St Norbert College INC

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De Pere, WI501(c)(3)Since 1981Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 39-1399196

St. Norbert College, a Catholic liberal arts college embracing the Norbertine ideal of communio, provides an educational environment that fosters intellectual, spiritual and personal development.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 1,843 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $9.8M a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.7M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 79% 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
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $483K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$30.9M
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
26
of 26 voting members
Looks good: 26 of 26 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$111.6M
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$108.1M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$374.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$111.6M
FY2025▼ -11%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$103.4M
FY2021$111.5M
FY2022$126.1M
FY2023$140.3M
FY2024$124.8M
FY2025$111.6M
Expenses
$108.1M
FY2025▼ -4%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$103.9M
FY2021$99.8M
FY2022$117.6M
FY2023$117.6M
FY2024$112.1M
FY2025$108.1M
Net assets
$374.0M
FY2025▲ +3%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$294.0M
FY2021$336.4M
FY2022$323.5M
FY2023$336.5M
FY2024$362.9M
FY2025$374.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 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 Mar 1946.

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Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $77.4M Management & general 27% · $28.9M Fundraising 2% · $1.8M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

37 people listed on the 990; $1.7M 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
President
$364,862Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Student Affairs
$182,219Pt VII · Sec A
Professor of Biology
$171,865Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Business (thru 11/24)
$167,358Pt VII · Sec A
Professor of Business Administration
$165,196Pt VII · Sec A
Professor of Business Administration
$163,573Pt VII · Sec A
Professor of Business Administration
$152,341Pt VII · Sec A
Professor of Data Analytics and Economics
$148,316Pt VII · Sec A

Laurie Joyner’s $365K as President is at the 21st 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
Brian Bruess————$367,750$330,146
Laurie Joyner$364,862$200,066————
Brian Bruess——$203,112$364,003——
Daniel Heiser—$251,975$187,727$179,809——
Autumn Anfang$167,358$221,580$226,422$189,456——
Thomas Kunkel—————$220,918
Jonathan Enslin—$206,615$210,528$190,823——
Tom Kunkel—$205,405$177,516———

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

Fosters intellectual, spiritual, and personal development through a Catholic liberal arts education.

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3 program services account for $69.7M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Scholarships & Grants

1,212 grants and 1,542 scholarships were given during the year.

$41.0Mprogram expense
02

Education Delivery, General/Other

Instruction, research, public service, and academic support (1,757 students).

$15.7Mprogram expense
03

Student Services Program

Student services includes admissions, registration, financial aid, career center, and the health center (1,757 students).

$12.9Mprogram expense

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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 · 12 grants · $232.9M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$34,028,643
Unitemized GrantFY2024$7,016,394
Unitemized GrantFY2023$33,159,029
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,826,292
Unitemized GrantFY2022$31,043,898
Unitemized GrantFY2022$8,778,742
Unitemized GrantFY2021$30,672,119
Unitemized GrantFY2021$8,518,744
Unitemized GrantFY2020$27,300,320
Unitemized GrantFY2020$7,819,541
Unitemized GrantFY2019$26,843,855
Unitemized GrantFY2019$8,873,966

