Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $70,414,614
- Total expenses
- $74,120,743
- Contributions and grants received
- $7,967,671
- Grants paid
- $22,337,342
- Program service revenue
- $60,279,796
- Investment income
- $887,743
- Other revenue
- $1,279,404
- Total assets, end of year
- $120,912,170
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $50,257,382
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $70,654,788
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $65,386,682
- Management and general expenses
- $7,889,460
- Fundraising expenses
- $844,601
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $65,386,682
Program services were 88.2% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$533,162
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$7,434,509
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$547,454
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2a · Program service revenue: TUITION
total $49,349,962 · related or exempt $49,349,962
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2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY
total $10,633,393 · related or exempt $10,633,393
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2c · Program service revenue: OC GMBH
total $296,441 · related or exempt $296,441
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $3,446,276 · unrelated business -$4,525 · excluded $3,450,801
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5 · Royalties
total $275,566 · excluded $275,566
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6a · Gross rents
real property $259,176
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $65,408
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $193,768 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $193,768 · unrelated business $29,887 · excluded $163,881
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $4,638,318 · other assets $59,247
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $7,256,098
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$2,617,780 · other assets $59,247
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$2,558,533 · excluded -$2,558,533
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11a · Other revenue: Grant Administrative Reimbursement
total $101,308 · related or exempt $101,308
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11b · Other revenue: NCAA Reimbursement
total $90,174 · related or exempt $90,174
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11d · All other revenue
total $618,588 · related or exempt $618,588 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$810,070
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $22,337,342 · program services $22,337,342
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $927,583 · program services $83,868 · management and general $707,388 · fundraising $136,327
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $20,476,056 · program services $17,963,025 · management and general $2,206,028 · fundraising $307,003
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $788,345 · program services $618,218 · management and general $153,163 · fundraising $16,964
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,530,395 · program services $557,965 · management and general $965,817 · fundraising $6,613
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,399,977 · program services $1,097,169 · management and general $269,623 · fundraising $33,185
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11a · Fees: management
total $1,158,190 · program services $437,296 · management and general $683,983 · fundraising $36,911
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11b · Fees: legal
total $98,161 · management and general $98,161
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $142,516 · management and general $142,516
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $121,634 · management and general $121,634
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11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $779,237 · program services $472,328 · management and general $220,989 · fundraising $85,920
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13 · Office expenses
total $72,191 · program services $52,573 · management and general $18,379 · fundraising $1,239
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14 · Information technology
total $977,807 · program services $842,753 · management and general $127,929 · fundraising $7,125
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,682,840 · program services $1,622,640 · management and general $60,200
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17 · Travel
total $1,608,060 · program services $1,433,881 · management and general $162,493 · fundraising $11,686
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $40,955 · program services $39,945 · management and general $770 · fundraising $240
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20 · Interest
total $1,946,901 · program services $1,813,149 · management and general $133,752
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,187,221 · program services $3,903,276 · management and general $283,945
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23 · Insurance
total $829,651 · program services $776,546 · management and general $53,105
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24a · Other expenses: OVERHEAD AND MAINTENANCE
total $4,122,280 · program services $3,890,563 · management and general $231,717
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24b · Other expenses: FOOD
total $3,520,409 · program services $3,520,409
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24c · Other expenses: FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
total $1,889,903 · program services $1,848,698 · management and general $40,252 · fundraising $953
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24d · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
total $176,305 · program services $176,305
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,306,784 · program services $1,898,733 · management and general $1,207,616 · fundraising $200,435
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $42 · end of year $36
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $7,373,768 · end of year $6,038,326
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $3,694,570 · end of year $3,328,399
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $3,491,549 · end of year $3,729,465
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $326,004
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $909,329 · end of year $718,815
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $685,651 · end of year $737,731
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$161,400,981
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$101,102,859
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $63,352,877 · end of year $60,298,122
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $37,694,921 · end of year $40,693,278
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $3,820,129 · end of year $1,591,583
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,179,850 · end of year $3,450,411
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,238,557 · end of year $3,997,642
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $2,631,835 · end of year $2,665,202
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $43,728,057 · end of year $41,537,876
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,387,925 · end of year $2,056,662
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $21,663,483 · end of year $18,485,038
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $49,552,829 · end of year $52,169,750
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EXISTS AS A COMMUNITY OF FOLLOWERS OF JESUS WITH A COMMITMENT TO EXPAND HIS KINGDOM. OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EDUCATES, MENTORS, AND INSPIRES LEARNERS TO FULFILL THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL. OC IS A CHRIST-CENTERED UNIVERSITY THAT IS PERSONAL, INNOVATIVE, CHALLENGING AND MISSIONAL WHERE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF FIND CALLING, CAREER AND COMMUNITY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Oklahoma Christian University Exists to educate, mentor, and inspire students to fulfill their potential and transform their lives through Christian faith, scholarship, and service.
