Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1939.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
49 people listed on the 990-T; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Jay N Byers’s $361K as President Through 4/2025 - *deceased* is at the 75th 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsha Kelliher | — | $329,282 | $375,212 | $374,261 | $280,625 | — |
| Jay N Byers | $360,968 | $165,389 | — | — | — | — |
| Jay K Simmons | — | — | — | — | — | $342,450 |
| Robert J Lane | — | — | $149,886 | — | $205,710 | $161,847 |
| John Woell | $155,294 | $173,601 | $154,203 | $157,874 | $107,409 | — |
| Bret Mills | $172,632 | $6,664 | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Lane | — | — | — | $164,145 | — | — |
| Jay Simmons | — | — | — | — | $157,938 | — |
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.
See Simpson College executive salaries →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
Educates undergraduates in liberal arts at a coed residential college.
Questions for Simpson College
Your first name shows with your question. Simpson College answers here, for everyone.
Simpson College provides financial assistance to students including federal, state and private funding as well as other forms of student aid and work programs. During the year, 1,100 students received some type of financial aid.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 42-0680389) · Dispute this lineSimpson College provides instruction to approximately 1,218 full and part-time undergraduate students, with major areas of instruction in business, elementary education, sciences and the arts.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 42-0680389) · Dispute this lineSimpson College provides student services support to its students in the areas of student development, academic and career counseling, college chaplain, intercollegiate athletics, financial aid counseling and other services.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 42-0680389) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 7 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 4 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 5 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 8 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2022 990-T, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Apr 15, 2026 | $83.8M | $85.4M | −$1.6M | $99.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 14, 2025 | $66.7M | $78.7M | −$12.0M | $103.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 12, 2024 | $63.6M | $76.0M | −$12.4M | $108.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $65.4M | $68.9M | −$3.5M | $122.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 15, 2022 | $82.6M | $65.1M | $17.6M | $137.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 14, 2021 | $61.2M | $64.4M | −$3.2M | $113.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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