Hanover College Trustees

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Hanover, IN501(c)(3)Since 1885Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 35-0868096Revenue $113.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRShanover.edu517 Ball Dr, 47243-9672 · Hanover, INTax-exempt since Apr 1953School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Hanover College is an institution of higher education that provides lifelong learning opportunities in more than 35 academic disciplines.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 36 volunteers and 849 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $620K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 87% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $37K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$35.8M
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
32
of 32 voting members
Looks good: 32 of 32 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$113.9M
+44% vs prior year
Spent
$91.0M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$255.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$113.9M
FY2025▲ +44%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$70.2M
FY2021$66.0M
FY2022$66.7M
FY2023$70.6M
FY2024$78.9M
FY2025$113.9M
Expenses
$91.0M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$66.7M
FY2021$70.1M
FY2022$77.6M
FY2023$78.6M
FY2024$85.9M
FY2025$91.0M
Net assets
$255.9M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$199.7M
FY2021$239.9M
FY2022$215.4M
FY2023$216.3M
FY2024$220.5M
FY2025$255.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1953.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $83.1M Management & general 6% · $5.8M Fundraising 2% · $2.1M

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

40 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$305,727Pt VII · Sec A
Founding Dean and Clinical Professor School of Vet Medicine
$229,167Pt VII · Sec A
Provost and VP for Academic Affairs
$176,880Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Advancement
$173,352Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Business Affairs
$167,409Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies
$166,501Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing
$162,142Pt VII · Sec A
Professor Emeritus of Engineering
$152,345Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Lake Lambert’s $306K as President is at the 13th percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $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
Dr Lake Lambert$305,727$304,209$303,721$297,088$288,220$317,165
Dewain Lee—$234,742—$135,119$136,551$135,249
Christina Tran$229,167—————
Deborah Hanson——$202,007———
J Michael Bruce————$199,255$197,406
David Mruzek——$192,776———
Diane Leah Magary——$189,871———
Robert C Graham——$185,995———

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers lifelong learning in over 35 academic fields.

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2 programs · $83.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

College

Instructional salaries, student financial aid and other costs which are incurred to provide educational opportunities for the students. Approximately 1,028 students attended hanover during the year. For FY25, the doctor of physical therapy (DPT) program had 107 students.

$73.2Mprogram expense
02

Auxiliary Activities

Expenses incurred for residential halls, dining hall, campus center and various enterprises which provide goods and services to the students

$9.9Mprogram 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 · 6 grants · $170.8M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$31,960,401
Unitemized GrantFY2023$28,394,655
Unitemized GrantFY2022$27,164,087
Unitemized GrantFY2021$27,823,090
Unitemized GrantFY2020$27,827,105
Unitemized GrantFY2019$27,633,328

