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UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST

EIN 85-0164940 HOBBS, NM

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Revenue 2024
$21,824,198
Expenses 2024
$18,352,001

Program services were 75.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B420
Classification
2000
Street
6610 N LOVINGTON HWY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST IS A CHRIST-CENTERED EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING MEN AND WOMEN FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP BY EMPHASIZING FAITH, RESPONSIBILITY, AND INITIATIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CHRIST-CENTERED HIGHER EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY

  • USW OFFERS GRADUATE LEVEL PROGRAMS IN THE FIELDS OF BUSINESS, EDUCATION, AND ARTS AND SCIENCES. DEGREES OFFERED INCLUDE MBA, DBA, MSE, EDD, MS, MA, AND DMIN. THE USW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS FUNCTIONS AS AN EDUCATIONAL CATALYST FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE BY DEVELOPING BUSINESS LEADERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND EXECUTIVES DEDICATED TO APPLYING SERVANT LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES IN FREE ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS. THE USW COLLEGE OF EDUCATION MISSION IS TO IMMERSE CANDIDATES IN AUTHENTIC PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THROUGH A RIGOROUS AND INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM THAT LEVERAGES THEIR STRENGHTS AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE REFLECTIVE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO EQUITY AND SERVING THEIR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES FROM AN ASSET-BASED PERSPECTIVE. THE USW COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES TO OFFER A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE, MEANING, PURPOSE, AND KNOWLEDGE WHILE DEVELOPING ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS ON A PATH TO BEING SERVANT LEADERS IN THEIR VOCATIONS.

    Expenses $6,281,276 · Grants $907,904 · Revenue $9,687,732

  • USW OFFERS UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL PROGRAMS IN THE FIELDS OF BUSINESS, EDUCATION, AND ARTS AND SCIENCES. DEGREES OFFERED INCLUDE BBA, BSE, BS, AND BA. TO COMPLEMENT THE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS, STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC HONOR, CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, CIVIC, AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. THE UNIVERSITY ALSO SUPPORTS INTRAMURAL SPORTS PROGRAMMING WHERE STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE. ATHLETIC PROGRAMMING INCLUDES: BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, MENS AND WOMENS BASKETBALL, MENS AND WOMENS SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, CROSS COUNTRY, AND GOLF. AS A UNIVERSITY GROUNDED IN CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, USW OFFERS A PRISON SEMINARY PROGRAM FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PURSUE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE MEANT TO PREPARE THE INDIVIDUAL TO EFFECT POSITIVE COMMUNITY CHANGE THROUGH BEST PRACTICES IN LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, ETHICS, AND CHRISTIAN STUDIES.

    Expenses $5,682,132 · Grants $2,604,157 · Revenue $5,719,871

  • RESIDENCE HALLS, APARTMENTS, AND STUDENT MEAL PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE PRIMARILY FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.

    Expenses $1,813,052 · Grants $504,626 · Revenue $1,478,425

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dr Elaine Sena Cortez

    BOARD MEMBER / ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $9,214
    From this org
    $9,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Lee Roberson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David Shaw

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Caress

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Bromley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cliff Brunson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Castillo Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leanne Gandy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr George Klein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Newell Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Sanchez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Connie Sevier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobby Shaw

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Snider

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel S Spencer Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lizabeth White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Eidson

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristi Goodwin

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Lackey

    BOARD MEMBER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Ryan Tipton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $330,793
    From this org
    $312,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,078
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,881
    Bonus
    $10,834
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,298
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,780
    Filer's total
    $330,793
  • Dr Paula Smith

    EVP/CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $167,212
    From this org
    $160,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,060
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,231
    Bonus
    $5,921
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,203
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,857
    Filer's total
    $167,212
  • Dr Brianna Lopez

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $225,202
    From this org
    $209,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,513
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,458
    Bonus
    $8,231
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,238
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,275
    Filer's total
    $225,202
  • Dr Keisha Tipton

    DEAN/FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $165,609
    From this org
    $146,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,454
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,146
    Bonus
    $6,009
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,418
    Filer's total
    $165,609
  • Steve Appel

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $132,842
    From this org
    $120,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,177
    Hours/week
    50

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $21,824,198
    Expenses
    $18,352,001
    Contributions
    $1,426,890
    Grants paid
    $4,016,687
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,490,677
    Expenses
    $17,687,055
    Contributions
    $1,263,484
    Grants paid
    $4,302,775
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,030,000
    Expenses
    $16,554,579
    Contributions
    $1,673,630
    Grants paid
    $4,371,696

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,560,703
    Expenses
    $18,741,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,198,087
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,670,200
    Expenses
    $18,399,838
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,944,232
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,346,902
    Expenses
    $16,714,984
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,056,918
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,330,911
    Expenses
    $16,449,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,244,516
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,604,596
    Expenses
    $16,080,272
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,528,168
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,870,193
    Expenses
    $16,550,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,850,818
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,747,397
    Expenses
    $14,916,123
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,045,400
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,322,656
    Expenses
    $13,800,018
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,893,712
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,027,771
    Expenses
    $12,321,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,998,512
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,939,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,557,741

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.