Morningside college is a 4 year private college, that provides a liberal arts education to full and part-time students, including co-curricular activities (residence halls, dining, bookstore).

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.6M 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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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.8M a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.6M
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
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 0.6 months of spending in cash, plus $78.2M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $81K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$27.7M
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
37
of 39 voting members
Looks good: 37 of 39 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$67.6M
+7% vs prior year
Spent
$65.8M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$107.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$67.6M
FY2024▲ +7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$57.2M
FY2021$67.4M
FY2022$70.5M
FY2023$63.4M
FY2024$67.6M
FY2025$72.9M
Expenses
$65.8M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$58.6M
FY2021$59.5M
FY2022$65.3M
FY2023$64.4M
FY2024$65.8M
FY2025$68.5M
Net assets
$107.6M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$84.2M
FY2021$103.8M
FY2022$102.8M
FY2023$99.9M
FY2024$107.6M
FY2025$111.4M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending May 2024) · 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 1950.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $55.7M Management & general 13% · $8.6M Fundraising 2% · $1.5M

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

46 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$298,945Pt VII · Sec A
Dean of Nursing
$192,066Pt VII · Sec A
Provost & VP Academic Affairs
$171,270Pt VII · Sec A
VP Institutional Advancement
$164,017Pt VII · Sec A
VP Student Life/Enrollment
$163,877Pt VII · Sec A
VP Information Tech & Chief Info Officer
$153,043Pt VII · Sec A
Dean of School of Business
$150,441Pt VII · Sec A
VP for University Engagement
$141,875Pt VII · Sec A

Albert Mosley’s $352K as President is at the 74th 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
Albert Mosley$351,587$298,945$128,666———
John Reynders$282,026—$266,928$324,669$322,003$319,865
Jacklyn Barber$239,627$192,066$174,540$145,954$139,239—
Christopher Spicer$192,488$171,270$156,305$145,178$144,398—
Ronald Jorgensen——$175,925$167,887$169,308$165,949
Terri Curry$174,575$163,877$167,101——$158,220
Paul Erbes—$164,017————
Teri Curry———$162,946$162,879—

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

Provides a four-year private liberal arts education to full- and part-time students, including residential living, dining services, and co-curricular activities.

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3 programs · $53.1M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Provides graduate and under graduate classes for students.

$46.8Mprogram expense
02

Provides residence hall (living quarters) for full time under graduate students.

$3.2Mprogram expense
03

Provide food service (cafeteria) for students.

