- Revenue 2024
- $46,519,696
- Expenses 2024
- $57,582,365
Program services were 75.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B42Z
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 1115 COLLEGE DR
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
ESTABLISHED IN 1845, LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY WAS A FOUR-YEAR LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTION IN GAFFNEY, SC. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED ON APRIL 29, 2025 TO CLOSE THE COLLEGE, LETTING GO ALL EMPLOYEE AS OF MAY 31, 2025.
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LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY PROVIDED POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 2,150 FTE DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS, INCLUDING ACADEMIC/STUDENT SUPPORT AND AUXILIARY SERVICES.
Expenses $43,556,295 · Grants $14,738,535 · Revenue $40,087,420
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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Randall RichardsonRANDALL RICHARDSON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Lee SowellLEE SOWELL
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Julia BassJULIA BASS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Brian BauerBRIAN BAUER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Reed BrownREED BROWN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Crossie CoxCROSSIE COX
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Susan HinesSUSAN HINES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Julie LowryJULIE LOWRY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Don PullumDON PULLUM
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Kris BonocoreKRIS BONOCORE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Trey StillTREY STILL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Joe SullivanJOE SULLIVAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Mike DanielMIKE DANIEL
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 4/1/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Tony FisherTONY FISHER
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 5/12/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Gigi HamrickGIGI HAMRICK
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 4/30/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Rick JiranRICK JIRAN
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 5/22/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Rahul MehraRAHUL MEHRA
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 5/11/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Chelsea McCoyCHELSEA MCCOY
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 5/12/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Gene MoorheadGENE MOORHEAD
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 5/29/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Harmony NodaHARMONY NODA
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 4/2/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Phil OrrPHIL ORR
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/30/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Tierney RollinsTIERNEY ROLLINS
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 5/12/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Brian RussellBRIAN RUSSELL
BOARD MEMBER (THRU 11/12/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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David Scott BellamyDAVID SCOTT BELLAMY
DEAN
- Total calculated
- $150,820
- From this org
- $146,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,820
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,820
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $150,820
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Jeremy WhitakerJEREMY WHITAKER
CFO
- Total calculated
- $243,971
- From this org
- $235,596
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,375
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $219,996
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $15,600
- Deferred
- $8,375
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $243,971
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $46,519,696
- Expenses
- $57,582,365
- Contributions
- $1,487,417
- Grants paid
- $14,738,535
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2023
- Revenue
- $47,034,818
- Expenses
- $52,980,898
- Contributions
- $2,365,408
- Grants paid
- $14,702,169
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2022
- Revenue
- $45,679,715
- Expenses
- $58,317,120
- Contributions
- $3,908,804
- Grants paid
- $14,458,709
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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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $58,516,588
- Expenses
- $60,433,607
- Assets (EOY)
- $85,120,359
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $48,905,633
- Expenses
- $51,898,336
- Assets (EOY)
- $91,111,811
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $49,959,571
- Expenses
- $50,480,921
- Assets (EOY)
- $74,642,458
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $49,294,230
- Expenses
- $48,376,170
- Assets (EOY)
- $71,841,088
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $53,790,811
- Expenses
- $49,791,727
- Assets (EOY)
- $59,349,237
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $53,055,823
- Expenses
- $52,291,088
- Assets (EOY)
- $55,654,566
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $52,822,118
- Expenses
- $51,601,422
- Assets (EOY)
- $55,163,002
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $54,936,828
- Expenses
- $52,724,599
- Assets (EOY)
- $54,931,432
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $50,308,456
- Expenses
- $47,024,189
- Assets (EOY)
- $49,821,131
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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$830,000
2022 CHARITABLE GIFT
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2024 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$46,000
2024 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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2022 HIGHER EDUCATION
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2023 HIGHER EDUCATION
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$26,500
2023 General Support
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 Grants
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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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On its 2025 return
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.