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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$34,396,819
Total expenses
$35,242,178
Contributions and grants received
$2,597,645
Grants paid
$13,111,135
Program service revenue
$26,911,760
Investment income
$4,887,414
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$71,691,443
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,500,841
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$53,190,602
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,706,618
Management and general expenses
$4,193,102
Fundraising expenses
$342,458
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,706,618

Program services were 87.1% 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)

    $1,324,709

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,272,936

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $23,077,609 · related or exempt $23,077,609

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY

    total $3,062,179 · related or exempt $3,062,179

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER SOURCES

    total $745,899 · related or exempt $745,899

  • 2d · Program service revenue: INTEREST & LATE CHARGES

    total $26,073 · related or exempt $26,073

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $749,799 · excluded $749,799

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,900,634 · other assets $270,747

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

    securities $15,787,623 · other assets $246,143

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,113,011 · other assets $24,604

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,137,615 · excluded $4,137,615

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $13,111,135 · program services $13,111,135

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $653,527 · program services $571,327 · management and general $65,136 · fundraising $17,064

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,484,566 · program services $7,416,894 · management and general $845,847 · fundraising $221,825

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $60,527 · program services $51,359 · management and general $8,372 · fundraising $796

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $634,257 · program services $562,066 · management and general $55,939 · fundraising $16,252

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $591,197 · program services $511,302 · management and general $63,660 · fundraising $16,235

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $94,791 · management and general $94,791

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $181,170 · management and general $181,170

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,535,121 · program services $2,733,390 · management and general $801,731

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $96,561 · program services $5,202 · management and general $91,359

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,548 · management and general $10,548

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $810,313 · program services $802,591 · management and general $7,722

  • 17 · Travel

    total $822,430 · program services $810,104 · management and general $12,326

  • 20 · Interest

    total $884,506 · management and general $884,506

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,521,837 · program services $1,521,837

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $749,663 · program services $380,243 · management and general $369,420

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $2,213,854 · program services $1,768,792 · management and general $379,927 · fundraising $65,135

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $238,090 · program services $235,206 · management and general $2,884

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $229,274 · management and general $229,274

  • 24d · Other expenses: HOSPITALITY

    total $167,635 · program services $140,327 · management and general $22,157 · fundraising $5,151

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $151,176 · program services $84,843 · management and general $66,333

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $534,244 · end of year $332,692

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,076,705 · end of year $701,235

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $741,925 · end of year $737,073

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $398,221 · end of year $320,703

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $199,257 · end of year $201,734

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $427,983 · end of year $415,642

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

    $67,394,204

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

    $30,461,104

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $37,655,431 · end of year $36,933,100

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,678,381 · end of year $29,388,963

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,554,034 · end of year $2,660,301

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,052,844 · end of year $1,601,266

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $303,462 · end of year $242,769

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $9,367,639 · end of year $8,884,245

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $5,353,688 · end of year $4,887,798

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,213,640 · end of year $2,884,763

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,108,629 · end of year $19,288,601

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,866,279 · end of year $33,902,001

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

UNION IS GROUNDED BY FOUR PILLARS THAT DEFINE OUR FOCUS AS AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION: SERVICE TO EACH OTHER AND OUR COMMUNITIES; OUR APPALACHIAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE; OUR CORE AFFILIATION WITH METHODISM AND THE LIBERAL ARTS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE. UNION SERVES EACH OF ITS STUDENTS WITH A SINCERE COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN THOSE PILLARS, TO SPARK PASSION AND INSPIRE LIFELONG LEARNING IN ALL THEY DO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

  • 1364 TOTAL STUDENTS; UG STUDENTS 785, GR STUDENTS 590; TOTAL 346 STUDENTS GRADUATED; 186 UNDERGRADAUTE STUDENTS, 161 GRADUATE STUDENTS

    Expenses $30,706,618 · Grants $13,111,135 · Revenue $26,911,760

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Goss

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dj Washington

    SECRETARY (THRU 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Terry Smallwood

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jessica Terry Bergman

    SECRETARY (START 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Thomas Clark

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jane Skidmore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Ball

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • R Christopher Bowling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donald Cailitri

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcetta Y Darensbourg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kay Dixon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Fultz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James C Hall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Halter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Hartman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Billy Hensley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shae Hopkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Isaacs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth Wooton-Kee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donal G Lane

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edna Mann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jose Martinez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James McDowell Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rich Prewitt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth Ramsey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Rhodes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Birg E Sergent

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Stunson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Tipton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Marcia Hawkins

    PRESIDENT (THRU 06/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $176,119
    From this org
    $165,912
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,207
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,841
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,071
    Deferred
    $3,909
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,298
    Filer's total
    $176,119
  • Dr Donald Washington

    PRESIDENT (START 06/01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jessica L Justice

    VP OF BUSINESS/FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $89,711
    From this org
    $81,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,860
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Williams

    VP OF ENROLLMENT

    Total calculated
    $127,679
    From this org
    $117,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,300
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lynn Smith

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $76,071
    From this org
    $69,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,750
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marisa Greer

    EXECUTIVE VP/PROVOST (THRU 06/14/24)

    Total calculated
    $102,657
    From this org
    $92,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,708
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Powell

    PROVOST (START 06/01/24)

    Total calculated
    $47,332
    From this org
    $46,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $386
    Hours/week
    40
  • Maisie Nelson

    INTERIM VP OF DEVELOPMENT/COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $68,730
    From this org
    $60,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,758
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eric Evans

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $77,410
    From this org
    $69,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,565
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tim Curry

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS (THRU 06/27/24)

    Total calculated
    $72,091
    From this org
    $65,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,014
    Hours/week
    40
  • James Becknell

    DEAN OF STUDENTS

    Total calculated
    $64,898
    From this org
    $56,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,228
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kateena Haynes

    ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR EXTERNAL PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $55,786
    From this org
    $53,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,431
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Miller

    UNIVERSITY CHAPLAIN

    Total calculated
    $33,290
    From this org
    $32,735
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $555
    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 · Written employment contract

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
DR. HAWKINS, AS PRESIDENT OF UNION, HAS AGREED AND IS OBLIGED AS A CONDITION OF HER EMPLOYMENT, AND AS A BENEFIT TO UNION, TO RESIDE DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT AT BALDWIN PLACE ON THE CAMPUS OF UNION COLLEGE.UNION SHALL PAY ALL UTILITIES, TAXES, INSURANCE AND EXPENSE OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP FOR BALDWIN PLACE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REPAIRING AND REMODELING BALDWIN PLACE IN ORDER TO KEEP IT AS A RESIDENCE BEFITTING A COLLEGE PRESIDENT. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL APPROVE ALL REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS.
PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT AND ISSUES A CONTRACT. THE ADMINISTRATION APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR THE OTHER POSITIONS WHERE FACULTY RECEIVE A CONTRACT AND THE OTHERS RECEIVE AN EMPLOYMENT LETTER.

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.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST

    T · BENEFICIAL TRUST · KY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541289349302944

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