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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTENARY COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA.

Totals

Total revenue
$46,846,087
Total expenses
$46,554,662
Contributions and grants received
$5,598,231
Grants paid
$18,557,152
Program service revenue
$27,690,501
Investment income
$10,047,313
Other revenue
$3,510,042
Total assets, end of year
$208,304,808
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,404,854
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$170,899,954
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$38,863,746
Management and general expenses
$6,618,611
Fundraising expenses
$1,072,305
Program service expenses (Part III)
$38,863,746

Program services were 83.5% 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)

    $151,189

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,447,042

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,030,907

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $27,690,501 · related or exempt $27,690,501

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,711,540 · unrelated business $140,063 · excluded $2,571,477

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $649,630 · unrelated business $25,405 · excluded $624,225

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $169,612

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $117,106

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $52,506 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $52,506 · excluded $52,506

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $29,775,851

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

    securities $22,440,078

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,335,773 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,335,773 · excluded $7,335,773

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $7,652,133

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,950,922

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,701,211 · related or exempt $2,701,211

  • 11a · Other revenue: Season Ticket Sales

    total $76,625 · excluded $76,625

  • 11b · Other revenue: Finance Charges

    total $5,050 · excluded $5,050

  • 11c · Other revenue: Collections of Minor Nature

    total $1,350 · excluded $1,350

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $23,670 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $23,670

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $106,695

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $18,557,152 · program services $18,557,152

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,031,811 · program services $748,373 · management and general $243,920 · fundraising $39,518

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $178,367 · program services $129,370 · management and general $42,166 · fundraising $6,831

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,568,599 · program services $7,665,405 · management and general $2,498,417 · fundraising $404,777

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $452,496 · program services $328,195 · management and general $106,970 · fundraising $17,331

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,266,640 · program services $918,694 · management and general $299,434 · fundraising $48,512

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $793,896 · program services $575,813 · management and general $187,677 · fundraising $30,406

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $49,588 · program services $35,966 · management and general $11,723 · fundraising $1,899

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $242,631 · program services $175,980 · management and general $57,358 · fundraising $9,293

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,510,540 · program services $3,271,494 · management and general $1,066,292 · fundraising $172,754

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $186,218 · program services $135,064 · management and general $44,022 · fundraising $7,132

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $817,503 · program services $592,936 · management and general $193,255 · fundraising $31,312

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $317,050 · program services $229,956 · management and general $74,951 · fundraising $12,143

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $942,253 · program services $683,416 · management and general $222,749 · fundraising $36,088

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,601,120 · program services $1,161,292 · management and general $378,505 · fundraising $61,323

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,021,746 · program services $741,072 · management and general $241,541 · fundraising $39,133

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,208,955 · program services $1,602,155 · management and general $522,197 · fundraising $84,603

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $440,721 · program services $319,655 · management and general $104,186 · fundraising $16,880

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL, REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $473,835 · program services $343,673 · management and general $112,015 · fundraising $18,147

  • 24b · Other expenses: TUITION REMISSION

    total $421,638 · program services $305,814 · management and general $99,675 · fundraising $16,149

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & MEMBERSHIPS

    total $206,768 · program services $149,969 · management and general $48,880 · fundraising $7,919

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $265,135 · program services $192,302 · management and general $62,678 · fundraising $10,155

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $5,026,813

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,193,717

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $13,277,466 · end of year $10,182,694

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $122,464 · end of year $2,263,272

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $33,103 · end of year $224,079

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $475,747 · end of year $1,429,545

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

    $117,866,301

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

    $67,622,905

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $43,353,735 · end of year $50,243,396

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $102,012,910 · end of year $101,629,399

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $686 · end of year $686

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $34,476,124 · end of year $37,304,924

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,333,993 · end of year $2,588,161

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $123,773 · end of year $349,078

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $10,936 · end of year $9,559

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $12,932,738 · end of year $27,152,919

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,404,881 · end of year $7,305,137

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,378,664 · end of year $2,464,300

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $162,760,967 · end of year $168,435,654

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE EDUCATION IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS TO APPROXIMATELY 600 UNDERGRADUATE AND 100 GRADUATE STUDENTS.