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$113.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$67.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$41.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.2M
Money outPt IX
$91.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$83.1M
Managementcol C$5.8M
Fundraisingcol D$2.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$255.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$37.0M
Total assetsLn 16$291.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$35.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
40
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a32
IndependentVI 1b32
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$41.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$333K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$67.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$352K
Gains on assetsLn 7$16K
Total revenueLn 12$113.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3K
SavingsLn 2$37.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$37.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$153.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$68.8M
Other assetsLn 15$18.9M
Total assetsLn 16$291.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$35.8M
Net assetsLn 32$255.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5849
VolunteersI 636
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.8M$37.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$152.3M$153.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$60.5M$68.8M
Total assetsLn 16$253.3M$291.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32.8M$35.8M
Net assetsLn 32$220.5M$255.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$32.0M$32.0M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$745K$36K$347K$363K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$20.2M$18.5M$859K$873K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.2M$1.1M$83K$80K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.2M$1.9M$103K$163K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.5M$1.3M$76K$88K
Legal feesLn 11b$104K$7K$97K
Accounting feesLn 11c$121K$121K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2.4M$2.4M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8.4M$8.1M$285K$52K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$356K$312K$15K$30K
Office expensesLn 13$662K$536K$54K$72K
Information technologyLn 14$393K$177K$185K$32K
OccupancyLn 16$3.2M$3.1M$72K$50K
TravelLn 17$2.6M$2.4M$59K$137K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$49K$45K$3K$2K
InterestLn 20$1.2M$885K$288K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4.3M$4.0M$345K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$1.1M$810K$306K$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8.3M$8.0M$145K$121K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$91.0M$83.1M$5.8M$2.1M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $113.9M$91.0M$22.9M$255.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $78.9M$85.9M−$7.0M$220.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $70.6M$78.6M−$8.1M$216.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $66.7M$77.6M−$10.9M$215.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $66.0M$70.1M−$4.1M$239.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $70.2M$66.7M$3.5M$199.7M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $113,863,379 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $11,686,154$41,909,008
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $61,375,740$67,376,389
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,117,127$4,226,164
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $719,141$351,818
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $78,898,162$113,863,379
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $28,394,655$31,960,401
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $25,076,814$25,863,138
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $32,457,046$33,176,148
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $85,928,515$90,999,687
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,030,353$22,863,692
Part VI · Governance 32 of 32 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body32
VI-1b Independent voting members32
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $113,863,379 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $55,559 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1d Related organizations$11,828
VIII-1e Government grants$332,605
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$41,564,575
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,675,787
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$41,909,008
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $67,320,830$67,320,830
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$60,389 · Excluded from tax $4,270,443$4,210,054
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $16,110$16,110
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $351,818$351,818
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $67,728,207 · Unrelated business −$60,389 · Excluded from tax $4,286,553$113,863,379
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $90,999,687 across 24 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $31,960,401$31,960,401
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $35,738 · Management $346,872 · Fundraising $362,691$745,301
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $18,498,601 · Management $859,413 · Fundraising $872,813$20,230,827
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,085,165 · Management $82,827 · Fundraising $80,467$1,248,459
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,908,454 · Management $103,031 · Fundraising $162,881$2,174,366
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,301,006 · Management $75,676 · Fundraising $87,503$1,464,185
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $7,336 · Management $97,026$104,362
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $120,625$120,625
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,397,417$2,397,417
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,094,752 · Management $284,990 · Fundraising $51,775$8,431,517
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $311,747 · Management $14,627 · Fundraising $30,101$356,475
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $536,353 · Management $54,321 · Fundraising $71,501$662,175
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $176,534 · Management $185,115 · Fundraising $31,820$393,469
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,073,605 · Management $71,821 · Fundraising $49,633$3,195,059
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,402,033 · Management $59,114 · Fundraising $136,600$2,597,747
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $44,641 · Management $3,186 · Fundraising $1,669$49,496
IX-20 InterestPrograms $884,624 · Management $288,465$1,173,089
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,952,909 · Management $345,202 · Fundraising $2,985$4,301,096
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $809,709 · Management $306,347 · Fundraising $11,992$1,128,048
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,999,367 · Management $144,974 · Fundraising $121,232$8,265,573
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $83,082,975 · Management $5,841,049 · Fundraising $2,075,663$90,999,687
Part X · Balance sheet $291,648,740 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,820$3,112
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9,804,192$37,013,922
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,472,220$10,795,397
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $162,320$275,755
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,022,792$2,590,623
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $60,465,008$68,832,608
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,622,385$636,846
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $150,636,734$152,558,953
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $18,078,926$18,941,524
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $253,267,397$291,648,740
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,916,483$3,276,366
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,731,487$2,913,229
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $17,428,254$16,635,876
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,775,353$4,255,207
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $32,793,045$35,751,755
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $82,038,023$76,536,787
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $138,436,329$179,360,198
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $220,474,352$255,896,985
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $253,267,397$291,648,740
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $255,896,985 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$113,863,379
XI-2 Total expenses$90,999,687
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$22,863,692
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$220,474,352
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$12,631,400
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$72,459
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$255,896,985

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