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ANDERSON UNIVERSITY INC

EIN 35-0867954 ANDERSON, IN

Revenue 2024
$61,014,638
Expenses 2024
$68,167,577

Program services were 86.5% 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
1100 E 5TH 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

The mission of Anderson University is to educate for a life of faith and service in the church and society. Established and sustained within the free and open traditions of the Church of God, this university is committed to being a teaching-learning community of the highest order, engaged in the pursuit of truth from a Christian faith perspective. Through academic and Christian discovery, we intend to graduate people with a global perspective who are competent, caring, creative, generous individuals of character and potential. We will build those quality programs that will enable each member of the university to become stronger in body, mind, and spirit, to experience what it means to love God and neighbor, and to adopt Christ like servant ways in all of life. The mission statement and supporting statements were adopted by the Board of Trustees in 2007.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To educate persons for a life of faith and service in the church and society

  • Higher education: General educational activities serving 1,153 students during the 2023-24 school year. AU students benefit from the expertise of 81 full-time and 84 part-time faculty members. Anderson University continues to be recognized as one of America's top colleges by US News & World Report and Colleges of Distinction. Three of the university's programs received "badges of distinction": Business, Education, and Nursing. The University has long had a strong undergraduate liberal arts curriculum. The University's MBA, Master's in Christian Ministry, and Master of Divinity programs are also offered through online/hybrid classes.

    Expenses $56,230,458 · Grants $22,740,445 · Revenue $41,673,765

  • Higher education: Auxiliary enterprise primarily involving residence halls, food services, Student Health Services, Mail Center, and bookstore activities supporting the educational program. We believe that on-campus living is an integral part of the college experience. In our residence halls, we are committed to offering not only a safe and comfortable place to live, but also an environment that promises to both challenge and support our students as they grow physically, academically, socially, and spiritually. Anderson University Food Services provides friendly service and great variety in four different locations across campus: The Marketplace, Raven's Haven, Create, and Mocha Joe's. Student Health Services provides medical assistance to students and is operated by Community Health Network.

    Expenses $2,709,163 · Revenue $9,477,698

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Jay B Ricker

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Pistole

    President

    Total calculated
    $261,786
    From this org
    $209,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,031
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,531
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,224
    Deferred
    $25,112
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,919
    Filer's total
    $261,786

  • Rev Doug Tally

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beth S Tharp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles R Carroll

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna A Harman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Thomas J Snyder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Guy F Perry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James W Ostrognai

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberly Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle M Schoeder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary E Jamerson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mitchell Benbow

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PhD Priscilla Archangel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Charles J Myricks Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Deidre D Franklin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Erin M Taylor

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Jessica S Uitvlugt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Mark S Krenz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Martin D Grubbs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Nabil F Safi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Steve L Rennick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robrt C Byers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven R Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Baker

    VP Advancement and Secretary

    Total calculated
    $133,314
    From this org
    $120,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,236
    Hours/week
    35

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
    $61,014,638
    Expenses
    $68,167,577
    Contributions
    $5,407,014
    Grants paid
    $22,740,445
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $75,597,456
    Expenses
    $69,299,441
    Contributions
    $9,761,115
    Grants paid
    $21,579,592
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $62,889,443
    Expenses
    $63,953,678
    Contributions
    $14,793,553
    Grants paid
    $21,752,199

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,226,796
    Expenses
    $61,763,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,263,076

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,617,560
    Expenses
    $55,933,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $141,012,159

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,220,268
    Expenses
    $60,379,412
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,256,277

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $60,516,320
    Expenses
    $62,723,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $129,633,129

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $66,599,442
    Expenses
    $63,736,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,547,786

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $66,599,442
    Expenses
    $63,736,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,547,786

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

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • ANDERSON UNIVERSITY PROPERTIES LLC

    PROPERTY HOLDING · IN · income $97,155 · assets $4,607,038

  • ANDERSON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES AND CYBER DEFENSE LLC

    CYBERSECURITY · IN · income $63,515 · assets $224,211

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST (15)

    TRUST · IN · 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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.