$3.1Mprogram 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$81K
Grants paid · 26 grants · $139.2M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$20,627,526
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,397,785
Unitemized GrantFY2024$839,280
Unitemized GrantFY2024$573,540
Unitemized GrantFY2023$18,808,838
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,328,515
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,265,434
Unitemized GrantFY2023$744,872
Unitemized GrantFY2022$17,316,846
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,325,972
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,117,676
Unitemized GrantFY2022$757,577
Unitemized GrantFY2021$17,249,995
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,522,134
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,632,916
Unitemized GrantFY2021$981,100
Unitemized GrantFY2021$733,034
Unitemized GrantFY2020$15,980,015
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$67.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$56.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.7M
Money outPt IX
$65.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$55.7M
Managementcol C$8.6M
Fundraisingcol D$1.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$107.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$135.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$27.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
46
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a39
IndependentVI 1b37
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$56.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$575K
Gains on assetsLn 7$854K
Total revenueLn 12$67.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5K
SavingsLn 2$3.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$78.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$47.6M
Other assetsLn 15$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$135.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$27.7M
Net assetsLn 32$107.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,102
VolunteersI 60
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$71.3M$78.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$50.1M$47.6M
Total assetsLn 16$130.0M$135.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$30.1M$27.7M
Net assetsLn 32$99.9M$107.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$24.1M$24.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$762K$335K$427K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$17.5M$13.8M$2.9M$744K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$394K$296K$83K$16K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.3M$2.4M$684K$130K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.3M$942K$264K$50K
Management feesLn 11a$537K$537K
Legal feesLn 11b$20K$14K$5K$790
Accounting feesLn 11c$83K$83K
Investment management feesLn 11f$308K$215K$80K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$226K$226K
Office expensesLn 13$118K$83K$31K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$653K$431K$157K$65K
OccupancyLn 16$2.0M$1.4M$529K$81K
TravelLn 17$941K$612K$141K$188K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$92K$60K$18K$14K
InterestLn 20$1.2M$796K$410K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.9M$2.0M$836K$86K
InsuranceLn 23$456K$296K$141K$18K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7.6M$6.1M$1.4M$57K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.3M$966K$329K$25K
Total functional expensesLn 25$65.8M$55.7M$8.6M$1.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $72.9M$68.5M$4.4M$111.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $67.6M$65.8M$1.8M$107.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $63.4M$64.4M−$969K$99.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $70.5M$65.3M$5.2M$102.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $67.4M$59.5M$8.0M$103.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $57.2M$58.6M−$1.4M$84.2M 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $67,572,023 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,428,471$7,996,812
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $54,984,524$56,324,410
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,024,008$2,675,902
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,959,835$574,899
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $63,396,838$67,572,023
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $22,518,071$24,147,661
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $23,560,495$23,173,908
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $18,287,430$18,489,489
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $64,365,996$65,811,058
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$969,158$1,760,965
Part VI · Governance 37 of 39 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body39
VI-1b Independent voting members37
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 $67,572,023 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $144,487 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$1,661,365
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,335,447
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,135,266
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,996,812
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $56,179,923$56,179,923
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,821,514$1,821,514
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $225,727$225,727
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $854,388$854,388
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $349,172$349,172
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $56,673,582 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,901,629$67,572,023
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $65,811,058 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $24,147,661$24,147,661
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $335,147 · Management $427,184$762,331
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,827,285 · Management $2,931,734 · Fundraising $743,873$17,502,892
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $295,542 · Management $82,752 · Fundraising $15,762$394,056
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,443,670 · Management $684,227 · Fundraising $130,329$3,258,226
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $942,302 · Management $263,845 · Fundraising $50,256$1,256,403
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $536,986$536,986
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $13,636 · Management $5,336 · Fundraising $790$19,762
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $83,424$83,424
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $215,385 · Management $80,000 · Fundraising $12,308$307,693
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $225,781$225,781
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $82,902 · Management $30,792 · Fundraising $4,737$118,431
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $430,797 · Management $156,653 · Fundraising $65,272$652,722
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,424,737 · Management $529,188 · Fundraising $81,414$2,035,339
IX-17 TravelPrograms $611,658 · Management $141,152 · Fundraising $188,202$941,012
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $59,607 · Management $18,340 · Fundraising $13,755$91,702
IX-20 InterestPrograms $796,281 · Management $410,205$1,206,486
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,960,514 · Management $836,102 · Fundraising $86,493$2,883,109
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $296,084 · Management $141,209 · Fundraising $18,221$455,514
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,136,945 · Management $1,417,540 · Fundraising $56,966$7,611,451
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $966,073 · Management $329,214 · Fundraising $24,790$1,320,077
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $55,748,993 · Management $8,568,897 · Fundraising $1,493,168$65,811,058
Part X · Balance sheet $135,355,394 assets, 21 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $2,063,022; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,697$4,967
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,155,312$3,241,977
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,493,395$1,706,916
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,153,430$997,076
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $141,565$200,640
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $41,091$25,143
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $50,109,379$47,601,366
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $44,459,046$48,664,703
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $26,888,643$29,486,736
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,436,703$1,362,848
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $130,042,467$135,355,394
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,754,433$1,585,403
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $400,000$300,000
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $23,570,000$22,105,000
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $973,533$770,204
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,042,183$2,548,252
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $30,101,836$27,736,437
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $53,625,254$54,305,520
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $46,315,377$53,313,437
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $99,940,631$107,618,957
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $130,042,467$135,355,394
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $107,618,957 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$67,572,023
XI-2 Total expenses$65,811,058
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,760,965
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$99,940,631
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,917,361
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$107,618,957

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