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← FISK UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FISK UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$56,177,115
Total expenses
$55,246,168
Contributions and grants received
$19,668,509
Grants paid
$14,439,311
Program service revenue
$25,788,052
Investment income
$663,525
Other revenue
$10,057,029
Total assets, end of year
$200,857,800
Total liabilities, end of year
$35,386,716
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$165,471,084
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,332,301
Management and general expenses
$17,035,765
Fundraising expenses
$1,878,102
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,332,301

Program services were 65.8% 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)

    $8,415,625

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,252,884

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $25,788,052 · related or exempt $25,788,052

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $618,060 · excluded $618,060

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $45,465

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $45,465

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $45,465 · related or exempt $45,465

  • 11a · Other revenue: AUXILLIARY INCOME

    total $9,251,688 · related or exempt $9,251,688

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $805,341 · related or exempt $805,341

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,057,029

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,439,311 · program services $14,439,311

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,239,241 · program services $1,727,140 · management and general $379,583 · fundraising $132,518

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,434,106 · program services $11,904,422 · management and general $2,616,298 · fundraising $913,386

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,392,539 · program services $1,107,408 · management and general $1,235,467 · fundraising $49,664

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,461,798 · program services $207,690 · management and general $6,252,108 · fundraising $2,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,407,380 · program services $1,175,674 · management and general $109,447 · fundraising $122,259

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,033,393 · program services $5,559 · management and general $1,991,928 · fundraising $35,906

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,201,543 · management and general $1,201,543

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $791,044 · program services $165,676 · management and general $625,368

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENTS PROGRAM AND SU

    total $3,603,715 · program services $3,570,143 · management and general $32,896 · fundraising $676

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY

    total $2,870,170 · program services $515,222 · management and general $2,015,404 · fundraising $339,544

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND OPERATIONS

    total $1,958,203 · program services $1,461,489 · management and general $375,192 · fundraising $121,522

  • 24d · Other expenses: STUDENT RECRUITING AND

    total $242,195 · program services $52,567 · management and general $29,001 · fundraising $160,627

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $171,530 · management and general $171,530

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,187,594 · end of year $6,773,662

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $13,880,471 · end of year $12,069,157

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,894,751 · end of year $17,218,978

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $39,291 · end of year $39,291

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $154,862 · end of year $186,011

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $642,571 · end of year $3,261,471

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

    $122,009,907

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

    $74,880,625

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $32,213,553 · end of year $47,129,282

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $26,853,080 · end of year $30,361,128

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $83,818,820 · end of year $83,818,820

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $97,288 · end of year $4,528,080

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,556,664 · end of year $6,325,395

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $12,455,168 · end of year $24,099,482

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $363,750 · end of year $433,759

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $113,974,290 · end of year $116,202,348

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $49,237,833 · end of year $49,268,736

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

FISK UNIVERSITY PRODUCES GRADUATES FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WITH THE INTEGRITY AND INTELLECT REQUIRED FOR SUBSTANTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY. OUR CURRICULUM IS GROUNDED IN THE LIBERAL ARTS. OUR FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS EMPHASIZE THE DISCOVERY AND ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH RESEARCH IN THE NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, BUSINESS AND THE HUMANITIES. WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF SCHOLARS AND LEADERS WITH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FISK UNIVERSITY PRODUCES GRADUATES FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WITH THE INTEGRITY AND INTELLECT REQUIRED FOR SUBSTANTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY.

  • THE ORGANIZATION IS AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ANDPROVIDES INSTRUCTION SCHOLARSHIPS AND VARIOUS SUPPORTSERVICES IN ACHIEVING ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE OF EDUCATINGSTUDENTS.

    Expenses $36,332,301 · Grants $14,439,311 · Revenue $35,890,546

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Callie Khouri

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Crabtree

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward M Zimmerman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank L Sims

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Simmons

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Hamby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janine Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jolinda Herring

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juliette Pryor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Seymour

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lela Hughes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcus D Cosby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nzinga Shaw

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Norton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roland Parrish

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald S Safer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Surendra Ramanna

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vann R Newkirk Sr PhD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $480,467
    From this org
    $480,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $480,467
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $480,467
  • Katherine Burnette

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Precious Oseghale

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daikerra Sweat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jens Frederiksen

    SR. VP FOR INSTIT. ADV. & ENROLLMENT MGT

    Total calculated
    $196,053
    From this org
    $196,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,053
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $196,053
  • Kenneth Jones

    VICE PRESIDENT OF TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $132,663
    From this org
    $132,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Natara Garvin

    VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $119,964
    From this org
    $119,964
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Norman Jones

    CFO/VICE PRESIDENT OF FINA

    Total calculated
    $169,201
    From this org
    $169,201
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,201
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $169,201
  • Robert Carr

    PROVOST/VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $66,085
    From this org
    $66,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Arnold Burger

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $201,909
    From this org
    $201,909
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,909
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $201,909
  • Qingxia Li

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $110,540
    From this org
    $110,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shirley Brown

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $102,596
    From this org
    $102,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steven M Damo

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $105,118
    From this org
    $105,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shieila Smith

    ASSOCIATE VP FOR INST. ADV

    Total calculated
    $109,410
    From this org
    $109,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Isaac Thompson

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF STEM

    Total calculated
    $123,424
    From this org
    $123,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Edward Brian Garner

    DIRECTOR OF IT

    Total calculated
    $106,210
    From this org
    $106,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jamaal Sheats

    ASSOCIATE PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $113,100
    From this org
    $113,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Reginald Amerson

    ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $102,500
    From this org
    $102,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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.

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 partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • STIEGLITZ ART COLLECTION LLC

    RELATED · TN · 50% owned · general or managing partner

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
17 January 2025
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202510179349300321

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