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COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

EIN 84-0442429 LAKEWOOD, CO

Largest nonprofits in Colorado

Revenue 2024
$161,961,271
Expenses 2024
$148,758,231

Program services were 79.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B430
Classification
1270
Street
8787 W ALAMEDA 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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SERVING GOD BY PROVIDING CHRIST-CENTERED HIGHER EDUCATION.

  • COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IS A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION WHICH IS ACCREDITED BY THE HIGHER LEARNING COMMISSION OF THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION AND OFFERS BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO EQUIP STUDENTS TO BECOME LEADERS IN THEIR CAREERS, COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES, AND IN THE WORLD. MORE THAN 10.000 CCU STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AT THE LAKEWOOD CAMPUS, AT REGIONAL CENTERS THROUGHOUT COLORADO, AND ONLINE VIA THE INTERNET.

    Expenses $102,856,975 · Grants $35,542,113 · Revenue $133,467,962

  • AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES REPRESENTS PRIMARILY THE FOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS OF CCU.

    Expenses $15,432,137 · Revenue $16,239,299

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.

  • Eric Hogue

    President

    Total calculated
    $407,762
    From this org
    $377,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,684
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,886
    Bonus
    $54,400
    Other
    $6,792
    Deferred
    $19,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,484
    Filer's total
    $407,762
  • Brad Benson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek Hamilton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Doug McDonald

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Biff Gore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Coors

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Jenkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Pittman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Sheehan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Warren

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sam Kimbriel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Rutehrford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Leprino

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • The Honorable Kevin Lundberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • The Honorable Mike Kopp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim McTavish

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Armstrong

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • William White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Iain Wightman

    VP Finance & Technology

    Total calculated
    $233,164
    From this org
    $210,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,086
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,286
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $6,792
    Deferred
    $11,556
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,530
    Filer's total
    $233,164
  • Thomas Scheffel

    Corporate Counsel

    Total calculated
    $9,000
    From this org
    $9,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related
  • Allison Burkhart

    VP CAGS Marketing, Enrollment

    Total calculated
    $255,615
    From this org
    $234,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,953
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,554
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $6,108
    Deferred
    $10,001
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,952
    Filer's total
    $255,615
  • Daniel Labry

    VP ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $209,927
    From this org
    $193,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,828
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,583
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,516
    Deferred
    $2,925
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,903
    Filer's total
    $209,927
  • Donald Sweeting

    Chancellor

    Total calculated
    $233,807
    From this org
    $205,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,089
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,594
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,124
    Deferred
    $12,555
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,534
    Filer's total
    $233,807
  • James McCormick

    Senior VP & VP Student Life

    Total calculated
    $197,938
    From this org
    $190,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,056
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,618
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,264
    Deferred
    $3,106
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,950
    Filer's total
    $197,938
  • Shannon Dreyfuss

    VP Campus Development

    Total calculated
    $267,060
    From this org
    $236,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,516
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,028
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $6,516
    Deferred
    $14,037
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,479
    Filer's total
    $267,060

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
    $161,961,271
    Expenses
    $148,758,231
    Contributions
    $10,841,443
    Grants paid
    $35,542,113
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $156,613,328
    Expenses
    $149,127,996
    Contributions
    $15,952,441
    Grants paid
    $36,115,446
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $144,811,495
    Expenses
    $152,194,670
    Contributions
    $11,446,624
    Grants paid
    $35,228,028

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
    $148,957,888
    Expenses
    $145,213,803
    Assets (EOY)
    $209,184,002
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $130,888,524
    Expenses
    $124,510,652
    Assets (EOY)
    $210,502,406
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $118,836,574
    Expenses
    $116,172,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $203,524,477
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $123,525,462
    Expenses
    $109,512,636
    Assets (EOY)
    $192,072,001
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $114,550,185
    Expenses
    $103,879,404
    Assets (EOY)
    $164,511,014
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $108,347,075
    Expenses
    $93,825,815
    Assets (EOY)
    $153,232,563
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $90,162,191
    Expenses
    $83,596,644
    Assets (EOY)
    $138,963,164
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $90,881,333
    Expenses
    $73,367,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $127,613,663
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $73,427,027
    Expenses
    $64,050,827
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,459,785
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $57,541,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,402,058

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

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 on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 2024 return

  • JEFFCO PROPERTY INVESTORS LLC

    REAL ESTATE · CO · 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 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.