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FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION, STUDENT SERVICES, AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT. BEST DESCRIBED AS COSTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING PROGRAMS: ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TEACHING, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. ALSO INCLUDES COSTS RELATED TO ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS' EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL, INTELLECTUAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.
Expenses $29,313,997 · Grants $21,443,848 · Revenue $49,349,962
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ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES NECESSARY FOR A HEALTHY AND THRIVING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING THE COSTS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS.
Expenses $22,936,841
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AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FOOD SERVICE, HOUSING, STUDY-ABROAD HOUSING, AND CAMPUS BOOKSTORE. COSTS RELATE TO NON-INSTRUCTIONAL, SELF-SUPPORTING SERVICES THAT ENRICH THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
Expenses $13,135,844 · Grants $893,494 · Revenue $10,929,834
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Alfred Branch
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Bill Zuker
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brute Wolf
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Danny Floyd
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Duncan
Board Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
David Seat
Board Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Dewey Leggett
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Don Millican
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Gary Smith
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Greg Wedel
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeanetta Sims
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff Bonney
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
kevin Lawrence
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lana Reynolds
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Lynn Mitchell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Marc Compton
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Mark Brewer
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Matt Bell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael Walker
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michelle Eggleston
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michelle Stephens
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michelle Tucker
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Richard Blankenship
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sherri Coale
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Susan Mattocks
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tipton Burch
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Wes Gotcher
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brian T Starr
Provost and Asst Professor of Finance
- Total calculated
- $83,868
- From this org
- $76,168
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,700
- Hours/week
- 40
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Christine E Merideth
Chief Advancement Officer
- Total calculated
- $136,327
- From this org
- $136,007
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $320
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jennifer L Ray
Chief Financial Officer
- Total calculated
- $129,192
- From this org
- $121,992
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,200
- Hours/week
- 40
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John D Hermes
Chief Information and Campus Operations Officer
- Total calculated
- $158,368
- From this org
- $142,275
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,093
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $141,999
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $276
- Deferred
- $7,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,593
- Filer's total
- $158,368
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Lyndell K Jones
President
- Total calculated
- $266,114
- From this org
- $250,994
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,120
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $250,380
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $614
- Deferred
- $15,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $120
- Filer's total
- $266,114
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Stephen R Eck
Chief Legal Officer
- Total calculated
- $170,140
- From this org
- $99,108
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $71,032
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $98,832
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $276
- Deferred
- $24,188
- Nontaxable benefits
- $46,844
- Filer's total
- $170,140
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Byron L Newberry
Assistant Provost, Department Chair College of Engineering
- Total calculated
- $218,312
- From this org
- $211,548
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,764
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $211,272
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $276
- Deferred
- $6,570
- Nontaxable benefits
- $194
- Filer's total
- $218,312
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David North
Director of Computer Science
- Total calculated
- $147,401
- From this org
- $142,986
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,415
- Hours/week
- 40
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David R Lynn
Athletic Director, Mens Golf Head Coach
- Total calculated
- $162,796
- From this org
- $155,723
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,073
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $137,447
- Bonus
- $18,000
- Other
- $276
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,073
- Filer's total
- $162,796
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John R deSteiguer
Chancellor
- Total calculated
- $319,025
- From this org
- $244,425
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $74,600
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $243,633
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $792
- Deferred
- $15,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $59,600
- Filer's total
- $319,025
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Patrick Smith
Associate Professor of Science and Engineering
- Total calculated
- $151,586
- From this org
- $144,254
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,332
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $143,462
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $792
- Deferred
- $4,560
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,772
- Filer's total
- $151,586
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 · 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 I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
- THE MINISTERIAL HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS AN EXCLUSION FROM THE GROSS INCOME OF MINISTERIAL EARNINGS FOR CERTAIN HOUSING RELATED EXPENSES. THE POLICY IS IN THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK AND MUST HAVE ANNUAL SUBMISSION FOR ELIGIBILITY, REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY HUMAN RESOURCES.
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.
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501(c)(3) · PUBLICATION · OK · controlled entity
Directly controlled by OCU
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.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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EAGLE WORKS
INTELPROPERTY · OK · income $0 · assets $14,716
Directly controlled by OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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OK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE INVESTMENT CORP
C Corporation · INVESTMENT · OK · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0 · controlled entity
Directly controlled by OCU
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OC GMBH
C Corporation · STUDENT HOUSING · AU · 100% owned · share of income -$107,749 · share of assets $2,892,726 · controlled entity
Directly controlled by OCU
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202541059349302164
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