  • CENTENARY COLLEGE IS A SELECTIVE, RESIDENTIAL, TIER ONE NATIONAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE LOCATED IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. FOUNDED IN 1825, IT IS THE OLDEST CHARTERED LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. CENTENARY'S FACULTY AND STAFF PREPARE STUDENTS TO ENGAGE GLOBAL CHALLENGES THROUGH RIGOROUS COURSEWORK, SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, AND INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCES BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD. CENTENARY RANKS #1 IN THE NATION AMONG BACCALAUREATE COLLEGES FOR SENDING STUDENTS TO STUDY ABROAD, BEGINNING WITH THE CENTENARY IN PARIS PROGRAM THAT SENDS ALL FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS TO PARIS, FRANCE TO BEGIN THEIR COLLEGE CAREERS. 94% OF CENTENARY STUDENTS WHO APPLY TO MEDICAL SCHOOL ARE ACCEPTED, ALONG WITH 80% OF THOSE WHO APPLY TO LAW SCHOOL. CENTENARY ALSO EXPANDS STUDENTS' ACADEMIC HORIZONS WITH OPPORTUNITIES LIKE A 3/2 PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING AND GUARANTEED INTERVIEW/EXPEDITED ADMISSION AGREEMENTS WITH 10 DIFFERENT GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS IN MEDICINE, NURSING, ALLIED HEALTH, LAW, AND THEOLOGY. CENTENARY OFFERS MORE THAN 55 STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, NCAA DIVISION III ATHLETICS, CULTURAL EVENTS, LECTURES, SERVICE PROJECTS, LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES ON A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS THAT STUDENTS DESCRIBE AS "WELCOMING AND SPIRITED." REGARDLESS OF THEIR CHOSEN FIELD, CENTENARY GRADUATES DRAW ON THEIR SUPERIOR PREPARATION AND EXPERIENCES TO GROW BOLD, THOUGHTFUL, CONFIDENT, KIND, STRONG, AND CLOSE.

    Expenses $38,863,746 · Grants $18,557,152 · Revenue $30,391,712

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Archer Frierson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Ellis Brown Jr

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher L Holoman

    CENTENARY PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $346,766
    From this org
    $313,856
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,910
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,306
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $36,550
    Deferred
    $15,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,160
    Filer's total
    $346,766
  • George D Nelson Jr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ross P Barrett

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth B Deville

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol B Spencer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clinton Rasberry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Delores J Williamston

    TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward J Crawford III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian McElroy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Montgomery

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John E Atkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Q Petersen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee McKinzie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lennis S Elston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lucie Thornton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marty Vaughan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melva K Wallace

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Mann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oliver Jenkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah E Collier

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stafford Comegys

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry E Moore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $2,800
    From this org
    $2,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas E McElroy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William H Broyles

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred J Landry Jr

    VP FOR DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $163,229
    From this org
    $138,401
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,828
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,903
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,498
    Deferred
    $7,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,792
    Filer's total
    $163,229
  • Karen E Soul

    PROVOST & DEAN OF THE COLLEGE

    Total calculated
    $195,846
    From this org
    $171,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,728
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,367
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $751
    Deferred
    $8,816
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,912
    Filer's total
    $195,846
  • L Calhoun Allen III

    VP FOR ENROLLMENT & MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $150,955
    From this org
    $132,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,306
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,258
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,391
    Deferred
    $6,765
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,541
    Filer's total
    $150,955
  • Robert S Blue

    VP OF FINANCE & ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $186,299
    From this org
    $174,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,338
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,788
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,173
    Deferred
    $10,535
    Nontaxable benefits
    $803
    Filer's total
    $186,299
  • Barbara Davis

    DEAN, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $143,455
    From this org
    $121,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,839
    Hours/week
    40
  • Scott E Chirhart

    DEAN, School of Health Sciences

    Total calculated
    $146,105
    From this org
    $137,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,674
    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 · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES BENEFITS AS INDICATED IN LINE 1A TO THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT. ANY NON-BUSINESS OR PERSONAL PORTION OF THE BENEFITS PROVIDED HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECIPIENT'S FORM W-2 AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES BENEFITS AS INDICATED IN LINE 1A TO THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT. ANY NON-BUSINESS OR PERSONAL PORTION OF THE BENEFITS PROVIDED HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECIPIENT'S FORM W-2 AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1b Written policy regarding payment or reimbursement of expenses
THE COLLEGE DOES NOT REIMBURSE FOR FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL. ON AN INFREQUENT BASIS, COLLEGE EMPLOYEES MAY TRAVEL WITH A BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBER ON A CHARTER (OR PRIVATELY-OWNED) PLANE ON COLLEGE BUSINESS. SUCH TRAVEL WOULD TYPICALLY INCLUDE THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE AND BE AUTHORIZED BY THAT PERSON. HOUSING ALLOWANCES ARE PROVIDED BY CONTRACT TO THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT IN LIEU OF COLLEGE-PROVIDED HOUSING. IN ADDITION, UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE RULES, COLLEGE CLERGY MAY MAKE HOUSING ALLOWANCE ELECTIONS TO ALLOCATE A PORTION OF THEIR SALARY TO SUCH AN ALLOWANCE. PROVISION AND PAYMENT OF THESE BENEFITS ARE OUTLINED IN EACH INDIVIDUAL'S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETS WITH THE PRESIDENT ANNUALLY IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST TO ASSESS THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL PERFORMANCE. AFTER DELIBERATION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE COMMITTEE DETERMINES HIS BONUS AND ANY INCREASE TO HIS ANNUAL SALARY

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.

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.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • YONCOPIN PROPERTIES LLC

    REAL ESTATE · LA · income $80,222 · assets -$170,979

    Directly controlled by CENTENARY

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • CENTENARY SIF LP

    Excluded · INVESTMENTS · DE · 99.99% owned

    Directly controlled by CENTENAR Y

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202601349349311385

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