Albion College

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Albion, MI501(c)(3)Since 1835Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 38-1359081Revenue $101.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRSalbion.eduCell E Porter St, 49224-0000 · Albion, MITax-exempt since Jun 1972School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Albion College is an undergraduate, liberal arts institution committed to academic excellence. We are learning-centered and recognize that valuable learning takes place in and outside of the classroom, on and off the campus.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 19 volunteers and 1,276 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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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $14.1M a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 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
$2.1M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 72% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.3 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $22K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$67.5M
30% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 30% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$101.5M
+0.9% vs prior year
Spent
$128.2M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$159.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$101.5M
FY2025▲ +0.9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$106.4M
FY2021$117.3M
FY2022$122.9M
FY2023$103.9M
FY2024$100.6M
FY2025$101.5M
Expenses
$128.2M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$113.9M
FY2021$122.9M
FY2022$125.9M
FY2023$124.4M
FY2024$122.0M
FY2025$128.2M
Net assets
$159.0M
FY2025▼ -16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$203.2M
FY2021$240.2M
FY2022$218.1M
FY2023$197.2M
FY2024$188.4M
FY2025$159.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Jun 1972.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $114.0M Management & general 9% · $11.2M Fundraising 2% · $2.9M

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

30 people listed on the 990; $2.1M 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
College President, Trustee
$428,401Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Marketing & Communication
$201,735Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Student Development
$198,851Pt VII · Sec A
$190,164Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Institutional Advancement
$178,823Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Enrollment
$168,800Pt VII · Sec A
$163,235Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Ac3, Econ & Mgmt Professor
$153,109Pt VII · Sec A

Wayne Webster’s $428K as College President, Trustee is at the 28th 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 Mathew Johnson——$399,335$451,147$233,130—
Wayne Webster$428,401—————
Mauri a Ditzler—————$386,048
Dr Mathew Johnson Left 0923—$344,615————
Joseph S Calvaruso——$343,286———
Leroy Wright$198,851$279,972$192,867$197,422$168,203$80,432
Marc Newman—$265,159————
Gary Black—$245,474————

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

Programs and updates

Provides a learning-centered, undergraduate liberal arts education through academic programs and residential campus communities that foster student growth inside and outside the classroom.

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3 programs · $111.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Instructional

Albion college is a private, selective, coeducational, residential institution of higher education affiliated with the united methodist church, but non-sectarian in practice. The college principally offers academic courses and programs leading to a bachelors degree in liberal arts. Approximately 1,322 students are enrolled in the college.

$104.0Mprogram expense
02

Auxiliary

Dining services - albion college is a residential institution and the primary function of the dining and hospitality services, managed by metz management company, is to provide food for our students, faculty, staff, and guests. We strive to provide a wide selection of high quality products and services through a variety of experiences.

$6.6Mprogram expense
03

Auxiliary

Residence halls - albion college is a college community institution that emphasizes community and inclusion through education in and out of the classroom. Albion college strives to provide our students with quality housing that enhances a student's learning experience.

$1.3Mprogram 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 · 9 grants · $339.3M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$56,305,187
Unitemized GrantFY2023$56,853,611
Unitemized GrantFY2022$58,940,395
Friends of the Bohm TheatreMI · FY2022$48,388
Unitemized GrantFY2021$59,654,775
Friends of the Bohm TheatreMI · FY2021$33,673
Unitemized GrantFY2020$56,485,148
Friends of the Bohm TheatreFY2020$40,000
Unitemized GrantFY2019$50,899,073

