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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$47,034,818
Total expenses
$52,980,898
Contributions and grants received
$2,365,408
Grants paid
$14,702,169
Program service revenue
$39,747,482
Investment income
$4,843,321
Other revenue
$78,607
Total assets, end of year
$61,048,330
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,218,414
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,829,916
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$43,733,417
Management and general expenses
$8,809,128
Fundraising expenses
$438,353
Program service expenses (Part III)
$43,733,417

Program services were 82.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,020,372

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,345,036

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $34,901,409 · related or exempt $34,901,409

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY - BOOKSTORE

    total $3,141,117 · related or exempt $3,141,117

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY - OTHER

    total $1,004,864 · related or exempt $1,004,864

  • 2d · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY - ROOM AND BOARD

    total $686,370 · related or exempt $686,370

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SUMMER CAMPS

    total $13,722 · related or exempt $13,722

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $690,566 · excluded $690,566

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $93,500

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $14,893

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $78,607

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $78,607 · excluded $78,607

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,581,731 · other assets $517,598

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

    securities $1,789,882 · other assets $156,692

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,791,849 · other assets $360,906

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,152,755 · excluded $4,152,755

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,702,169 · program services $14,702,169

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $837,427 · program services $715,555 · management and general $91,888 · fundraising $29,984

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,252,420 · program services $12,091,227 · management and general $3,034,932 · fundraising $126,261

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $413,280 · program services $325,279 · management and general $88,001

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,007,909 · program services $1,597,757 · management and general $410,152

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,173,269 · program services $933,607 · management and general $239,662

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $255,607 · management and general $255,607

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $146,235 · management and general $146,235

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $51,571 · management and general $51,571

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $195,725 · program services $195,725

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $183,378 · program services $145,921 · management and general $37,457

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,107,960 · program services $777,670 · management and general $320,643 · fundraising $9,647

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,276,286 · management and general $1,276,286

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,343,260 · program services $2,070,957 · management and general $272,303

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,105,922 · program services $880,024 · management and general $218,063 · fundraising $7,835

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,265,626 · management and general $1,265,626

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,732,966 · program services $2,404,486 · management and general $328,480

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $883,222 · program services $399,411 · management and general $483,811

  • 24a · Other expenses: AUXILIARY EXPENSES

    total $2,398,952 · program services $2,398,952

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $540,977 · program services $476,060 · management and general $64,917

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOKSTORE EXPENSES

    total $523,113 · program services $523,113

  • 24d · Other expenses: UNIFORMS

    total $309,861 · program services $246,568 · management and general $63,293

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,273,763 · program services $2,848,936 · management and general $160,201 · fundraising $264,626

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $41,360 · end of year $41,423

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,773,254 · end of year $3,503,278

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $703,709 · end of year $761,523

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,909,344 · end of year $1,655,189

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $36,488 · end of year $35,368

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $94,513 · end of year $2,318

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

    $82,868,647

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

    $36,679,844

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $48,272,885 · end of year $46,188,803

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,579,900 · end of year $7,545,403

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,731,810 · end of year $1,315,025

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,029,488 · end of year $1,751,844

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,326,215 · end of year $2,281,834

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $32,948,872 · end of year $31,241,751

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,392,201 · end of year $942,985

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,040,644 · end of year $4,262,787

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,405,843 · end of year $20,567,129

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY IS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES. BY PROVIDING DEGREE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA AND BY WAY OF THE INTERNET, LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY FIND ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION DIFFICULT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY IS A FOUR-YEAR, LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTION IN GAFFNEY, SC. ESTABLISHED IN 1845, LIMESTONE OFFERS MASTERS, BACHELOR AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

  • LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 2,150 FTE DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS, INCLUDING ACADEMIC/STUDENT SUPPORT AND AUXILIARY SERVICES.

    Expenses $43,733,417 · Grants $14,702,169 · Revenue $39,747,482

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Randall Richardson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Sowell

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Haley Williams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Fleming

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jules Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Julia Bass

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Brian Bauer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Reed Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Crossie Cox

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Mike Daniel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Tony Fisher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Gigi Hamrick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Susan Hines

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Brian Honeycutt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Rick Jiran

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Michelle Jolly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Julie Lowry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Rahul Mehra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Chelsea McCoy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Ana Moss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Gene Moorhead

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Harmony Noda

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Phil Orr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jim Prevost

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Don Pullum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • David Riggins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Tierney Rollins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Brian Russell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Trey Still

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Joe Sullivan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Monica Baloga

    PRESIDENT (THRU 9/9/2023)

    Total calculated
    $226,027
    From this org
    $220,164
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,863
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,505
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,659
    Deferred
    $5,863
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $226,027
  • Jeremy Whitaker

    INTERIM PRES & VP FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $182,496
    From this org
    $176,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,814
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,513
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,169
    Deferred
    $5,814
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $182,496
  • Nathan Copeland

    PRESIDENT (BEGAN 5/13/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Furrey

    HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $242,056
    From this org
    $242,056
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,929
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $127
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $242,056
  • David Scott Bellamy

    DEAN

    Total calculated
    $186,848
    From this org
    $180,996
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,852
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,784
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,212
    Deferred
    $5,852
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $186,848
  • Amber Williams

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $148,669
    From this org
    $143,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,054
    Hours/week
    40
  • Paul Lefrancois

    DEAN

    Total calculated
    $140,931
    From this org
    $136,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,069
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Ameling

    INTERIM PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $137,531
    From this org
    $133,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,901
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Scharff

    DEAN

    Total calculated
    $129,298
    From this org
    $125,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,156
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrew English

    DIR. INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

    Total calculated
    $128,960
    From this org
    $124,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,098
    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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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 4A
DURING 2024, MONICA BALOGA, PRESIDENT, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,672.

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
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531329349301123

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