- Revenue 2024
- $81,097,533
- Expenses 2024
- $82,486,697
Program services were 82.6% 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
- PO BOX 7164
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
PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CONFER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN APPROXIMATELY 60 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS OF STUDY. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS 57 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND 24 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR GRADUATE DEGREES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
LENOIR-RHYNE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES PROGRAMS OF UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND CONTINUING STUDY COMMITTED TO THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES. THE UNIVERSITY AWARDS BACHELORS AND MASTER DEGREES.
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EXPENSES RELATED TO PROVIDING THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF EDUCATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS.
Expenses $59,036,077 · Grants $25,400,110 · Revenue $53,678,109
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AUXILIARY SERVICES - EXPENSES RELATED TO THE FUNCTION OF FURNISHING GOODS OR SERVICES TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, OR STAFF. EXAMPLES ARE RESIDENCE HALLS AND FOOD SERVICES.
Expenses $5,448,626 · Revenue $10,771,185
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ACADEMIC SUPPORT - EXPENSES INCURRED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE INSTITUTION'S PRIMARY MISSION OF INSTRUCTION.
Expenses $3,636,967 · Revenue $1,108,645
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.
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Boyd C Wilson JrBOYD C WILSON JR
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Frederick K WhittDR FREDERICK K WHITT
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $584,488
- From this org
- $492,170
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $92,318
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $436,161
- Bonus
- $50,000
- Other
- $6,009
- Deferred
- $74,200
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,118
- Filer's total
- $584,488
-
Janie Parks PeakJANIE PARKS PEAK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jearld LeonhardtJEARLD LEONHARDT
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Katherine EschKATHERINE ESCH
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Madeleine S DassowMADELEINE S DASSOW
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Boyd GeorgeBOYD GEORGE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris PeekCHRIS PEEK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Corie PaulingCORIE PAULING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Edward Beard JrEDWARD BEARD JR
AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gabrielle KellyGABRIELLE KELLY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
George A MoretzGEORGE A MORETZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hansel R McCrorieHANSEL R MCCRORIE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Isaiah OglesbyISAIAH OGLESBY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Katherine McKenzieKATHERINE MCKENZIE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leslie LambertLESLIE LAMBERT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Margaret JacksonMARGARET JACKSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marvin S EdwardsMARVIN S EDWARDS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael ThomasMICHAEL THOMAS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Perrell D BessPERRELL D BESS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Christopher WebbREV CHRISTOPHER WEBB
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Dr Eric ChildersREV DR ERIC CHILDERS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Dr Timothy M SmithREV DR TIMOTHY M SMITH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick GoeresRICK GOERES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephanie DelgadoSTEPHANIE DELGADO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- $81,097,533
- Expenses
- $82,486,697
- Contributions
- $8,996,086
- Grants paid
- $25,400,110
-
2023
- Revenue
- $83,689,011
- Expenses
- $90,103,408
- Contributions
- $10,220,837
- Grants paid
- $27,176,406
-
2022
- Revenue
- $98,592,040
- Expenses
- $100,020,015
- Contributions
- $16,138,525
- Grants paid
- $38,182,163
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
- $120,230,846
- Expenses
- $95,782,413
- Assets (EOY)
- $270,721,083
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $101,403,823
- Expenses
- $95,486,920
- Assets (EOY)
- $251,750,614
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $101,456,127
- Expenses
- $95,813,092
- Assets (EOY)
- $224,343,491
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $101,646,884
- Expenses
- $92,278,422
- Assets (EOY)
- $218,883,870
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $88,182,413
- Expenses
- $84,135,836
- Assets (EOY)
- $215,447,826
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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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$250,000
2023 For nursing scholarships.
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$250,000
2024 For nursing scholarships.
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$220,000
2022 For nursing scholarships.
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$150,500
2024 EDUCATION
-
$140,341
2022 5 GRANT(S) FOR VARYING PURPOSES
-
2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
-
2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 Grants
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$77,550
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 as related by
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION 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.
Disregarded entities on its 2022 return
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Holding Co · NC · income $0 · assets $0
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 11 November 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.