- Revenue 2024
- $33,995,168
- Expenses 2024
- $38,046,534
Program services were 87.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B430
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 310 COLLEGE 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
UNION IS GROUNDED BY FOUR PILLARS THAT DEFINE OUR FOCUS AS AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION: SERVICE TO EACH OTHER AND OUR COMMUNITIES; OUR APPALACHIAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE; OUR CORE AFFILIATION WITH METHODISM AND THE LIBERAL ARTS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE. UNION SERVES EACH OF ITS STUDENTS WITH A SINCERE COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN THOSE PILLARS, TO SPARK PASSION AND INSPIRE LIFELONG LEARNING IN ALL THEY DO.
Activities or mission (Part I)
UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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1644 TOTAL STUDENTS, UG STUDENTS 859, GR STUDENTS 796, 378 STUDENTS GRADUATED DURING FY 2025, 155 UG AND 223 GR STUDENTS.
Expenses $33,135,439 · Grants $14,347,815 · Revenue $29,419,563
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.
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Mike GossMIKE GOSS
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Dr Thomas ClarkDR THOMAS CLARK
BOARD VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Terry SmallwoodTERRY SMALLWOOD
BOARD TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Jessica BegmanJESSICA BEGMAN
BAORD SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Rev Dr Barry BallREV DR BARRY BALL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Don CalitriDR DON CALITRI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Billy HensleyDR BILLY HENSLEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hon Paul IsaacsHON PAUL ISAACS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hon Don JonesHON DON JONES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Ruth Wooton-KeeDR RUTH WOOTON-KEE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Don LaneDR DON LANE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Edna MannDR EDNA MANN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jose MartinezJOSE MARTINEZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Haley McCoyHALEY MCCOY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bob MitchellBOB MITCHELL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Roy PulliamROY PULLIAM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve RhodesSTEVE RHODES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jane Skidmore-ShortJANE SKIDMORE-SHORT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff TiptonJEFF TIPTON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Marcetta DarensbourgDR MARCETTA DARENSBOURG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bill FultzBILL FULTZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheila HalterSHEILA HALTER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rich PrewittRICH PREWITT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris StunsonCHRIS STUNSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Donald WashingtonDR DONALD WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $151,948
- From this org
- $144,294
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,654
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $118,343
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $25,951
- Deferred
- $2,155
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,499
- Filer's total
- $151,948
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
- $33,995,168
- Expenses
- $38,046,534
- Contributions
- $3,373,884
- Grants paid
- $14,347,815
-
2023
- Revenue
- $34,396,819
- Expenses
- $35,242,178
- Contributions
- $2,597,645
- Grants paid
- $13,111,135
-
2022
- Revenue
- $27,643,135
- Expenses
- $32,874,494
- Contributions
- $1,975,540
- Grants paid
- $12,166,648
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
-
2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $30,855,950
- Expenses
- $32,705,904
- Assets (EOY)
- $74,613,055
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $37,026,140
- Expenses
- $32,473,877
- Assets (EOY)
- $84,429,327
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $31,814,890
- Expenses
- $32,051,751
- Assets (EOY)
- $74,283,949
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $28,713,364
- Expenses
- $21,095,976
- Assets (EOY)
- $76,881,695
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $25,380,129
- Expenses
- $19,928,746
- Assets (EOY)
- $73,914,708
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $21,483,728
- Expenses
- $18,870,757
- Assets (EOY)
- $67,586,563
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $17,603,927
- Expenses
- $19,535,836
- Assets (EOY)
- $66,115,725
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
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$323,000
2023 EDUCATION
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APPALACHIAN COLLEGE ASSOCIATION
$57,000
2023 Financial Education for Students
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COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
$32,000
2024 GRANTS TO COLLEGES
-
COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
$30,000
2023 GRANTS TO COLLEGES
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2023 GROWTH
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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
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ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT KENTUCY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES INC
On its 2024 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 2024 return
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CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST
T · BENEFICIAL TRUST · KY
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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.