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OHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

EIN 31-0971599 CIRCLEVILLE, OH

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Revenue 2023
$17,785,389
Expenses 2023
$20,466,391

Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B42Z
Classification
2700
Street
1476 LANCASTER PIKE

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

Ohio Christian University (OCU) is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. OCU offers degree programs designed to equip students to become leaders in their careers, communities, families, and in the world.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Ohio Christian University prepares students to serve effectively in the church and society by providing a holistic, Christ-centered, biblically integrated education in the Wesleyan tradition.

  • Higher education Ohio Christian University offers associate, bachelor and masters degrees with concentrations in ministry, business, teacher education, and counseling, servicing over 1,329 students.

    Expenses $16,171,479 · Grants $4,237,080 · Revenue $15,502,034

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Dr Ronald E Smith

    President

    Total calculated
    $379,272
    From this org
    $274,673
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $104,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,201
    Bonus
    $36,472
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,088
    Nontaxable benefits
    $72,511
    Filer's total
    $379,272
  • Philip Tipton

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Rev Mike Holbrook

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Connie Bowman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Dan Tipton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Janet Blackstone

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Ron Adkins

    Trustee (part year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • James O'Leary

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Keith Stevenson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Linda Miller

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Randy Knece

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Rev Dan Jordan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Rev Frank Skies

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Rev Gary Heimbach

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Rev Joe Atherly

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Donald Tucker

    Provost

    Total calculated
    $120,071
    From this org
    $114,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,302
    Hours/week
    40
  • Matthew Johnson

    VP of University Advancement

    Total calculated
    $58,467
    From this org
    $53,574
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,893
    Hours/week
    40
  • Silvia Lucaschi-Decker

    VP of Enrollment

    Total calculated
    $122,525
    From this org
    $103,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,140
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ted W Perry

    EVP of Finance & Operations

    Total calculated
    $137,265
    From this org
    $123,574
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,691
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,785,389
    Expenses
    $20,466,391
    Contributions
    $2,274,168
    Grants paid
    $4,237,080
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,753,161
    Expenses
    $20,641,974
    Contributions
    $2,914,007
    Grants paid
    $3,923,741

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
    $22,327,827
    Expenses
    $22,077,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,295,556
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,713,665
    Expenses
    $26,323,571
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,159,403
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,021,789
    Expenses
    $25,636,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,709,410
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,892,574
    Expenses
    $36,776,861
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,724,564
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,044,187
    Expenses
    $39,873,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,827,938
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,352,690
    Expenses
    $43,272,157
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,023,065
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,021,714
    Expenses
    $39,549,992
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,460,548
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,971,455
    Expenses
    $34,946,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,531,607
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,158,519
    Expenses
    $32,528,810
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,946,212
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $28,320,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,645,795

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

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 2023 return

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • Charitable Remainder Unitrust (1)

    Trust · Charitable Remainder Unitrust · FL · controlled entity

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.