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$101.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$86.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$6.1M
Money outPt IX
$128.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$114.0M
Managementcol C$11.2M
Fundraisingcol D$2.9M
Owns and owesPt X
$159.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$226.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$67.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A12
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$535K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$86.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$6.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7$2.4M
Total revenueLn 12$101.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$3.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$126.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$89.5M
Other assetsLn 15$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$226.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$67.5M
Net assetsLn 32$159.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,276
VolunteersI 619
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$5.9M$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$152.0M$126.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$92.9M$89.5M
Total assetsLn 16$261.9M$226.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$73.5M$67.5M
Net assetsLn 32$188.4M$159.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$56.3M$56.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.2M$783K$392K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$24.6M$21.2M$1.9M$1.6M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.3M$1.1M$137K$76K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.3M$4.4M$542K$302K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.8M$1.5M$182K$101K
Legal feesLn 11b$1.1M$1.1M
Accounting feesLn 11c$198K$198K
Investment management feesLn 11f$153K$153K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4.6M$3.3M$1.1M$240K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$80K$10K$69K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$3.3M$3.0M$201K$52K
Information technologyLn 14$1.1M$753K$206K$135K
OccupancyLn 16$4.8M$4.4M$293K$76K
TravelLn 17$1.9M$1.8M$87K$47K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$655K$604K$40K$10K
InterestLn 20$3.1M$392K$2.7M$53K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4.8M$4.3M$587K
InsuranceLn 23$1.3M$20K$1.3M$794
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10.5M$10.2M$65K$289K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$128.2M$114.0M$11.2M$2.9M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $101.5M$128.2M−$26.7M$159.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $100.6M$122.0M−$21.4M$188.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $103.9M$124.4M−$20.6M$197.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $122.9M$125.9M−$2.9M$218.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $117.3M$122.9M−$5.6M$240.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $106.4M$113.9M−$7.4M$203.2M 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 $101,468,125 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,963,620$7,774,643
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $88,377,035$86,422,053
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,055,366$6,138,864
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $207,810$1,132,565
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $100,603,831$101,468,125
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $56,853,611$56,305,187
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $33,500,811$34,191,896
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $31,617,655$37,661,731
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $121,972,077$128,158,814
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$21,368,246−$26,690,689
Part VI · Governance 18 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
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 $101,468,125 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $42,678 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$1,209,689
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,564,954
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$535,445
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,774,643
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $86,422,053$86,422,053
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $76,981 · Excluded from tax $3,653,932$3,730,913
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $50,745$50,745
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $2,407,951$2,407,951
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,039,142$1,039,142
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $86,422,053 · Unrelated business $76,981 · Excluded from tax $7,194,448$101,468,125
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $128,158,814 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $56,305,187$56,305,187
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $783,355 · Management $391,678$1,175,033
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $21,150,412 · Management $1,917,557 · Fundraising $1,554,740$24,622,709
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,122,888 · Management $137,006 · Fundraising $76,220$1,336,114
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,443,823 · Management $542,199 · Fundraising $301,643$5,287,665
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,487,846 · Management $181,535 · Fundraising $100,994$1,770,375
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,117,538$1,117,538
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $198,450$198,450
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $153,000$153,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,289,356 · Management $1,065,601 · Fundraising $240,247$4,595,204
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,072 · Management $68,672 · Fundraising $1,357$80,101
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,006,893 · Management $200,660 · Fundraising $51,880$3,259,433
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $752,969 · Management $206,243 · Fundraising $135,278$1,094,490
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,389,621 · Management $292,934 · Fundraising $75,737$4,758,292
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,793,733 · Management $86,923 · Fundraising $47,180$1,927,836
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $604,369 · Management $40,331 · Fundraising $10,428$655,128
IX-20 InterestPrograms $392,235 · Management $2,674,333 · Fundraising $52,862$3,119,430
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,259,410 · Management $587,446$4,846,856
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $20,468 · Management $1,291,661 · Fundraising $794$1,312,923
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,188,523 · Management $65,195 · Fundraising $289,332$10,543,050
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $114,001,160 · Management $11,218,962 · Fundraising $2,938,692$128,158,814
Part X · Balance sheet $226,480,182 assets, 23 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $666,344; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,934,577$3,220,207
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $982,006$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,082,116$3,359,322
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,250$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,410,160$336,871
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $92,914,317$89,548,090
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $65,918,548$48,833,417
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $86,080,500$78,110,331
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,274,620$2,405,600
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $261,871,104$226,480,182
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,558,012$4,933,779
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $312,775$482,255
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $58,029,313$52,004,892
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $9,000,000$8,650,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,585,478$1,381,979
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $73,485,578$67,452,905
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $17,737,300$26,896,282
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $170,648,226$132,130,995
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $188,385,526$159,027,277
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $261,871,104$226,480,182
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $159,027,277 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$101,468,125
XI-2 Total expenses$128,158,814
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$26,690,689
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$188,385,526
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$3,110,608
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$443,048
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$159,027,277

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