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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR STATE AUTHORIZATION RECIPROCITY AGREEMEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,984,725
Total expenses
$6,867,431
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$192,691
Program service revenue
$7,780,244
Investment income
$204,481
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$15,939,580
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,955,141
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,984,439
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,437,284
Management and general expenses
$1,430,147
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,437,284

Program services were 79.2% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Membership Dues

    total $7,780,244 · related or exempt $7,780,244

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $227,542 · excluded $227,542

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $613,445

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

    securities $636,506

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$23,061

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$23,061 · excluded -$23,061

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $192,691 · program services $192,691

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $958,432 · program services $624,268 · management and general $334,164

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,401,260 · program services $1,050,532 · management and general $350,728

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $143,874 · program services $110,675 · management and general $33,199

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $209,127 · program services $155,515 · management and general $53,612

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $180,491 · program services $129,145 · management and general $51,346

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $63,758 · management and general $63,758

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $142,182 · program services $138,571 · management and general $3,611

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,492 · program services $6,763 · management and general $15,729

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $379,262 · program services $267,359 · management and general $111,903

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $113,855 · program services $81,466 · management and general $32,389

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $464,874 · program services $199,259 · management and general $265,615

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $221,919 · program services $158,788 · management and general $63,131

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Regional Allocation Expenses

    total $2,016,372 · program services $2,016,372

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $95,987 · program services $82,962 · management and general $13,025

  • 24c · Other expenses: Credit Card Transaction Fees

    total $92,173 · program services $92,173

  • 24d · Other expenses: Other Expense

    total $84,966 · program services $52,796 · management and general $32,170

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $83,716 · program services $77,949 · management and general $5,767

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $519,645 · end of year $530,106

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,823,209 · end of year $3,588,520

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,303,971 · end of year $2,449,413

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

    $213,981

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

    $160,785

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $78,794 · end of year $53,196

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,481,473 · end of year $6,923,360

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,460,003 · end of year $1,810,233

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $64,889 · end of year $13,709

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $716,185 · end of year $571,043

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $358,002 · end of year $302,592

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,089,692 · end of year $4,063,454

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $720,976 · end of year $589,095

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,279,499 · end of year $10,984,439

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) is committed to supporting the establishment of an effective and efficient state-level reciprocity process that will allow students across the country to enjoy increased access to higher education opportunities and will reflect the core aims of efficiently ensuring quality programs and consumer protection in a rapidly changing education landscape.

  • NC-SARA is working to achieve its mission by doing the following: A. Promoting and advancing efforts to ensure inter-regional alignment on core elements and requirements of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA), while also maintaining a limited role within the overall governance of SARA;B. Representing the full spectrum of stakeholders in the higher education community, including all institutional sectors (including, but not limited to, large and small-scale distance education providers), regional and national accreditation agencies, and state officials including state regulators and state higher education executive officers.C. Building public awareness of and support for SARA through regular communications to the field;D. Serving as a forum for the higher education community at large to address concerns and questions as they arise.

    Expenses $5,437,284

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marianne Boeke PhD

    President

    Total calculated
    $320,715
    From this org
    $256,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,096
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,619
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $26,962
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,134
    Filer's total
    $320,715
  • Jeannie Yockey-Fine

    Senior Vice Pres & General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $244,858
    From this org
    $218,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,406
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,452
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $20,818
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,588
    Filer's total
    $244,858
  • Terri Taylor-Straut

    Sr Dir Edu Prog

    Total calculated
    $190,598
    From this org
    $140,302
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,296
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,302
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,641
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,655
    Filer's total
    $190,598
  • Stacey Hogan

    Dir of Comm

    Total calculated
    $170,115
    From this org
    $138,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,411
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,704
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,838
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,573
    Filer's total
    $170,115
  • Emily Jacobson

    Dir of State

    Total calculated
    $169,144
    From this org
    $128,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,905
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,239
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,095
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,810
    Filer's total
    $169,144
  • Melanie Booth

    Senior Dir of Education (fmr)

    Total calculated
    $168,435
    From this org
    $136,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,729
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,706
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,693
    Filer's total
    $168,435
  • Ashley Rasmussen

    Senior Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $161,971
    From this org
    $143,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,638
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,333
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,313
    Filer's total
    $161,971
  • Rachel Christeson

    Dir of Research

    Total calculated
    $154,030
    From this org
    $137,942
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,088
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,942
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,788
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,300
    Filer's total
    $154,030
  • Raymond Audett

    Dir for IT

    Total calculated
    $143,580
    From this org
    $116,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,574
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Schuyler Perry

    Sec of Board

    Total calculated
    $89,408
    From this org
    $64,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,825
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Barbara Gellman-Danley

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edward Ray

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rob Anderson

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eduardo M Ochoa

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sam Loftin

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Cavanaugh

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Art Coleman

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lanna Dueck

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laurie Dodge

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carlos Morales

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan G Heegaard

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Rojas

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Demaree Michelau

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cam Maeyaert

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Pruitt

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elise Scanlon

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Thomas

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Armstrong Tucker

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · 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

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

  • AL Commission on Higher Edu

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

  • Alloc to members - state support

  • CO Dept of Higher Edu

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

  • CT Office of Higher Edu

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

  • DE - Dept of Edu

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

  • WV Higher Edu Policy Comm

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

  • GA Nonpublic Postsec Edu Comm

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

  • Higher Edu Aids Board

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

  • IL Board of Higher Edu

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

  • Iowa College Aid

    $7,500

    Alloc to members - state support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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
18 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433239349301338

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