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OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY

EIN 31-4379532 WESTERVILLE, OH

Revenue 2023
$103,702,093
Expenses 2023
$107,152,223

Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B430
Classification
2700
Street
1 S GROVE ST

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).

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Comerford John

    President of the University

    Total calculated
    $439,049
    From this org
    $385,164
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,885
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $320,438
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $64,726
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,385
    Filer's total
    $439,049

  • Harrell Jr William E

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Harris Theresa

    Assistant Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Herbert Cheryl L

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bible Peter R

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Buys du Plessis Mechelle

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dixon Dr Talisa

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fisher David W

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Francis Jim

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fritsche-Nevil Nevalyn

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gifford Daniel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hinson Lisa

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jones-Casperson April

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jordan Gregory

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kaiser Christopher

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Khafagy Yasmeen

    Trustee and Student

    Total calculated
    $2,711
    From this org
    $2,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Milsap Dr Susan

    Trustee and Professor

    Total calculated
    $103,225
    From this org
    $92,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,884
    Hours/week
    50

  • Phinney Dr Melinda

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shilling James

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Smith Brant O

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephens Kathryn

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tansey Dr John

    Trustee and Professor

    Total calculated
    $133,204
    From this org
    $94,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,950
    Hours/week
    50

  • Yaffe-Stump Karin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Yusuf Mahad

    Trustee and Student

    Total calculated
    $5,198
    From this org
    $5,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bolt Susan

    VP of Business Affairs (Retired April 2024)

    Total calculated
    $204,750
    From this org
    $175,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,357
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,345
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,048
    Deferred
    $19,530
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,827
    Filer's total
    $204,750

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 — 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $103,702,093
    Expenses
    $107,152,223
    Contributions
    $7,195,181
    Grants paid
    $39,788,491
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $106,461,271
    Expenses
    $105,596,876
    Contributions
    $6,947,212
    Grants paid
    $38,582,914

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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

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 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.