- Revenue 2023
- $103,702,093
- Expenses 2023
- $107,152,223
Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B430
- Classification
- 2700
- Street
- 1 S GROVE 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
Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their professions and communities. (continued on Schedule O
Activities or mission (Part I)
Otterbein University is a private, church-related, coeducational university that sponsors traditional and continuing education programs of liberal arts and professional education.
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OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY'S COMMITMENT IS TO THE LIBERAL ARTS AS THE BASE OF ALL LEARNING. THREE FEATURES CREATE A DISTINCTIVE LEARNING CULTURE: 1) FROM OUR FOUNDING OTTERBEIN HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY INCLUSIVE OF WOMEN AND PERSONS OF COLOR; 2) OTTERBEIN'S GOVERNANCE SYSTEM INCLUDES STUDENTS AND FACULTY IN DECISION-MAKING THROUGH A SINGLE COLLEGE SENATE; AND 3) INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES THROUGH INTEGRATIVE STUDIES (STUDY OF WORLD CULTURE TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN NATURE AND OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE) AND THE SENIOR YEAR EXPERIENCE (CONNECTING MAJORS TO AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE). THE AUTUMN TERM ENROLLMENT FOR 2023-2024 WAS 2,357, CONSISTING OF 2,119 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND 238 GRADUATE STUDENTS. 425 STUDENTS RECEIVED BACHELORS DEGREES, 59 RECEIVED MASTERS DEGREES AND 26 RECEIVED DOCTORAL DEGREES IN 2023-2024. THE UNIVERSITY BELIEVES THAT LIVING ON CAMPUS SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF EDUCATING THE WHOLE PERSON BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN CAMPUS LIFE. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O).
Expenses $94,154,947 · Grants $39,788,491 · Revenue $88,697,399
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.
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Comerford John
President of the University
- Total calculated
- $439,049
- From this org
- $385,164
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $53,885
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $320,438
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $64,726
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,385
- Filer's total
- $439,049
-
Harrell Jr William E
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Harris Theresa
Assistant Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Herbert Cheryl L
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Bible Peter R
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Buys du Plessis Mechelle
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dixon Dr Talisa
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Fisher David W
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Francis Jim
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Fritsche-Nevil Nevalyn
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Gifford Daniel
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Hinson Lisa
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jones-Casperson April
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jordan Gregory
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kaiser Christopher
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Khafagy Yasmeen
Trustee and Student
- Total calculated
- $2,711
- From this org
- $2,711
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Milsap Dr Susan
Trustee and Professor
- Total calculated
- $103,225
- From this org
- $92,341
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,884
- Hours/week
- 50
-
Phinney Dr Melinda
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Shilling James
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Smith Brant O
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Stephens Kathryn
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tansey Dr John
Trustee and Professor
- Total calculated
- $133,204
- From this org
- $94,254
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,950
- Hours/week
- 50
-
Yaffe-Stump Karin
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Yusuf Mahad
Trustee and Student
- Total calculated
- $5,198
- From this org
- $5,198
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Bolt Susan
VP of Business Affairs (Retired April 2024)
- Total calculated
- $204,750
- From this org
- $175,393
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,357
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,345
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $3,048
- Deferred
- $19,530
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,827
- Filer's total
- $204,750
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
- $103,702,093
- Expenses
- $107,152,223
- Contributions
- $7,195,181
- Grants paid
- $39,788,491
-
2022
- Revenue
- $106,461,271
- Expenses
- $105,596,876
- Contributions
- $6,947,212
- Grants paid
- $38,582,914
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
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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
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $108,595,829
- Expenses
- $106,183,917
- Assets (EOY)
- $254,796,464
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $102,893,802
- Expenses
- $98,672,906
- Assets (EOY)
- $261,024,350
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $106,500,900
- Expenses
- $107,115,634
- Assets (EOY)
- $236,973,881
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $101,854,659
- Expenses
- $104,059,601
- Assets (EOY)
- $230,084,436
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $105,861,769
- Expenses
- $103,897,401
- Assets (EOY)
- $230,130,770
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008
- Tax period
- 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009
- Principal officer
-
Susan Constable
- Mailing address
- 1 Otterbein CollegeWesterville OH 43081
- Website
- Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.
- Doing business as
- Kappa Delta Pi Chi Eta Chapter
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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
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THE SCIOTO COUNTY AREA FOUNDATION
$1,052,283
2024 To further the exempt purpose of the organization
-
HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE
$377,800
2022 INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE 3 LEARNING COMMUNITY
-
$370,145
2024 EDUCATION
-
$300,000
2024 EDUCATION
-
$240,269
2023 EDUCATION
-
$136,869
2022 EDUCATION & HEALTH
-
$123,781
2024 EDUCATION
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
$74,148
2023 EDUCATION
-
$62,183
2022 EDUCATION
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 2023 return
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COALITION FOR THE COMMON GOOD DBA ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY
501(c)(3) · EDUCATION · OH
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return as a controlled entity
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 2023 return
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JL SYSTEMS INC
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE · OH · income $0 · assets $0
Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return
-
Charitable Remainder Trust
Trust · Beneficial Trust · OH
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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.