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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY

EIN 38-1945965 GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Revenue 2024
$125,921,834
Expenses 2024
$128,282,948

Program services were 85.7% 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
6191 KRAFT AVE SE

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 · 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.

  • RICHARD PAPPAS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $800,983
    From this org
    $575,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $225,875
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,008
    Bonus
    $149,747
    Other
    $42,353
    Deferred
    $190,346
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,529
    Filer's total
    $800,983

  • PAULA CUNNINGHAM

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE VANDYKE

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY CHANG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAMI FAWAZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOYLE HAYES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH KLINGENBERG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ILEANA MCALARY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL MRAZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENT RIDDLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK STIERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY ANDERSON

    TREAS/SEC/EVP FOR FINANCE AND CFO

    Total calculated
    $383,206
    From this org
    $300,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,006
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,772
    Bonus
    $67,760
    Other
    $24,668
    Deferred
    $40,274
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,732
    Filer's total
    $383,206

  • WALTER O'NEILL

    EVP FOR ENROLLMENT AND STUDENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $389,514
    From this org
    $247,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $141,714
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,356
    Bonus
    $58,349
    Other
    $12,095
    Deferred
    $99,166
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,548
    Filer's total
    $389,514

  • GILDA GELY

    EVP FOR ACADEMICS AND PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $368,267
    From this org
    $285,675
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,592
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,866
    Bonus
    $63,840
    Other
    $14,969
    Deferred
    $67,474
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,118
    Filer's total
    $368,267

  • SCOTT EPSTEIN

    EVP FOR QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS

    Total calculated
    $411,317
    From this org
    $274,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $137,138
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,808
    Bonus
    $60,331
    Other
    $25,040
    Deferred
    $102,843
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,295
    Filer's total
    $411,317

  • RACHEL RENDER

    EVP FOR ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $365,570
    From this org
    $258,839
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $106,731
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,241
    Bonus
    $59,052
    Other
    $21,546
    Deferred
    $64,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,526
    Filer's total
    $365,570

  • DEBRA COOPER

    EVP FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $340,711
    From this org
    $243,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $96,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,623
    Bonus
    $57,161
    Other
    $24,200
    Deferred
    $62,526
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,201
    Filer's total
    $340,711

  • GERALD NYAMBANE

    DEAN, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND COLLEGE OF

    Total calculated
    $262,356
    From this org
    $203,892
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,464
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,765
    Bonus
    $13,766
    Other
    $18,361
    Deferred
    $15,971
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,493
    Filer's total
    $262,356

  • AMY MANSFIELD

    DEAN - MAINE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS/COLLEGE OF TECH

    Total calculated
    $234,800
    From this org
    $203,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,119
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,576
    Bonus
    $14,105
    Other
    $6,000
    Deferred
    $16,112
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,007
    Filer's total
    $234,800

  • DAVID VENEKLASE

    FORMER INTERIM TREAS/SEC/EVP FINANCE AND CFO

    Total calculated
    $1,089,454
    From this org
    $1,089,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,089,454
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $1,089,454

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $125,921,834
    Expenses
    $128,282,948
    Contributions
    $7,111,449
    Grants paid
    $42,497,502
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $119,108,531
    Expenses
    $123,249,705
    Contributions
    $7,060,476
    Grants paid
    $40,430,480
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $118,629,455
    Expenses
    $130,334,641
    Contributions
    $11,881,025
    Grants paid
    $38,378,033

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 2024 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.