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LEE UNIVERSITY

EIN 62-0502739 CLEVELAND, TN

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Revenue 2023
$91,560,640
Expenses 2023
$91,351,986

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
1120 N OCOEE ST

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 · 2023

Mission

LEE UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE, COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE. THE UNIVERSITY IS OPERATED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CHURCH OF GOD AND IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LEE UNIVERSITY IS A CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION WHICH OFFERS LIBERAL ARTS AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ON BOTH THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVELS THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AND DISTANCE PROGRAMS. WE SEEK TO PROVIDE EDUCATION THAT INTEGRATES BIBLICAL TRUTH AS REVEALED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES WITH TRUTH DISCOVERED THROUGH THE STUDY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN THE PRACTICE OF VARIOUS PROFESSIONS. A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR IS THE CONTROLLING PERSPECTIVE FROM WHICH OUR EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE IS CARRIED OUT. THE FOUNDATIONAL PURPOSE OF ALL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT LEE IS TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING, ABILITY, AND SKILLS WHICH WILL PREPARE THEM FOR RESPONSIBLE CHRISTIAN LIVING IN A COMPLEX WORLD.

  • INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES - INSTRUCTION IS PROVIDED TO APPROXIMATELY 2,964 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS INCLUDES BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $51,114,516 · Grants $25,112,594 · Revenue $73,956,654

  • ACADEMIC SUPPORT - PROVIDES SUPPORT SERVICES TO VARIOUS ATTENDEES OF THE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS, SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY. ACADEMIC SUPPORT INCLUDES FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, THE LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTERS.

    Expenses $4,076,330

  • STUDENT SERVICES - PROVIDES SERVICES TO ENROLLED STUDENTS INCLUDING STUDENT ATHLETICS, HEALTH CLINIC, SPIRITUAL LIFE PROGRAMS, RESIDENTIAL LIFE PROGRAMS, ETC.

    Expenses $11,590,114

  • AUXILIARY SERVICES - OPERATED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF INCLUDING RESIDENCE HALLS, DINING HALLS, CAMPUS BOOKSTORE, AND THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

    Expenses $8,397,019 · Revenue $11,068,722

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Wade Lombard

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Clayton Watson

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marty Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Emmitt Beall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eliezer Bonilla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia Carroll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ishmael Charles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Daugherty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hector Diaz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ashley Freer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bobby K Jones II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Knight

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dennis Livingston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jerry Madden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin McGlamery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James McIntyre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Byron Medlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Ramirez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeff Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Sharp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lee Storms

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelvin Tarukwasha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Paul Conn

    CHANCELLOR

    Total calculated
    $223,485
    From this org
    $205,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,054
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,318
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $99,113
    Deferred
    $10,568
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,486
    Filer's total
    $223,485

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $91,560,640
    Expenses
    $91,351,986
    Contributions
    $6,252,245
    Grants paid
    $25,112,594
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $97,254,831
    Expenses
    $93,462,606
    Contributions
    $11,424,448
    Grants paid
    $24,154,333

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
    $108,753,431
    Expenses
    $105,914,787
    Assets (EOY)
    $200,405,989
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $107,961,707
    Expenses
    $101,306,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $217,646,784
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $106,104,009
    Expenses
    $102,875,743
    Assets (EOY)
    $201,404,012
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $106,365,324
    Expenses
    $104,498,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $183,656,123
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $101,847,920
    Expenses
    $99,498,739
    Assets (EOY)
    $180,199,832
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $96,336,927
    Expenses
    $92,101,282
    Assets (EOY)
    $182,091,564
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $93,742,969
    Expenses
    $85,449,164
    Assets (EOY)
    $170,967,957
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $93,742,969
    Expenses
    $85,449,164
    Assets (EOY)
    $170,967,957
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $87,392,642
    Expenses
    $83,599,683
    Assets (EOY)
    $163,103,080
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $89,029,043
    Expenses
    $77,541,849
    Assets (EOY)
    $162,664,700

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 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 11 November 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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.