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GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE

EIN 41-0695524 SAINT PETER, MN

Revenue 2024
$151,267,734
Expenses 2024
$157,681,375

Program services were 93.5% 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
800 W COLLEGE 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Gustavus Adolphus College is a church-related, residential liberal arts college firmly rooted in its Swedish and Lutheran heritage. The College offers students of high aspiration and promise a liberal arts education of recognized excellence provided by faculty who embody the highest standards of teaching and scholarship. The College aspires to be a community of persons from diverse backgrounds who respect and affirm the dignity of all people. It is a community where a mature understanding of the Christian faith and lives of service are nurtured and students are encouraged to work toward a just and peaceful world. The purpose of a Gustavus education is to help students attain their full potential as persons, to develop in them a capacity and passion for lifelong learning, and to prepare them for fulfilling lives of leadership and service in society.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Gustavus Adolphus College prepares its students for fulfilling lives of leadership and service and is committed to the core values of excellence, community, justice, service, and faith. It is especially known for strong science, writing, music, athletics, and study abroad programs. The College hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and is internationally recognized for its annual Nobel Conference sanctioned by The Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. The students, faculty, administration, staff and Board of Directors believe in a strong, open community where all citizens play a vital role. Gustavus has consistently produced graduates who lead lives of uncommon purpose and passion, and demonstrate that they make their lives count.

  • Instruction and Academic Support: Gustavus offers 78 majors in 24 academic departments and 12 interdisciplinary programs, with a student-faculty ratio of 12:1. Total FTE enrollment for academic year 2024-2025 was 1,852, with 523 students graduating in fiscal year 2025.

    Expenses $107,228,328 · Grants $63,128,652 · Revenue $104,780,744

  • Student Services: Gustavus sponsors 23 varsity athletics teams and 27 intramural activities and club sports, along with more than 102 student organizations. Other student services include admission, community engaged learning, career development, peer mentoring, Office of the Chaplains, center for inclusive excellence, financial assistance, health services, registrar, campus activities and residential life programs.

    Expenses $18,143,649

  • Auxiliary Services: As a residential college, Gustavus is committed to residence hall living as a vital complement to its academic program. Approximately 93% of students live in College-owned residences and eat in the College's Dining Service. During Fall 2024, 1,733 students lived in College-owned residences. The College bookstore provides textbooks and other educational supplies for students. Other items for sale include: clothing embossed with the College's insignia, books and miscellaneous novelty items.

    Expenses $15,282,370 · Revenue $22,874,756

  • Gustavus offers a number of activities that enhance the curricular program, including various public service events and miscellaneous services provided to students.

    Expenses $6,783,468 · Grants $40,000

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.

  • Rebecca M Bergman

    President

    Total calculated
    $438,458
    From this org
    $357,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,554
    Hours/week
    50 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $339,783
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,121
    Deferred
    $55,841
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,713
    Filer's total
    $438,458

  • Brenda S Kelly

    Provost and Dean of the College

    Total calculated
    $272,269
    From this org
    $204,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,712
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,455
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,102
    Deferred
    $9,242
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,470
    Filer's total
    $272,269

  • Curtis J Kowaleski

    CFO Vice President of Finance and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $232,487
    From this org
    $195,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,095
    Hours/week
    50 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,061
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,331
    Deferred
    $8,785
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,310
    Filer's total
    $232,487

  • Thomas W Young

    Vice President for Institutional Advancement

    Total calculated
    $224,635
    From this org
    $176,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,077
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,986
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,572
    Deferred
    $8,143
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,934
    Filer's total
    $224,635

  • Stanley J Shetka

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $219,463
    From this org
    $205,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,895
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $74,144
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $131,424
    Deferred
    $2,756
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,139
    Filer's total
    $219,463

  • Mark J Braun

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $201,219
    From this org
    $164,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,792
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,788
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $28,639
    Deferred
    $6,405
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,387
    Filer's total
    $201,219

  • Kim Frisch

    Vice President for Enrollment Management

    Total calculated
    $194,078
    From this org
    $178,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,001
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,582
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,495
    Deferred
    $4,568
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,433
    Filer's total
    $194,078

  • Timothy R Kennedy

    Vice President for Marketing

    Total calculated
    $168,713
    From this org
    $154,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,616
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,043
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $37,054
    Deferred
    $5,281
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,335
    Filer's total
    $168,713

  • Nicole M LaVoi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tane T Danger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelsey K Ackmann

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey C Anderson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nathan P Annis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Catherine L Asta

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark W Bergman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Suzanne F Boda

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert D Brown Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kara K Buckner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael D Bussey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janette F Concepcion

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel G Currell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah E Cuthill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Edward J Drenttel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Enstad

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John M Harris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $151,267,734
    Expenses
    $157,681,375
    Contributions
    $15,933,885
    Grants paid
    $63,168,652
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $145,945,868
    Expenses
    $154,076,541
    Contributions
    $14,021,134
    Grants paid
    $61,584,658
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $150,522,013
    Expenses
    $158,584,922
    Contributions
    $13,968,306
    Grants paid
    $63,044,218

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $183,510,862
    Expenses
    $159,071,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $555,228,341

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $166,346,183
    Expenses
    $148,756,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $542,230,853

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $148,388,363
    Expenses
    $147,479,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $467,995,139

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $189,635,634
    Expenses
    $144,560,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $470,509,183

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $172,054,934
    Expenses
    $137,503,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $440,247,418

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

Where these grants went next →

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

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

  • Tennis and Life Camps LLC

    Summer Camp · MN · income $1,207,016 · assets $813,737

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • Beneficial Interest in Funds Held in Trust (20)

    T · Investment · MN

  • Charitable Remainder Unitrusts (20)

    T · Investment · MN · controlled entity

  • Pooled Life Income Fund

    T · Investment · MN · controlled entity

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.