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SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

EIN 91-0565553 SEATTLE, WA

Revenue 2024
$136,323,721
Expenses 2024
$135,071,987

Program services were 88.8% 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
3307 3RD AVE W

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.

  • DEANA PORTERFIELD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $469,293
    From this org
    $362,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,284
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $360,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,009
    Deferred
    $30,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $76,834
    Filer's total
    $469,293

  • DEAN KATO

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JOEL HUSSEY

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MARK CEDERBORG

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LARRY BROWN

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARVEY DRAKE

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DINA GONZALEZ-PINA

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID GOODNIGHT

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH HAMILTON

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN MANNOIA

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NGUEITA MEDARD

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE PARKER

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARRY ROBERTS

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY SEYFERT

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH WILDS

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLY SAWERS

    VP FOR BUSINESS & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $292,941
    From this org
    $260,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,446
    Hours/week
    50 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,415
    Deferred
    $22,081
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,365
    Filer's total
    $292,941

  • ALISSA MAHAR

    VP FOR BUSINESS & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $102,595
    From this org
    $84,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,970
    Hours/week
    50 + 5 related

  • DOUGLAS TAYLOR

    VP FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $243,089
    From this org
    $210,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,828
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $261
    Deferred
    $18,379
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,449
    Filer's total
    $243,089

  • KENNETH CORNELL

    VP FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $238,061
    From this org
    $210,207
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,854
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,707
    Deferred
    $17,636
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,218
    Filer's total
    $238,061

  • CYNTHIA BAUR

    VICE PROVOST FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $234,114
    From this org
    $206,335
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,779
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,684
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,651
    Deferred
    $17,929
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,850
    Filer's total
    $234,114

  • JEFFREY JORDAN

    VP FOR STUDENT LIFE

    Total calculated
    $221,095
    From this org
    $192,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,874
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,449
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,772
    Deferred
    $17,520
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,354
    Filer's total
    $221,095

  • KRISTEN BROWN

    CHIEF OF STAFF, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT F

    Total calculated
    $195,184
    From this org
    $173,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,697
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,268
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $21,219
    Deferred
    $13,826
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,871
    Filer's total
    $195,184

  • ROSS STEWART

    DEAN, BUSINESS GOVT & ECONOMICS

    Total calculated
    $233,516
    From this org
    $205,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,596
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,708
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,212
    Deferred
    $17,508
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,088
    Filer's total
    $233,516

  • KATHLEEN TANGENBERG

    DEAN, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY

    Total calculated
    $199,122
    From this org
    $168,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,336
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,596
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,190
    Deferred
    $15,568
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,768
    Filer's total
    $199,122

  • ERLA CHAMP-GIBSON

    INTERIM DEAN, SCHOOL OF NURSING

    Total calculated
    $191,831
    From this org
    $167,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,625
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,206
    Deferred
    $14,632
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,993
    Filer's total
    $191,831

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $136,323,721
    Expenses
    $135,071,987
    Contributions
    $9,008,592
    Grants paid
    $42,772,490
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $128,395,346
    Expenses
    $145,688,168
    Contributions
    $9,084,547
    Grants paid
    $45,506,987
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $140,813,360
    Expenses
    $154,518,780
    Contributions
    $9,180,023
    Grants paid
    $47,800,898

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

  • 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

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $0 raised

    2022 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$5,074 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $20,857 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    $4,418 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $1,300 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$3,452 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $28,722 raised

    2019 Commercial Fundraiser

    $17,559 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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.