IT is the mission of Saint Michael's College to contribute through higher education to the enhancement of the human person and to the advancement of human culture in the light of the catholic faith.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$2.6M 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $4.8M a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 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
$2.6M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $81.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$68.9M
36% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 36% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
23
of 25 voting members
Looks good: 23 of 25 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$107.0M
Spent
$107.8M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$123.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$107.0M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$107.0M
FY2021$111.4M
FY2022$109.4M
FY2023$95.7M
FY2024$98.4M
FY2025$94.5M
Expenses
$107.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$107.8M
FY2021$104.2M
FY2022$108.1M
FY2023$106.9M
FY2024$108.4M
FY2025$109.6M
Net assets
$123.0M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$123.0M
FY2021$153.1M
FY2022$143.3M
FY2023$131.7M
FY2024$128.0M
FY2025$113.6M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Feb 1973.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $95.2M Management & general 10% · $10.4M Fundraising 2% · $2.2M

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

39 people listed on the 990; $2.6M 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
President/Trustee
$403,962Pt VII · Sec A
Former President/Trustee
$279,703Pt VII · Sec A
Former VP Gov & Comm Affairs
$188,615Pt VII · Sec A
Interim VP Academic Affairs
$178,922Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Student Affairs
$174,486Pt VII · Sec A
VP Human Resources
$165,281Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/VP for Finance
$159,364Pt VII · Sec A
Professor Religious Studies
$155,612Pt VII · Sec A

Richard Plumb’s $384K as President/Trustee is at the 78th 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
John J Neuhauser————$498,944$279,703
Dr Lorraine Sterritt PHD—$488,129$418,606$426,035$381,632$403,962
Richard Plumb$383,500—————
Lewis Thayne—$200,000————
Kristen McAndrew——$195,240$191,098$180,668—
Gretchen Galbraith$189,902—————
Dawn M Ellinwood$189,844$185,969$181,169$177,375$167,987$174,486
Patrick J Gallivan—————$188,615

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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Promotes human development and culture through Catholic higher education.

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3 programs · $95.2M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Academic Program and Financial Aid, See Schedule O