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$111.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$88.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$9.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.3M
Money outPt IX
$108.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$77.4M
Managementcol C$28.9M
Fundraisingcol D$1.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$374.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.5M
Total assetsLn 16$404.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$30.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
37
listed · VII A
PaidVII A11
Voting boardVI 1a26
IndependentVI 1b26
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$632K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$101K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$88.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$9.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$6.5M
Gains on assetsLn 7$5.4M
Total revenueLn 12$111.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.4M
SavingsLn 2$8.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$209.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$174.0M
Other assetsLn 15$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$404.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$30.9M
Net assetsLn 32$374.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,843
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
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$9.0M$11.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$220.2M$209.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$155.6M$174.0M
Total assetsLn 16$394.0M$404.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$31.2M$30.9M
Net assetsLn 32$362.9M$374.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$41.0M$41.0M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$796K$796K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$27.2M$17.2M$9.0M$967K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.4M$938K$462K$37K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6.3M$2.0M$4.2M$60K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.9M$1.2M$677K$45K
Legal feesLn 11b$189K$189K
Accounting feesLn 11c$50K$50K
Investment management feesLn 11f$443K$443K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4.6M$2.0M$2.5M$121K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$141K$24K$115K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$1.3M$1.2M$63K$32K
OccupancyLn 16$9.5M$4.8M$4.5M$204K
TravelLn 17$2.2M$2.1M$129K$25K
InterestLn 20$534K$282K$239K$14K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5.9M$3.1M$2.6M$153K
InsuranceLn 23$235K$15K$198K$23K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.3M$1.5M$2.7M$105K
All other expensesLn 24e$12K$7K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$108.1M$77.4M$28.9M$1.8M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $111.6M$108.1M$3.5M$374.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $124.8M$112.1M$12.7M$362.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $140.3M$117.6M$22.7M$336.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $126.1M$117.6M$8.6M$323.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $111.5M$99.8M$11.7M$336.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $103.4M$103.9M−$493K$294.0M 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 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $111,632,734 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,182,932 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$632,092
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,627,947
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$101,034
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,260,039
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $86,168,912 · Unrelated business $1,894,574$88,063,486
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,393,527$4,393,527
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $5,421,976$5,421,976
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,310,774$1,310,774
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $87,479,686 · Unrelated business $1,894,574 · Excluded from tax $14,998,435$111,632,734
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $108,103,424 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $41,045,037$41,045,037
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $796,304$796,304
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $17,182,471 · Management $9,015,399 · Fundraising $967,412$27,165,282
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $937,616 · Management $461,823 · Fundraising $36,807$1,436,246
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,047,001 · Management $4,215,032 · Fundraising $60,398$6,322,431
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,181,388 · Management $677,277 · Fundraising $44,555$1,903,220
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $189,433$189,433
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $50,038$50,038
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $443,207$443,207
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,041,904 · Management $2,464,830 · Fundraising $121,325$4,628,059
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $24,403 · Management $115,192 · Fundraising $1,538$141,133
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,181,492 · Management $62,956 · Fundraising $32,229$1,276,677
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,756,626 · Management $4,495,973 · Fundraising $203,748$9,456,347
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,090,745 · Management $129,188 · Fundraising $25,478$2,245,411
IX-20 InterestPrograms $281,567 · Management $238,825 · Fundraising $13,891$534,283
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,107,179 · Management $2,635,501 · Fundraising $153,295$5,895,975
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $14,617 · Management $197,641 · Fundraising $22,913$235,171
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,493,211 · Management $2,729,310 · Fundraising $105,112$4,327,633
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,016 · Management $4,521$11,537
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $77,392,273 · Management $28,922,450 · Fundraising $1,788,701$108,103,424
Part X · Balance sheet $404,867,950 assets, 21 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $409,128; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,068,314$3,437,775
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,923,180$8,103,982
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,225,153$2,545,972
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $618,393$1,118,821
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $225,307$220,433
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $998,944$1,724,904
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $155,577,304$174,009,066
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $203,197,447$191,010,599
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $17,024,358$18,818,314
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,573,969$3,468,956
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $394,030,665$404,867,950
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,948,463$9,948,841
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $628,206$402,331
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,073,532$903,567
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $19,279,311$17,996,654
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,227,258$1,657,044
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $31,156,770$30,908,437
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $158,347,847$181,321,306
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $204,526,048$192,638,207
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $362,873,895$373,959,513
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $394,030,665$404,867,950
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $373,959,513 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$111,632,734
XI-2 Total expenses$108,103,424
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,529,310
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$362,873,895
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$7,788,841
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$232,533
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$373,959,513

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