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SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

EIN 73-0587210 BETHANY, OK

Largest nonprofits in Oklahoma

Revenue 2023
$64,866,082
Expenses 2023
$71,635,148

Program services were 77.3% 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
6729 NW 39TH EXPY

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

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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 · 2023

Mission

TO MAKE CHRISTLIKE DISCIPLES THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION IN CHRIST-CENTERED COMMUNITY

  • SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE, CHRISTIAN, FULLY ACCREDITED LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY OFFERING BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS 4 ASSOCIATE PROGRAMS, 51 BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS, 13 MASTERS PROGRAMS, AND 1 DOCTORAL PROGRAM. DURING THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, 2,601 STUDENTS WERE SERVED WITH 588 STUDENTS EARNING DEGREES.

    Expenses $55,340,544 · Grants $16,661,249 · Revenue $55,973,746

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Dr Keith Newman

    UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $289,387
    From this org
    $219,621
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,766
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,621
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,152
    Nontaxable benefits
    $57,614
    Filer's total
    $289,387
  • Ryan Amey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heidi Babin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Bond

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josie Busby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis Clements

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Cornelius

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Craig

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Crouch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tabitha Danley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Donovan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Downs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jr Emrich

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chuck Fountain

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Franklin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Frees

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beverly Gentry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cb Glidden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Harvey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denia Herrera

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Jankowski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandy Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Kyzer-Rice

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $64,866,082
    Expenses
    $71,635,148
    Contributions
    $8,784,216
    Grants paid
    $16,661,249
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $62,857,791
    Expenses
    $72,277,538
    Contributions
    $8,278,773
    Grants paid
    $14,774,530

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
    $74,735,048
    Expenses
    $69,692,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $121,775,011
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $68,249,636
    Expenses
    $63,507,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $123,009,250
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $64,787,489
    Expenses
    $63,726,342
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,146,450
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $67,213,945
    Expenses
    $65,888,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $116,980,787
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $62,062,274
    Expenses
    $61,816,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,148,605

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008

Tax period
1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009
Principal officer
Loren Gresham
Mailing address
6729 NW 39th ExpresswayBethany OK 73008
Website
www.snu.edu

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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 2023 return

  • SOUTHERN PLAZA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

    RETIREMENT · OK · income $8,954,487 · assets $29,456,298

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.