$64.9Mprogram expense
02

Auxiliary Enterprises, See Schedule O

$16.6Mprogram expense
03

Student Services, See Schedule O

$13.6Mprogram expense

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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 1 funder$6K
Grants paid · 37 grants · $241.8M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$31,673,626
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,578,750
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,559,732
Unitemized GrantFY2024$358,973
Unitemized GrantFY2024$35,290
Unitemized GrantFY2023$32,981,488
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,486,346
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,223,317
Unitemized GrantFY2023$279,208
Unitemized GrantFY2023$18,711
Unitemized GrantFY2022$32,637,334
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,174,499
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,499,153
Unitemized GrantFY2022$405,336
Unitemized GrantFY2022$20,053
Unitemized GrantFY2021$35,835,025
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,135,107
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$107.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$95.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$5.5M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.1M
Money outPt IX
$107.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$95.2M
Managementcol C$10.4M
Fundraisingcol D$2.2M
Owns and owesPt X
$123.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12.0M
Total assetsLn 16$191.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$68.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
39
listed · VII A
PaidVII A17
Voting boardVI 1a25
IndependentVI 1b23
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.6M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$239K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$95.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$5.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$804K
Gains on assetsLn 7$3.5M
Total revenueLn 12$107.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$12.0M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$12.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$81.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$88.9M
Other assetsLn 15$243K
Total assetsLn 16$191.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$68.9M
Net assetsLn 32$123.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,172
VolunteersI 61,051
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$7.1M$12.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$92.6M$81.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$96.4M$88.9M
Total assetsLn 16$205.8M$191.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$72.7M$68.9M
Net assetsLn 32$133.1M$123.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$100K$100K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$38.9M$38.9M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$717K$717K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.9M$602K$794K$462K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$26.0M$22.0M$2.9M$1.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$614K$528K$56K$30K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.3M$4.4M$664K$179K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2.0M$1.6M$260K$103K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$87K$87K
Accounting feesLn 11c$241K$241K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$2K$2K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$225K$225K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.4M$1.2M$221K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$5.3M$3.5M$1.7M$114K
Information technologyLn 14$2.0M$1.0M$943K$20K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$4.0M$3.6M$361K
TravelLn 17$1.6M$1.5M$86K$28K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$2.1M$2.1M$25K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8.1M$7.4M$714K
InsuranceLn 23$661K$605K$56K$385
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.6M$5.4M$1.1M$164K
Total functional expensesLn 25$107.8M$95.2M$10.4M$2.2M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $94.5M$109.6M−$15.1M$113.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $98.4M$108.4M−$9.9M$128.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $95.7M$106.9M−$11.2M$131.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $109.4M$108.1M$1.3M$143.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $111.4M$104.2M$7.2M$153.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $107.0M$107.8M−$798K$123.0M 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 F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $107,003,803 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,736,997$5,119,606
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $101,048,996$95,624,168
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,967,690$5,456,356
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,306,689$803,673
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $112,060,372$107,003,803
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $39,412,186$39,691,161
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $38,694,189$35,720,657
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $34,057,988$32,390,122
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $112,164,363$107,801,940
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$103,991−$798,137
Part VI · Governance 23 of 25 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body25
VI-1b Independent voting members23
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 $107,003,803 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,614,522 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$1,552,420
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,567,186
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$238,780
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,119,606
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $93,236,467 · Excluded from tax $773,179$94,009,646
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$107,155 · Excluded from tax $2,047,662$1,940,507
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $234,513$234,513
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business $28,587 · Excluded from tax $3,487,262$3,515,849
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $569,160$569,160
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $94,068,862 · Unrelated business −$78,568 · Excluded from tax $7,893,903$107,003,803
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $107,801,940 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $100,200$100,200
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $38,874,039$38,874,039
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $716,922$716,922
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $602,226 · Management $793,746 · Fundraising $461,542$1,857,514
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $22,010,754 · Management $2,929,815 · Fundraising $1,053,124$25,993,693
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $527,880 · Management $56,084 · Fundraising $30,243$614,207
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,432,883 · Management $663,524 · Fundraising $179,139$5,275,546
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,616,412 · Management $259,791 · Fundraising $103,494$1,979,697
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $86,674$86,674
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $240,847$240,847
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $1,618$1,618
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $224,840$224,840
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,165,895 · Management $221,306 · Fundraising $1,117$1,388,318
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,513,728 · Management $1,701,329 · Fundraising $114,095$5,329,152
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,012,750 · Management $943,012 · Fundraising $20,218$1,975,980
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,649,964 · Management $360,550$4,010,514
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,477,959 · Management $85,999 · Fundraising $27,732$1,591,690
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,114,416 · Management $25,172$2,139,588
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,425,127 · Management $714,288$8,139,415
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $605,136 · Management $55,880 · Fundraising $385$661,401
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,353,607 · Management $1,082,524 · Fundraising $163,954$6,600,085
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $95,199,898 · Management $10,446,999 · Fundraising $2,155,043$107,801,940
Part X · Balance sheet $191,827,572 assets, 24 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $4,809,100; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,104,867$11,982,873
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,349,103$1,092,181
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,272,836$1,936,093
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $338,232$380,393
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,691,674$1,404,827
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $96,429,647$88,910,901
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $45,432,882$42,522,781
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $47,143,907$38,545,393
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $228,499$243,030
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $205,844,395$191,827,572
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,385,731$4,870,436
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,651,328$2,942,290
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $53,214,955$50,735,449
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $2,124,000$93,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $9,336,929$10,215,445
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $72,712,943$68,856,620
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $76,873,126$71,161,626
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $56,258,326$51,809,326
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $133,131,452$122,970,952
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $205,844,395$191,827,572
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $122,970,952 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$107,003,803
XI-2 Total expenses$107,801,940
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$798,137
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$133,131,452
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$8,170,376
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$1,191,987
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$122,970,952

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