Thomas College prepares students for success in their personal and professional lives, and for leadership and service in their communities. Thomas provides a supportive learning environment that values the needs and goals of individual students. At Thomas, students discover and fulfill their unique potential. Each program at the College promotes professional excellence, informed by ethics and integrity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.4M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.5M a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $31.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $65K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$16.9M
19% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 19% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$40.0M
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$38.9M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$69.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$40.0M
FY2024▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$32.3M
FY2021$38.7M
FY2022$31.1M
FY2023$34.7M
FY2024$40.0M
FY2025$41.4M
Expenses
$38.9M
FY2024▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$29.7M
FY2021$34.1M
FY2022$31.0M
FY2023$35.2M
FY2024$38.9M
FY2025$40.5M
Net assets
$69.8M
FY2024▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$60.6M
FY2021$69.4M
FY2022$66.1M
FY2023$67.0M
FY2024$69.8M
FY2025$72.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1960.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $34.3M Management & general 9% · $3.6M Fundraising 2% · $964K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

26 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
$307,874Pt VII · Sec A
$216,299Pt VII · Sec A
$171,649Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Information Services
$143,740Pt VII · Sec A
Professor
$141,014Pt VII · Sec A
Professor
$134,573Pt VII · Sec A
$130,167Pt VII · Sec A
SR VP of Student Success
$118,664Pt VII · Sec A

Laurie Lachance’s $345K as President (through 10/31/24) is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Laurie Lachance$344,796$307,874$302,967$288,056$299,804$259,842
Thomas Warren$210,016$216,299————
Bernard Ouellette——$185,941$205,790$204,161$202,996
Thomas Edwards$196,469$171,649$166,365$162,275$169,787$149,316
Christoper Rhoda$154,112—————
Beth Gibbs———$122,928$138,511$150,256
Alicia Gardiner$150,251—————
Donald Cragen$147,440$141,014$135,377—$148,471$124,549

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $34.3M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Instruction

Undergraduate and graduate education offering associates, bachelor and masters degree programs concentrating in business, education, technology, criminal justice, cyber security and psychology to approximately 750 full-time students and 165 part-time.

$34.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 8 grants · $74.1M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$14,404,560
Unitemized GrantFY2023$14,228,899
Unitemized GrantFY2022$12,337,605
Unitemized GrantFY2021$10,389,781
Unitemized GrantFY2020$10,788,030
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,754,172
Unitemized GrantFY2019$9,942,149
Unitemized GrantFY2019$285,703

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$40.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.0M
Money outPt IX
$38.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$34.3M
Managementcol C$3.6M
Fundraisingcol D$964K
Owns and owesPt X
$69.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$86.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.7M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$15K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$148K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.9M
Total revenueLn 12$40.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$5.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$31.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$47.1M
Other assetsLn 15$423K
Total assetsLn 16$86.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16.9M
Net assetsLn 32$69.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5463
VolunteersI 618
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.7M$5.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27.1M$31.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$47.7M$47.1M
Total assetsLn 16$85.3M$86.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18.4M$16.9M
Net assetsLn 32$67.0M$69.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$14.2M$14.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$696K$172K$524K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$10.6M$9.0M$1.2M$442K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$413K$334K$65K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.4M$955K$356K$64K
Payroll taxesLn 10$785K$561K$192K$32K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$266K$266K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$283K$91K$154K$39K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$760K$361K$396K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$1.0M$966K$65K
TravelLn 17$12K$6K$287$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$68K$56K$11K$412
InterestLn 20$333K$333K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.1M$2.1M$55K
InsuranceLn 23$138K$49K$89K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.3M$3.9M$319K$88K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.5M$1.3M$229K$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$38.9M$34.3M$3.6M$964K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $41.4M$40.5M$873K$72.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $40.0M$38.9M$1.0M$69.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $34.7M$35.2M−$494K$67.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $31.1M$31.0M$5K$66.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $38.7M$34.1M$4.7M$69.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $32.3M$29.7M$2.6M$60.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $39,971,757 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,592,138$7,414,568
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $27,685,775$29,406,258
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,288,555$3,002,473
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $170,094$148,458
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $34,736,562$39,971,757
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $12,337,605$14,228,899
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,975,273$13,847,524
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$266,189
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,917,571$10,595,458
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $35,230,449$38,938,070
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$493,887$1,033,687
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $39,971,757 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$14,550
VIII-1e Government grants$3,015,701
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,384,317
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,670,168
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,414,568
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $29,406,258$29,406,258
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,128,072$1,128,072
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $1,230$1,230
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,874,401$1,874,401
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $147,228$147,228
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $29,406,258 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,150,931$39,971,757
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $38,938,070 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $14,228,899$14,228,899
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $171,649 · Management $524,173$695,822
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $8,961,380 · Management $1,175,913 · Fundraising $441,921$10,579,214
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $334,027 · Management $64,770 · Fundraising $14,203$413,000
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $954,536 · Management $356,135 · Fundraising $63,687$1,374,358
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $561,111 · Management $192,391 · Fundraising $31,628$785,130
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $266,189$266,189
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $90,640 · Management $153,854 · Fundraising $38,506$283,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $360,724 · Management $395,619 · Fundraising $3,167$759,510
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $966,287 · Management $64,952$1,031,239
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,724 · Management $287 · Fundraising $6,374$12,385
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $56,472 · Management $11,472 · Fundraising $412$68,356
IX-20 InterestPrograms $332,630$332,630
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,059,140 · Management $55,026$2,114,166
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $49,021 · Management $88,507$137,528
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,901,425 · Management $318,805 · Fundraising $87,707$4,307,937
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,309,131 · Management $229,250 · Fundraising $10,326$1,548,707
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $34,342,796 · Management $3,631,154 · Fundraising $964,120$38,938,070
Part X · Balance sheet $86,752,537 assets, 19 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $7,697,317$5,066,122
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,561,709$1,411,831
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $455,121$954,496
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $20,926$17,536
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $260,939$163,571
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $47,749,009$47,145,858
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $27,137,479$31,570,064
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $393,458$423,059
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $85,311,388$86,752,537
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,259,283$2,234,188
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,808,589$2,816,675
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $7,448,174$6,905,555
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $1,814,125$1,360,594
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $407,346$383,973
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $18,352,878$16,912,991
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $43,264,922$42,300,870
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $23,693,588$27,538,676
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $66,958,510$69,839,546
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $85,311,388$86,752,537
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $69,839,546 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$39,971,757
XI-2 Total expenses$38,938,070
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,033,687
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$66,958,510
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,831,973
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$15,376
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$69,839,546

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