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← CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,917,108
Total expenses
$20,162,322
Contributions and grants received
$1,121,627
Grants paid
$6,655,796
Program service revenue
$16,518,674
Investment income
-$8,966
Other revenue
$1,285,773
Total assets, end of year
$6,145,221
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,832,036
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,686,815
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,316,916
Management and general expenses
$2,116,321
Fundraising expenses
$729,085
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,316,916

Program services were 85.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,121,627

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $13,172,428 · related or exempt $13,172,428

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALES & SERVICES OF AUXILLARY

    total $3,346,246 · related or exempt $3,346,246

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,951 · excluded $6,951

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

    other assets $15,917

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$15,917

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$15,917 · excluded -$15,917

  • 11a · Other revenue: LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $1,000,000 · excluded $1,000,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $285,773 · related or exempt $285,773

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,285,773

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,737,714 · program services $3,737,714

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,918,082 · program services $2,918,082

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $469,502 · program services $389,502 · management and general $42,629 · fundraising $37,371

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,046,058 · program services $5,015,864 · management and general $548,958 · fundraising $481,236

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $43,838 · management and general $43,838

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $570,602 · program services $280,809 · management and general $289,793

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $376,753 · program services $329,391 · management and general $25,504 · fundraising $21,858

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $718,557 · program services $296,596 · management and general $420,830 · fundraising $1,131

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $119,717 · fundraising $119,717

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,306 · program services $58,185 · fundraising $1,121

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $423,247 · program services $423,247

  • 17 · Travel

    total $165,939 · program services $141,456 · management and general $23,162 · fundraising $1,321

  • 20 · Interest

    total $576,121 · program services $204,566 · management and general $371,555

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $294,730 · program services $294,730

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $213,381 · program services $90,963 · management and general $122,418

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEAL PLAN

    total $1,484,782 · program services $1,484,782

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $558,387 · program services $558,387

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $556,044 · program services $371,688 · management and general $177,673 · fundraising $6,683

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $384,790 · program services $339,198 · management and general $6,530 · fundraising $39,062

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $444,772 · program services $381,756 · management and general $43,431 · fundraising $19,585

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,044,773 · end of year $165,586

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $446,710 · end of year $446,710

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $65,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,086,520 · end of year $2,169,217

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $183,251 · end of year $5,418

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $208,191 · end of year $177,975

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

    $10,521,062

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

    $7,393,479

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,356,295 · end of year $3,127,583

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,504 · end of year $21,082

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $31,650 · end of year $31,650

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,805,458 · end of year $3,638,573

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $279,586 · end of year $279,586

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $44,390 · end of year $37,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,382,622 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,698,132 · end of year $3,876,877

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $843,706 · end of year -$1,686,815

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $386,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

A CHRIST-CENTERED UNIVERSITY COMMITTED TO EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING, SCHOLARLY RESEARCH, CREATIVE INNOVATION, AND PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION.

  • INSTRUCTION, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, AND STUDENT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVISION OF ASSOCIATE, BACCALAUREATE, MASTER, AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN RESIDENT AND ONLINE FORMATS.

    Expenses $14,119,794 · Grants $6,655,796 · Revenue $13,172,428

  • AUXILIARY AND OTHER SERVICES IN REGARD TO THE UNIVERSITY'S PROVISION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INCLUDING DORMITORIES, FOOD SERVICE, BOOKSTORE, SPORTING EVENTS, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT SERVICE.

    Expenses $3,197,122 · Revenue $3,632,019

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Burdette Bruce

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Canterbury Tim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Calloway Thomas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leak Chris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maxwell Thyais

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rigney Benjamin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walker Mark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Copeland Jason

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rey Ana Silva

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimbrough Bobby

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wilburn Shahn

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Burkard Heather

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ronk Christopher

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $86,569
    From this org
    $86,569
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Zuniga Regina

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $90,290
    From this org
    $90,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Williams Willie

    VP STUDENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $79,630
    From this org
    $79,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Petitt Charles

    PRESIDENT/CEO (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $213,013
    From this org
    $213,013
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,013
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $95,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $213,013
  • Archinya Ingram

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $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

None.

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
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611359349307911

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