Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by APPALACHIAN COLLEGE ASSOCIATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,086,965
- Total expenses
- $5,251,004
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,092,066
- Grants paid
- $902,287
- Program service revenue
- $3,189,627
- Investment income
- $805,032
- Other revenue
- $240
- Total assets, end of year
- $40,668,780
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,971,961
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $38,696,819
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,379,032
- Management and general expenses
- $871,972
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,379,032
Program services were 83.4% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$525,003
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$101,323
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$465,740
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2a · Program service revenue: Library Shared Catalog
total $3,087,852 · related or exempt $3,087,852
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2b · Program service revenue: Professional Development
total $101,775 · related or exempt $101,775
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3 · Investment income
total $805,032 · related or exempt $805,032
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income
total $240 · related or exempt $240
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11e · Other revenue, total
$240
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $440,698 · program services $440,698
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $461,589 · program services $461,589
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $280,076 · program services $102,088 · management and general $177,988
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $325,952 · program services $118,810 · management and general $207,142
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $56,371 · program services $14,656 · management and general $41,715
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $77,050 · program services $20,033 · management and general $57,017
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $44,359 · program services $11,533 · management and general $32,826
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11a · Fees: management
total $731 · management and general $731
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $107,895 · management and general $107,895
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $90,493 · management and general $90,493
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $28,056 · program services $700 · management and general $27,356
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14 · Information technology
total $541,681 · program services $520,014 · management and general $21,667
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $33,206 · program services $996 · management and general $32,210
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17 · Travel
total $113,346 · program services $73,675 · management and general $39,671
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $54,540 · program services $54,540
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $17,333 · management and general $17,333
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24a · Other expenses: Electronic Library Subscriptions
total $2,507,970 · program services $2,507,970
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24b · Other expenses: Consulting
total $51,730 · program services $51,730
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24c · Other expenses: Bad Debt
total $17,928 · management and general $17,928
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,182,186 · end of year $1,909,577
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $49,280 · end of year $92,288
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,758,471 · end of year $1,887,200
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $33,593,419 · end of year $36,779,715
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $950,451 · end of year $999,501
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $399,653 · end of year $947,159
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $39,950 · end of year $25,301
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $3,643,655 · end of year $3,965,365
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $31,549,647 · end of year $34,731,454
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
ACA is an organization of 33 independent liberal arts higher education institutions that provides expanded and enhanced learning opportunities to faculty, staff, and students for the purpose of serving the educational and economic wellbeing of the people of Central Appalachia.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Incorporated on August 6, 1993, ACA primarily serves the people of the Central Appalachian region by providing/enhancing higher education and related services.
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Library and Shared Catalog - The ACA Bowen Central Library of Appalachia partners with each member institution to make it economically possible to provide all ACA member students, faculty, and staff with the best electronic library information resources available. The resources are used to help students, faculty, and staff attain the best possible learning outcomes.
Expenses $3,347,806 · Grants $10,127 · Revenue $3,087,852
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $881,426 · Grants $748,027 · Revenue $101,775
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $149,800 · Grants $144,143
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
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Nancy E Rushing - Appalachian Colle
President
- Total calculated
- $171,771
- From this org
- $154,745
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,026
- Hours/week
- 40 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $154,745
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,026
- Filer's total
- $171,771
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Larry Hall - Appalachian College As
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $139,037
- From this org
- $125,331
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,706
- Hours/week
- 40 + 40 related
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Lee King - Lees-McRae College
Interim Chair/Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Burton Webb - University of Pikevil
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Jim Stepp - Alice Lloyd College
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Cheryl Nixon - Berea College
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Jamie Caridi - Bethany College
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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David Olive - Bluefield University
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Bradley Andrews - Brevard College
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Douglas Mann - Bryan College
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Joseph Hopkins - Campbellsville Uni
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Charles Fowler - Carson-Newman Univ
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Chris Wood - Davis and Elkins Colle
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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John Wells - Emory and Henry Colleg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Mirta Martin - Ferrum College
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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L Thomas Smith - Johnson University
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Alexander Whitaker - King Universit
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Terry Allcorn - Kentucky Christian
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Paul Conn - Lee University
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Fred Whitt - Lenoir Rhyne Universit
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Jason McConnell - Lincoln Memorial
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
William Luckey - Lindsey Wilson Col
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Tony Floyd - Mars Hill University
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Bryan Coker - Maryville College
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Bill Greer - Milligan University
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Paul Maurer - Montret College
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Tyler Forrest - Tennessee Wesleyan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Scott Hummel - Tusculum University
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Marcia Hawkins - Union Commonwealth
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Martin Roth - University of Charles
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Robert Pearigen - University of the
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Damian Fernandez - Warren Wilson Co
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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James Moore - West Virginia Wesleya
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Dianna M Vargo - Wheeling Universit
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Drew Van Horn - Young Harris Colleg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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
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$71,363
Financial Education for Students
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$64,619
Financial Education for Students
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$58,095
Financial Education for Students
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$57,000
Financial Education for Students
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$57,000
Financial Education for Students
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$56,894
Financial Education for Students
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$32,000
Financial Education for Students
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 12 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511349349303171
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