Geneva College is a christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to god and neighbor.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.1M 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
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.1M a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
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
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $57.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $4K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9.1M
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$50.7M
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$49.0M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$90.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$50.7M
FY2021▼ -10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$56.4M
FY2021$50.7M
FY2022$57.6M
FY2023$58.7M
FY2024$51.0M
FY2025$58.3M
Expenses
$49.0M
FY2021▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$47.9M
FY2021$49.0M
FY2022$52.3M
FY2023$51.5M
FY2024$51.3M
FY2025$56.3M
Net assets
$90.7M
FY2021▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$78.1M
FY2021$90.7M
FY2022$84.9M
FY2023$90.8M
FY2024$95.0M
FY2025$98.5M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending May 2021) · 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 Apr 1941.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $43.7M Management & general 8% · $4.0M Fundraising 3% · $1.3M

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

32 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$213,968Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Academic
$138,467Pt VII · Sec A
VP Institutional Advancement
$133,571Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Information Tech Services
$126,640Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Business & Finance
$124,675Pt VII · Sec A
Business Department Chair
$116,760Pt VII · Sec A
VP Enrollment & Marketing
$115,110Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Prof of Biblical Studies
$109,633Pt VII · Sec A

Calvin Troup’s $275K as President is at the 59th 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
Calvin Troup$275,315$264,412$220,585$214,951$213,968$206,538
Melinda R Stephens$185,877$188,147$148,284$145,577$138,467$135,986
Timothy R Baird$177,221$158,396$132,512$131,065$124,675$121,902
Marvin Dewey VP of$162,610—————
Marvin Dewey—$158,116$143,428$138,684$133,571$131,151
Christopher Treib$155,421$147,138————
Christen Adels Chair$147,563$144,347$138,620———
Gordon Richards$138,276—$116,549$104,163——

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

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  • 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 · $43.7M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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$43.7Mprogram 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 1 funder$4K
Grants paid · 10 grants · $96.6M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$17,882,018
Unitemized GrantFY2023$15,421,059
Unitemized GrantFY2022$15,210,689
Geneva College FoundationPA · FY2022$92,535
Unitemized GrantFY2021$15,474,033
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,743,425
Unitemized GrantFY2020$15,254,967
Unitemized GrantFY2020$689,193
Unitemized GrantFY2019$14,156,329
Unitemized GrantFY2019$658,061

