HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B42Z

Classification

7200

Street

1 WILLARD AVE

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of WESLEYAN CHURCH CORPORATION (EIN 35-1148762). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

• INSTRUCTION: HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY PROVIDES ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING, CHRIST-CENTERED EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES THROUGH AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW. A HOUGHTON EDUCATION IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE WESLEYAN THEOLOGICAL TRADITION AND IS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS THROUGH BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND ONLINE PLATFORM. OUR RURAL, RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS FOCUSES ON LEARNING WITHIN AN INTENTIONAL CHRIST-CENTERED COMMUNITY, OFFERING OVER 70 MAJORS TO APPROXIMATELY 900 TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, EQUIPPING THEM WITH DEGREES IN THE LIBERAL ARTS, NATURAL SCIENCES AND PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM IS A HALLMARK OF A HOUGHTON EDUCATION, AND UNIQUELY PREPARES OUR STUDENTS TO LEAD AND LABOR AS SCHOLAR-SERVANTS IN A CHANGING WORLD. OUR ONLINE EDUCATION PROVIDES THE SAME ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING EDUCATION THROUGH AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW TO A STUDENT BODY OF DIVERSE LEARNERS INCLUDING ADULTS, PROFESSIONALS, TRADITIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND PRE-COLLEGE DUAL-ENROLLED STUDENTS.

  Expenses $13,471,615 · Grants $4,208,288 · Revenue $14,504,842

• AUXILARY ENTERPRISES: HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY'S AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES ARE PRIMARILY COMPOSED OF STUDENT HOUSING, DINING SERVICES AND THE HIGHLANDERS SHOP CAMPUS STORE. AS A RURAL, RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS, THESE COMPONENTS BECOME A VITAL PART OF A STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND FEEDING INTO THE VITALLY IMPORTANT TASK OF DEVELOPING CHRISTIAN YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. AS STUDENTS LIVE AND LEARN TOGETHER, THE GROWTH WHICH TAKES PLACE IN STUDENT HOUSING AND THE DINING HALL IS OFTEN A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE WORLD-CHANGING, KINGDOM IMPACT OUR ALUMNI WILL HAVE AFTER GRADUATION.

  Expenses $7,186,721 · Revenue $9,196,301

• STUDENT SERVICES: AT HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY, EDUCATION IS NOT CONFINED TO THE CLASSROOM. STUDENT LIFE, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 35 UNIQUE STUDENT CLUBS, A WEEKLY RHYTHM OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDES BOTH SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUGHTON STUDENTS. AS AN NCAA DIII SCHOOL, HIGHLANDER ATHLETICS SPONSORS 15 SPORTS TEAMS AND SERVES APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF THE STUDENT BODY, OFFERING LIFE-LONG WELLNESS SKILLS AND INTENSIVE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. OTHER STUDENT SERVICES INCLUDE WRAP-AROUND CARE SUPPORTING STUDENT'S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING, ACADEMIC SUPPORTS, AND INTERNSHIP AND CAREER SERVICES.

  Expenses $9,228,510

• OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES INCLUDE GRANTS TO STUDENTS, AS WELL AS DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS AND STUDENT LOANS.

  Expenses $2,010,779 · Revenue $633,626

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.

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

  $51,464,423

  Expenses

  $37,331,558

  Contributions

  $21,406,682

  Grants paid

  $4,208,288

• 2023

  Revenue

  $32,138,426

  Expenses

  $35,655,826

  Contributions

  $6,666,214

  Grants paid

  $3,533,190

• 2022

  Revenue

  $34,286,849

  Expenses

  $34,123,569

  Contributions

  $11,539,841

  Grants paid

  $2,417,809

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $37,909,785

  Expenses

  $34,454,628

  Assets (EOY)

  $128,730,517

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $46,783,806

  Expenses

  $43,266,270

  Assets (EOY)

  $136,524,198

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $45,557,132

  Expenses

  $45,877,278

  Assets (EOY)

  $116,254,027

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $48,109,120

  Expenses

  $46,666,061

  Assets (EOY)

  $116,976,805

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $48,109,120

  Expenses

  $46,666,061

  Assets (EOY)

  $116,976,805

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

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $3,249,210

  2024 · COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $340,725

  2023 · GROWTH

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $315,625

  2022 · GROWTH

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $138,250

  2024 · EDUCATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $133,444

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $128,350

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $117,400

  2022 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $113,750

  2023 · EDUCATION

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $92,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $90,375

  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.

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