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← MAINE COLLEGE OF ART

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MAINE COLLEGE OF ART.

Totals

Total revenue
$38,594,119
Total expenses
$29,733,021
Contributions and grants received
$11,967,383
Grants paid
$8,719,622
Program service revenue
$25,607,833
Investment income
$1,003,883
Other revenue
$15,020
Total assets, end of year
$76,106,186
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,919,886
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$46,186,300
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$23,019,340
Management and general expenses
$5,788,653
Fundraising expenses
$925,028
Program service expenses (Part III)
$23,019,340

Program services were 77.4% 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

    $61,385

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $204,638

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,701,360

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,646,253

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $20,062,446 · related or exempt $20,062,446

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ROOM AND BOARD FEES

    total $5,545,387 · related or exempt $5,545,387

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $748,921 · excluded $748,921

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $597,830

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $647,613

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$49,783

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$49,783 · excluded -$49,783

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $793,821

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

    securities $538,859

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $254,962

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $254,962 · excluded $254,962

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $84,205

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

    $61,385

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $32,147

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $52,058 · excluded $52,058

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $12,745 · excluded $12,745

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,745

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,719,622 · program services $8,719,622

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $972,065 · management and general $613,421 · fundraising $358,644

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,771,458 · program services $5,832,433 · management and general $1,719,121 · fundraising $219,904

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $326,799 · program services $140,524 · management and general $186,275

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $929,833 · program services $620,252 · management and general $248,055 · fundraising $61,526

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $651,800 · program services $434,838 · management and general $173,833 · fundraising $43,129

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $48,564 · management and general $48,564

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $83,943 · management and general $83,943

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $118,434 · fundraising $118,434

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $46,295 · management and general $46,295

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,246 · management and general $47,246

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $435,105 · program services $270,445 · management and general $131,728 · fundraising $32,932

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,917 · program services $8,379 · management and general $19,272 · fundraising $2,266

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $551,511 · program services $211,025 · management and general $318,737 · fundraising $21,749

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $393,262 · program services $276,368 · management and general $116,894

  • 17 · Travel

    total $292,789 · program services $74,599 · management and general $218,190

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,898 · management and general $29,898

  • 20 · Interest

    total $114,858 · program services $67,938 · management and general $46,920

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,407,986 · program services $911,915 · management and general $496,071

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $373,685 · program services $230,334 · management and general $143,351

  • 24a · Other expenses: DORM & DINING

    total $3,550,856 · program services $3,550,856

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & SERVICES

    total $977,087 · program services $543,262 · management and general $412,134 · fundraising $21,691

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $506,142 · program services $299,936 · management and general $195,896 · fundraising $10,310

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $407,963 · program services $348,436 · management and general $56,551 · fundraising $2,976

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $945,903 · program services $478,178 · management and general $436,258 · fundraising $31,467

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,883,181 · end of year $6,157,886

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,143,636 · end of year $9,258,033

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $314,949 · end of year $552,510

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $688,664 · end of year $780,678

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

    $34,053,882

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

    $17,064,497

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,249,313 · end of year $16,989,385

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,820,913 · end of year $20,537,757

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,842,234 · end of year $21,829,937

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,670,583 · end of year $1,785,693

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,139,976 · end of year $1,055,543

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $5,318,837 · end of year $4,711,181

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,034,134 · end of year $922,916

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,968,510 · end of year $21,444,553

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,191,513 · end of year $13,583,425

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,619,337 · end of year $32,602,875

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE COLLEGE'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION IN FINE ARTS

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COLLEGE'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION IN FINE ARTS.

  • INSTRUCTION - PRIMARY MISSION. THE COLLEGE IS A PRIVATE INSTITUTION OFFERING BACHELOR AND MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE PROGRAMS TO APPROXIMATELY 400 FULL-TIME STUDENTS CONCENTRATING IN THE FINE ARTS, A MASTER OF ART IN TEACHING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS A WIDE RANGE OF CONTINUING STUDIES CLASSES FOR INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES AND A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE GALLERY, THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

    Expenses $23,019,340 · Grants $8,719,622 · Revenue $25,607,833

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathryn Yates

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diane Gathwaite

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah H Dluhy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meredith Koerner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan A Rogers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jenny Scheu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Abigail Wark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dan Bailin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Boyson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Perry Butterfield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jordan Carey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeana Cho

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennie Coyne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stacey Dietsch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kerem Durdag

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edward Friedman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathryn Knight-Wise

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Lambe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roberta March

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marianna Pierce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Damien Saccani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gimbala Sankare

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristin Valdmanis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brit Vitalius

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura Freid

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $469,413
    From this org
    $451,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $451,239
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $924
    Filer's total
    $469,413
  • Elizabeth Elicker

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $247,765
    From this org
    $229,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,075
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,690
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,485
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,590
    Filer's total
    $247,765
  • Ian Anderson

    VP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS & DEAN

    Total calculated
    $181,449
    From this org
    $158,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,338
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,111
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,906
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,432
    Filer's total
    $181,449
  • Laura Retheford

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $149,694
    From this org
    $133,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,669
    Hours/week
    40
  • Holly Higgins

    DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $119,291
    From this org
    $108,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,229
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Campanaro

    DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS

    Total calculated
    $128,307
    From this org
    $107,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,290
    Hours/week
    40
  • Seth Clayter

    DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $106,791
    From this org
    $101,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,181
    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 · Compensation committee
  • 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610719349302051

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