- Revenue 2024
- $50,688,632
- Expenses 2024
- $47,603,490
Program services were 84.3% 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
- 580 EAST MAIN STREET 205 CARNEGIE B
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
CONVERSE UNIVERSITY IS A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WHICH OFFERS CO-ED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES. CONVERSE ADVANCES A CULTURE OF BELONGING AND COLLABORATION THAT IGNITES CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, AND TRANSFORMATION.
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THE PRIMARY MISSION OF CONVERSE UNIVERSITY IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO BECOME TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERS WHO SEE CLEARLY, DECIDE WISELY, AND ACT JUSTLY. CONVERSE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES A LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION OF CO-ED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING. STUDENTS PURSUE RICHLY DIVERSE PROGRAMS IN LIBERAL ARTS AND CAREER PREPARATIONS. TODAY, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR GRADUATE AND DOCTORAL ADVANCED STUDY COMPLEMENT THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONVERSE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN REAFFIRMS THE FOUNDER'S CONVICTION THAT A SMALL UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENTIAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IS A UNIQUELY POWERFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPING WOMEN'S TALENTS.
Expenses $34,100,473 · Grants $10,212,170 · Revenue $26,114,777
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CONVERSE UNIVERSITY IS A RESIDENTIAL UNIVERSITY, MEANING ON-CAMPUS LIVING IS A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE WHERE IN AND OUT OF CLASS LEARNING MERGE. FROM HISTORIC CHARM TO MODERN EASE, CONVERSE'S RESIDENCE HALLS OFFER DIVERSE OPTIONS TO SUIT THE NEEDS AND PREFERENCES OF TODAY'S STUDENTS. LIVING IN A RESIDENCE HALL COMMUNITY OFFERS STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. EACH RESIDENCE HALL HAS STUDENT DEVELOPMENT STAFF, PROGRAMMING AND FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO HELP EACH STUDENT. CONVERSE'S RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ARE MORE THAN JUST PLACES TO HANG OUT WHEN STUDENTS AREN'T IN CLASS. THEY ARE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL THE MOST AT HOME AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS IN A COMMUNITY.
Expenses $6,017,731 · Revenue $6,824,034
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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WALLACE PRESTWOOD
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LINDA REDDING
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CHRISTY STONER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ALLEN SMITH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRANT BYNUM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRELAN MONTGOMERY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHRIS CANNON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID SMART
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAWN DECK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DWIGHT VAN INWEGEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EMILY RUSHING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
FAIN MCDANIEL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAY LYNCH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KARLA JONES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KATHERINE FULMER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KIM KENT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LOUIS SMITH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LYNN PETTUS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHEL STONE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PAUL COTE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RHONDA COKER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SANDRA MORELLI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SANDRA WATSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SHANNON JAYNES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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STEVE JOHNSON
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $50,688,632
- Expenses
- $47,603,490
- Contributions
- $12,095,068
- Grants paid
- $10,212,170
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2023
- Revenue
- $41,481,296
- Expenses
- $43,343,974
- Contributions
- $6,565,333
- Grants paid
- $8,267,189
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2022
- Revenue
- $34,748,113
- Expenses
- $40,457,060
- Contributions
- $4,985,235
- Grants paid
- $6,807,300
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
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $42,193,359
- Expenses
- $41,068,699
- Assets (EOY)
- $167,325,059
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $36,493,779
- Expenses
- $35,340,779
- Assets (EOY)
- $179,052,954
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $32,684,072
- Expenses
- $33,801,860
- Assets (EOY)
- $163,727,605
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $34,881,079
- Expenses
- $33,491,258
- Assets (EOY)
- $163,257,031
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $32,972,931
- Expenses
- $32,892,252
- Assets (EOY)
- $164,723,252
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $34,058,707
- Expenses
- $33,260,370
- Assets (EOY)
- $163,488,628
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $36,131,088
- Expenses
- $36,526,369
- Assets (EOY)
- $156,316,583
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $37,979,744
- Expenses
- $36,192,831
- Assets (EOY)
- $159,366,930
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $47,023,006
- Expenses
- $42,329,979
- Assets (EOY)
- $156,259,675
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $39,012,531
- Assets (EOY)
- $139,480,165
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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$612,292
2023 General Support
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$271,902
2022 CHARITABLE GIFT
-
$223,684
2025 General Support
-
$195,765
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$192,000
2024 For general scholarship support.
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$192,000
2023 For general scholarship support.
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$183,683
2024 CHARITABLE GIFT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$179,400
2024 EDUCATION
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$178,000
2022 For general scholarship support.
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2024 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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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.
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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STANDARD CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST (4)
T · TRUST · SC
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.