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JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY

EIN 71-0239576 SILOAM SPGS, AR

Revenue 2024
$94,624,599
Expenses 2024
$81,205,273

Program services were 86.6% 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
2000 W UNIVERSITY 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 · 2024

Mission

JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY (JBU) PROVIDES CHRIST-CENTERED EDUCATION THAT PREPARES STUDENTS TO HONOR GOD AND SERVE OTHERS BY DEVELOPING THEIR INTELLECTUAL, SPIRITUAL, AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)JBU SERVES TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON ITS RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS IN SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. JBU ALSO OFFERS NON-TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES THROUGH ITS ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AT JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY SERVES GRADUATE STUDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE A CHRIST-CENTERED EDUCATION THAT PREPARES STUDENTS TO HONOR GOD AND SERVE OTHERS.

  • INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES - JBU CURRENTLY ENROLLS MORE THAN 2,300 STUDENTS IN ITS THREE PRIMARY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS: TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE, ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE, AND GRADUATE. THROUGH ITS INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, JBU OFFERS MORE THAN 50 TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS, 64 UNDERGRADUATE MINORS, 12 GRADUATE DEGREES, AND 9 UNDERGRADUATE ONLINE PROGRAMS. THE FACULTY TO STUDENT RATIO IS 14:1. THE TOP TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY BY MAJOR ENROLLMENT ARE: NURSING, PSYCHOLOGY, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, GRAPHIC DESIGN, FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, KINESIOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, FILM, AND ART & ILLUSTRATION. THE JBU ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM OFFERS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN BUSINESS, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, AND PSYCHOLOGY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OFFERS DEGREES IN BUSINESS, COUNSELING, CYBERSECURITY, AND TEACHER EDUCATION. THE GRADUATION RATE IS CONSISTENTLY ABOVE 65% AND TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION IS ABOVE 80%. IN ADDITION TO MAJOR LEVEL COURSES, UNDERGRADUATES ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES THAT EMPHASIZE THE INTEGRATION OF INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $43,842,452 · Grants $25,804,562 · Revenue $47,596,427

  • AUXILIARY- JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY OFFERS A TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM AT ITS SILOAM SPRINGS CAMPUS, A FORMATIONAL PART OF THE JBU EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE UNIVERSITY REQUIRES NON-LOCAL TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE SENIOR STATUS TO LIVE ON CAMPUS. JBU HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF CAMPUS HOUSING, INCLUDING FOUR RESIDENTIAL HALLS, TOWN HOMES, APARTMENTS, AND DUPLEXES. DURING THE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC YEAR, JBU PROVIDES FULL CAFETERIA SERVICE TO STUDENTS.

    Expenses $9,718,112 · Grants $734,443 · Revenue $10,951,796

  • STUDENT SERVICES - JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY OFFERS SPIRITUAL FORMATION, WELLNESS, COUNSELING, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE, ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND, ON A LIMITED BASIS, TO THE BROADER JBU COMMUNITY. JBU ALSO OFFERS TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPETE IN NAIA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC COMPETITION. STUDENT SERVICES COVERS A BROAD VARIETY OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WHICH HELP STUDENTS IN PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $9,479,640 · Grants $12,600

  • ACADEMIC SUPPORT - JBU ENRICHES THE STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH ACADEMIC SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF LIBRARY SERVICES, REGISTRAR SERVICES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT, AND FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $5,636,256

  • PUBLIC SERVICE- THE UNIVERSITY IS HOME TO THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. THE UNIVERSITY ALSO OWNS AND OPERATES KLRC RADIO, A 100,000 WATT FM RADIO STATION.

    Expenses $1,651,029 · Revenue $1,767,382

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.

  • Mr Marvin G Spees

    CHARIMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Lawson Hembree IV

    VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mrs Holly Robason Beitel

    SECRETARY/TREASURER OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr James Barnett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Marc Boatwright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr John E Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mrs Ericka Carrasco

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr James Congdon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Dr Emily K Deng

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Rollin L Ford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Cameron Geiger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Dr Stephen R Genheimer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Dr Wayne Hardy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Bradley Herschend

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Keith E Holmberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Michael R Kairis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Michael S King

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Alan L Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr David H Levan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Doug Neufeld

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Marco Reyes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr William Ross

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr Gunnar Shaffer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mrs Ruth H Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Mr John Spenst

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $94,624,599
    Expenses
    $81,205,273
    Contributions
    $22,017,460
    Grants paid
    $26,551,605
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $86,390,558
    Expenses
    $77,791,107
    Contributions
    $24,108,337
    Grants paid
    $24,328,418
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $80,057,560
    Expenses
    $75,078,226
    Contributions
    $18,418,279
    Grants paid
    $22,203,602

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $80,358,451
    Expenses
    $71,911,404
    Assets (EOY)
    $277,379,358

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $85,391,416
    Expenses
    $67,037,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,070,681

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $75,339,651
    Expenses
    $68,570,445
    Assets (EOY)
    $239,506,733

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 on its 2024 return

  • THE JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY · AR · controlled entity

  • JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY NORTHERN IRELAND

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · UK · controlled entity

Declared as related by

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 2024 return

  • MAKEUP UNITRUST (2)

    HOLD ASSETS AND REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · AR · controlled entity

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUST (1)

    HOLD ASSETS AND REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · TX · controlled entity

  • FLIP MAKEUP UNITRUST (1)

    HOLD ASSETS AND REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · AR · controlled entity

  • FLIP MAKEUP UNITRUST (1)

    HOLD ASSETS AND REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · OK · controlled entity

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (1)

    HOLD ASSETS AND REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · IL · 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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.