total $78,200 · management and general $78,200

  • 24b · Other expenses: DINING SERVICE

    total $2,355,979 · program services $2,355,979

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $1,199,374 · program services $698,855 · management and general $500,519

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND RENTALS

    total $1,123,794 · program services $858,715 · management and general $180,234 · fundraising $84,845

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,432,368 · program services $1,134,494 · management and general $1,179,837 · fundraising $118,037

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,263,550 · end of year $3,599,681

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,597,095 · end of year $2,725,649

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $200,000

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $103,205 · end of year $100,982

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $843,302 · end of year $811,673

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

    $99,277,339

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

    $43,365,628

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $47,025,699 · end of year $55,911,711

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $35,824,802 · end of year $41,552,352

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $10,693,111 · end of year $10,529,941

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,535,141 · end of year $11,411,910

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,628,227 · end of year $3,840,938

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,942,883 · end of year $3,120,878

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $37,785,909 · end of year $39,452,588

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,644,086 · end of year $10,961,680

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,402,549 · end of year $18,879,858

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $41,582,251 · end of year $50,587,957

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY IS THE CATHOLIC LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY OF THE DIOCESE OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY. INSPIRED BY THE CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION, WE CHALLENGE STUDENTS OF ALL FAITHS TO EXAMINE THE ULTIMATE MEANING OF LIFE, THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD, AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DEVELOP AND SUSTAIN CHALLENGING UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY, MARKED BY SUPERIOR TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP WITHIN THE CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION.

  • FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, THOMAS MORE HAS CREATED A UNIVERSITY FOR THE STUDENT WHO WANTS TO BE MORE, DO MORE, SEEK MORE, WIN MORE, ACHIEVE MORE, AND CREATE MORE. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1921, THOMAS MORE HAS PROVIDED A MISSION-DRIVEN, LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION THAT IS BASED IN THE CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION. STUDENTS LEARN TO HARNESS THE POWER OF HUMAN REASON TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND DISCOVER TRUTH, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO BEGIN THE JOURNEY TO BECOME THE PERSON THEY WERE CREATED TO BE. ENTERING INTO THE SECOND CENTURY, IT'S TIME FOR MORE. SERVING APPROXIMATELY 2,000 STUDENTS, THOMAS MORE ASPIRES TO BE THE PREMIER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE CINCINNATI AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY REGION.

    Expenses $53,058,120 · Grants $28,733,938 · Revenue $56,877,749

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Joseph L Chillo

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $577,330
    From this org
    $508,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,160
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $425,000
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $3,170
    Deferred
    $18,594
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,566
    Filer's total
    $577,330
  • Most Rev John C Iffert

    CHANCELLOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Judith A Marlowe

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Thomas Lueke

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Daniel E Tobergte

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Andrew Schaeffer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Donald Saelinger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joan M Robinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sr Leslie Keener

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael Dempsey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Laura Koehl

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Thomas J Depenbrock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gary Blank

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kimberly Halbauer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Banchy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Yvan Demosthenes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Rachel Lehmkuhl

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joseph Roesel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susan Sturgeon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ted Zalla

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Frank Fritsch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr James Horn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Scott McIntyre

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Charlene Barlow

    SECRETARY/ASSIST TO PRESIDENT (LEFT 08/19/25)

    Total calculated
    $71,584
    From this org
    $56,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,971
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Richard S Rollino

    EXECUTIVE VP & CFO (BEGAN 7/15/24)

    Total calculated
    $88,871
    From this org
    $72,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,083
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Dr Kevin Reynolds

    VP INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEME

    Total calculated
    $200,404
    From this org
    $175,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,212
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,192
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,292
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,920
    Filer's total
    $200,404
  • Dr Jerome Langguth

    VP & CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $139,883
    From this org
    $128,698
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,185
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Dr Bruce Rosenthal

    DEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $149,923
    From this org
    $105,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,111
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Dr Kelly French

    VP STRATEGY & IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $176,667
    From this org
    $118,394
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,273
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,394
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,967
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,306
    Filer's total
    $176,667
  • Dr Kim Haverkos

    ASST. VP FOR ACADEMIC & STUDENT SUCCESS

    Total calculated
    $153,675
    From this org
    $103,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,898
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,777
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,108
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,790
    Filer's total
    $153,675

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 4B
DR CHILLO WAS A PARTICIPANT IN A SECTION 457(F) PLAN. DURING THE YEAR HE WAS CREDITED WITH A $50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE 457F PLAN.

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.

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.

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY RACQUET CLUBS INC

    C · SPORTS CLUB · KY · 100% owned · share of income $573,424 · share of assets $16,802,307 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
1 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610969349300131

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