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← BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$35,695,917
Total expenses
$30,151,859
Contributions and grants received
$9,757,275
Grants paid
$10,831,536
Program service revenue
$23,196,450
Investment income
$2,764,392
Other revenue
-$22,200
Total assets, end of year
$60,170,415
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,889,924
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$47,280,491
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,775,750
Management and general expenses
$3,607,451
Fundraising expenses
$768,658
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,775,750

Program services were 85.5% 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

    $57,083

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,383,802

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,372,712

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,943,678

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,055,791

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $19,926,965 · related or exempt $19,926,965

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

    total $2,492,915 · related or exempt $1,842,176 · excluded $650,739

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLIC SVC & PROGRAM

    total $776,570 · related or exempt $776,570

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $401,836 · excluded $401,836

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $11,044,864 · other assets $64,626

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

    securities $8,617,682 · other assets $129,252

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,427,182 · other assets -$64,626

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,362,556 · excluded $2,362,556

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,250

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

    $57,083

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $30,450

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$22,200 · excluded -$22,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,831,536 · program services $10,831,536

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $400,282 · management and general $342,312 · fundraising $57,970

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,869,194 · program services $7,324,408 · management and general $274,149 · fundraising $270,637

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $320,589 · program services $283,951 · management and general $23,899 · fundraising $12,739

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $791,237 · program services $700,811 · management and general $58,984 · fundraising $31,442

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $691,438 · program services $612,418 · management and general $51,544 · fundraising $27,476

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $88,627 · management and general $88,627

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $75,600 · management and general $75,600

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $170,161 · management and general $170,161

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,102,002 · program services $1,002,385 · management and general $1,017,942 · fundraising $81,675

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $540,700 · program services $397,104 · management and general $548 · fundraising $143,048

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $474,033 · program services $366,618 · management and general $98,644 · fundraising $8,771

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $290,907 · program services $290,227 · fundraising $680

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $387,812 · program services $206,435 · management and general $177,568 · fundraising $3,809

  • 17 · Travel

    total $654,082 · program services $628,305 · management and general $2,428 · fundraising $23,349

  • 20 · Interest

    total $502,339 · program services $267,399 · management and general $230,007 · fundraising $4,933

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,668,302 · program services $888,049 · management and general $763,869 · fundraising $16,384

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $207,677 · program services $207,677

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMS & EVENTS

    total $401,205 · program services $331,995 · management and general $11,291 · fundraising $57,919

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $178,200 · program services $94,857 · management and general $81,593 · fundraising $1,750

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP & DUES

    total $155,732 · program services $152,952 · management and general $225 · fundraising $2,555

  • 24d · Other expenses: CLOTHING & UNIFORMS

    total $139,128 · program services $130,463 · management and general $8,590 · fundraising $75

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,211,076 · program services $1,058,160 · management and general $129,470 · fundraising $23,446

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,785,945 · end of year $1,806,700

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $3,339,502

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,170,173 · end of year $4,157,790

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $757,462 · end of year $2,216,644

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $22,469 · end of year $29,044

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $7,844 · end of year $7,844

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $101,607 · end of year $659,535

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

    $47,994,621

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

    $19,636,996

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $26,045,474 · end of year $28,357,625

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,298,596 · end of year $19,595,731

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,168,139 · end of year $1,815,088

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $990,037 · end of year $1,119,270

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $8,385,155 · end of year $9,521,248

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $641,060 · end of year $434,318

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,071,284 · end of year $17,127,427

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,933,895 · end of year $30,153,064

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BUSHNELL IS A UNIVERSITY THAT FOSTERS WISDOM, FAITH AND SERVICE THROUGH EXCELLENT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WITHIN A CHRIST-CENTERED COMMUNITY.

  • EDUCATION, GENERAL/OTHER PROVIDED UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND DEGREE COMPLETION EDUCATION CURRICULA TO APPROXIMATELY 740 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $25,775,750 · Grants $10,831,536 · Revenue $22,509,495

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Womack

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $238,802
    From this org
    $126,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $112,310
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $92,261
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $34,231
    Deferred
    $11,580
    Nontaxable benefits
    $100,730
    Filer's total
    $238,802
  • Gene De Young

    CFO, VP FOR FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $170,884
    From this org
    $162,618
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,266
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,053
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,565
    Deferred
    $8,266
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $170,884
  • Reed Mueller

    VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $145,451
    From this org
    $137,526
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,925
    Hours/week
    40
  • Keith Potter

    VP FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $138,548
    From this org
    $136,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,245
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Fuller

    VP FOR ENROLLMENT

    Total calculated
    $132,266
    From this org
    $124,837
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,429
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jocelyn Hubbs

    VP FOR STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $110,222
    From this org
    $107,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,590
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kim Williams

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Hutchins

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Hogan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Workman Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clare Buhler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Cole

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Cure

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Idong Ekwere

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related
  • Melaney Grenz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Haskell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Hill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eugene Hill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Jurden

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bridget Baker Kincaid

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deleesa Meashintubby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juanita Metzler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Naff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Petersen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Richardson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rory Robison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Shelby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodger Terrall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Turanski

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sid Voorhees

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debby Walker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
COUNTRY CLUB DUES WERE PAID ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF NETWORKING AND DONOR RELATIONS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY IS ALSO PROVIDED A HOUSING ALLOWANCE AS PART OF HIS COMPENSATION.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511339349305486

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