Rivier University FY2020 filing

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Nashua, NH501(c)(3)Since 1947Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 02-0223339

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.4M paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.5M a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% 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 · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $9K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$48.2M
38% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 38% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$50.0M
Spent
$48.8M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$79.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$50.0M
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$50.0M
FY2021$55.2M
FY2022$64.5M
FY2023$65.9M
FY2024$73.9M
FY2024$75.4M
Expenses
$48.8M
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$48.8M
FY2021$49.9M
FY2022$57.5M
FY2023$62.2M
FY2024$68.9M
FY2024$71.3M
Net assets
$79.1M
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$79.1M
FY2021$93.0M
FY2022$93.2M
FY2023$100.6M
FY2024$111.1M
FY2024$118.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $42.5M Management & general 13% · $6.2M Fundraising 0% · $186K

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

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

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
VP Academic Affairs
$177,849Pt VII · Sec A
VP Finance & Admin
$151,913Pt VII · Sec A
VP Enrollment Manager
$148,416Pt VII · Sec A
Chair of Education
$144,749Pt VII · Sec A
VP Student Affairs
$129,445Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Psy Div
$127,701Pt VII · Sec A
Dean of Nursing
$126,117Pt VII · Sec A
VP University Advance
$121,740Pt VII · Sec A

Clair Glossner’s $201K as Ft Faculty is at the 37th 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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Clair Glossner$200,790$199,600————
Paula Williams$192,680$146,028$143,614$134,511—$126,117
David Pitts—$184,742————
Ralph Sperry$181,727—————
Douglas Howard————$113,216$177,849
Brian Ernsting—$176,150$173,687$166,494$82,420—
Dr John Gleason$148,587$156,280$163,524$165,056$156,998$144,749
Steven Perrotta$162,379$147,586$137,517$127,134$23,832—

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

Programs and updates

Educates students in liberal arts and professional fields to serve the world.

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3 programs · $42.4M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Instructional, academic support, and student services expenses related to providing instructional services for 2,691 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. Instructional programs range from liberal arts to professional studies. Programs such as nursing and education lead to licensure.

$37.1Mprogram expense
02

For students living beyond a reasonable commuting distance, or students within a reasonable commuting distance who elect to have an in-residence experience, the University provided room and board for an average of 330 students during FY 2019-20.

$4.6Mprogram expense
03

Early Childhood Center, which functions as a laboratory school for the University's undergraduate and graduate Education Programs, serves the greater Nashua community providing a safe, learning environment for children up to kindergarten age.

$689Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$9K
Grants paid · 14 grants · $8.9M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,920,953
Unitemized GrantFY2024$703,059
Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,101,733
Unitemized GrantFY2023$475,638
Unitemized GrantFY2023$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,105,505
Unitemized GrantFY2022$176,185
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,129,726
Unitemized GrantFY2021$175,041
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,062,044
Unitemized GrantFY2020$157,866
Unitemized GrantFY2019$714,386
Unitemized GrantFY2019$169,829

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$50.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$45.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Money outPt IX
$48.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$42.5M
Managementcol C$6.2M
Fundraisingcol D$186K
Owns and owesPt X
$79.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.8M
Total assetsLn 16$127.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$48.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
34
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.3M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$41K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$45.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Gains on assetsLn 7$492K
Total revenueLn 12$50.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$232K
SavingsLn 2$4.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$53.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$59.9M
Other assetsLn 15$6.6M
Total assetsLn 16$127.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$48.2M
Net assetsLn 32$79.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5959
VolunteersI 685
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.3M$4.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$53.9M$53.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$42.2M$59.9M
Total assetsLn 16$121.4M$127.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40.8M$48.2M
Net assetsLn 32$80.5M$79.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$14.6M$14.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$822K$505K$253K$63K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$15.0M$13.7M$1.2M$44K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$421K$398K$22K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.5M$2.4M$185K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.1M$1.1M$92K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$202K$202K
Legal feesLn 11b$14K$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c$60K$60K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$400K$3K$397K
Office expensesLn 13$108K$89K$18K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$23K$21K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$4.7M$2.3M$2.4M$5K
TravelLn 17$209K$198K$11K$77
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$49K$45K$3K$520
InterestLn 20$694K$663K$32K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.1M$2.1M
InsuranceLn 23$246K$110K$136K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.7M$2.9M$734K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.8M$1.3M$428K$50K
Total functional expensesLn 25$48.8M$42.5M$6.2M$186K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $73.9M$68.9M$5.1M$111.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $65.9M$62.2M$3.6M$100.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $64.5M$57.5M$7.0M$93.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $55.2M$49.9M$5.4M$93.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $50.0M$48.8M$1.2M$79.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $50,041,895 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $45,851 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$41,100
VIII-1e Government grants$2,269,119
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$958,468
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,268,687
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $45,049,365$45,049,365
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,188,201$1,188,201
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$4,154−$4,154
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$4,263 · Excluded from tax $495,937$491,674
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $2,271$2,271
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $45,090,953 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,682,255$50,041,895
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $48,847,719 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $14,635,308$14,635,308
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $504,840 · Management $253,358 · Fundraising $63,387$821,585
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,725,349 · Management $1,200,977 · Fundraising $44,101$14,970,427
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $397,627 · Management $21,873 · Fundraising $1,353$420,853
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,350,283 · Management $185,077 · Fundraising $7,618$2,542,978
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,050,409 · Management $91,911 · Fundraising $3,375$1,145,695
IX-11a Management feesManagement $202,140$202,140
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $14,112$14,112
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $59,612$59,612
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,286 · Management $397,191$400,477
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $89,359 · Management $17,598 · Fundraising $1,513$108,470
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $20,576 · Management $2,406$22,982
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,320,123 · Management $2,381,029 · Fundraising $5,233$4,706,385
IX-17 TravelPrograms $197,984 · Management $11,010 · Fundraising $77$209,071
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $44,906 · Management $3,386 · Fundraising $520$48,812
IX-20 InterestPrograms $662,834 · Management $31,540$694,374
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,089,789$2,089,789
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $110,169 · Management $136,029$246,198
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,945,949 · Management $733,635 · Fundraising $9,383$3,688,967
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,342,316 · Management $427,578 · Fundraising $49,590$1,819,484
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $42,491,107 · Management $6,170,462 · Fundraising $186,150$48,847,719
Part X · Balance sheet $127,299,502 assets, 20 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $334,726; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $124,159$231,840
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,223,207$4,556,405
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $587,506$412,647
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $786,686$1,498,461
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $23,600$23,600
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $507,715$438,869
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $42,238,440$59,861,568
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $53,903,090$53,304,396
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $19,581,771$6,636,990
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $121,366,322$127,299,502
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,220,300$6,447,936
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $443,128$505,648
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,268,990$2,573,498
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $30,336,109$30,193,858
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,458,266$8,402,349
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $40,835,928$48,192,317
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $60,465,746$58,519,277
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $20,064,648$20,587,908
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $80,530,394$79,107,185
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $121,366,322$127,299,502
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $79,107,185 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$50,041,895
XI-2 Total expenses$48,847,719
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,194,176
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$80,530,394
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$2,617,385
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$79,107,185

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