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$50.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$40.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.5M
Money outPt IX
$49.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$43.7M
Managementcol C$4.0M
Fundraisingcol D$1.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$90.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.5M
Total assetsLn 16$99.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
32
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.6M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$84K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$25K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$40.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$63K
Gains on assetsLn 7$343K
Total revenueLn 12$50.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$7.5M
SavingsLn 2$2.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$9.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$57.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24.9M
Other assetsLn 15$5.9M
Total assetsLn 16$99.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.1M
Net assetsLn 32$90.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,079
VolunteersI 6233
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
BondsSch K, Pt X
Tax-exempt bond debt owedX 20$209K
Bond issues listedSch K Pt I1
Raised by those issuesSch K Pt I$20.1M
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$84K
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY21FY20FY19FY18FY17
End of yearLn 1g$60.2M$48.8M$43.3M$42.1M$39.5M
Given inLn 1b$1.0M$5.5M$2.4M$2.1M$563K
SpentLn 1d–1f$2.3M$2.2M$1.7M$2.5M$2.4M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.6M$9.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$46.7M$57.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24.7M$24.9M
Total assetsLn 16$88.2M$99.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.1M$9.1M
Net assetsLn 32$78.1M$90.7M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$15.9M$15.9M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$602K$291K$237K$74K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$13.9M$12.3M$1.1M$572K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$540K$492K$32K$16K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.4M$4.0M$242K$133K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.0M$877K$105K$41K
Legal feesLn 11b$95K$300$94K$809
Accounting feesLn 11c$121K$4K$109K$7K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$606$606
Investment management feesLn 11f$271K$271K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.4M$1.1M$243K$57K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$818K$3K$572K$243K
Office expensesLn 13$1.6M$1.1M$385K$67K
Information technologyLn 14$713K$677K$104$36K
OccupancyLn 16$995K$973K$8K$14K
TravelLn 17$374K$337K$24K$13K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$15K$12K$3K
InterestLn 20$46K$45K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.4M$2.4M$21K$33K
InsuranceLn 23$289K$20K$268K$280
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.4M$2.1M$222K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$976K$895K$63K$19K
Total functional expensesLn 25$49.0M$43.7M$4.0M$1.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 5, 2026 $58.3M$56.3M$2.1M$98.5M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 $51.0M$51.3M−$331K$95.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 27, 2024 $58.7M$51.5M$7.2M$90.8M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 17, 2023 $57.6M$52.3M$5.2M$84.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 18, 2022 $50.7M$49.0M$1.7M$90.7M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 1, 2021 $56.4M$47.9M$8.5M$78.1M 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
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $50,660,204 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $12,789,614$7,357,980
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $40,508,453$40,738,463
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,067,924$2,500,917
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $37,568$62,844
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $56,403,559$50,660,204
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $15,528,479$15,944,160
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $19,613,320$20,470,947
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $12,764,892$12,560,166
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $47,906,691$48,975,273
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $8,496,868$1,684,931
Part VI · Governance 12 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $50,660,204 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $69,937 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$25,086
VIII-1d Related organizations$153,560
VIII-1e Government grants$3,569,309
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,610,025
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$84,119
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,357,980
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $40,668,526$40,668,526
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,158,247$2,158,247
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $4,060$4,060
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $58,784$58,784
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $342,670$342,670
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $40,738,463 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,563,761$50,660,204
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $48,975,273 across 22 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $15,944,160$15,944,160
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $291,298 · Management $236,839 · Fundraising $73,547$601,684
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $12,261,049 · Management $1,071,045 · Fundraising $571,639$13,903,733
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $491,530 · Management $32,409 · Fundraising $16,204$540,143
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,027,068 · Management $241,580 · Fundraising $132,760$4,401,408
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $877,317 · Management $105,414 · Fundraising $41,248$1,023,979
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $300 · Management $93,813 · Fundraising $809$94,922
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,320 · Management $109,259 · Fundraising $7,232$120,811
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $606$606
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $270,744$270,744
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,134,428 · Management $243,449 · Fundraising $56,681$1,434,558
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,042 · Management $571,642 · Fundraising $243,058$817,742
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,149,853 · Management $385,380 · Fundraising $67,065$1,602,298
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $676,631 · Management $104 · Fundraising $35,848$712,583
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $973,352 · Management $8,467 · Fundraising $13,628$995,447
IX-17 TravelPrograms $336,817 · Management $24,295 · Fundraising $12,927$374,039
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $11,961 · Management $3,184$15,145
IX-20 InterestPrograms $44,932 · Management $1,567$46,499
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,384,067 · Management $21,217 · Fundraising $33,410$2,438,694
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $20,042 · Management $268,356 · Fundraising $280$288,678
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,145,100 · Management $222,115 · Fundraising $3,938$2,371,153
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $894,716 · Management $62,653 · Fundraising $18,878$976,247
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $43,671,983 · Management $3,974,138 · Fundraising $1,329,152$48,975,273
Part X · Balance sheet $99,767,800 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $612,429; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,603,375$7,494,022
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,027,995$1,960,644
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $66,921$38,946
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,209,374$1,171,918
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $24,655,306$24,927,365
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $42,025,283$52,328,467
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $4,661,386$5,316,580
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,960,880$5,917,429
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $88,155,177$99,767,800
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,777,900$2,695,275
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,466,708$4,531,048
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $1,987,318$209,225
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,863,414$1,678,565
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $10,095,340$9,114,113
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $27,913,554$29,435,022
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,146,283$61,218,665
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $78,059,837$90,653,687
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $88,155,177$99,767,800
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $90,653,687 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$50,660,204
XI-2 Total expenses$48,975,273
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,684,931
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$78,059,837
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$10,830,997
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$77,922
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$90,653,687

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