Donnelly College

Tax-deductible

Kansas City, KS501(c)(3)Since 1949Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 48-0623882

To provide education and community services with personal concern for the needs and abilities of each student, especially those who might not otherwise be served.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 32 volunteers and 167 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.9M a year · 24% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$501K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 96% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $246K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$10.3M
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
31
of 31 voting members
Looks good: 31 of 31 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$14.9M
-16% vs prior year
Spent
$11.3M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$34.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$14.9M
FY2025▼ -16%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$15.3M
FY2021$8.1M
FY2022$9.0M
FY2023$8.7M
FY2024$17.7M
FY2025$14.9M
Expenses
$11.3M
FY2025▲ +6%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.9M
FY2021$8.5M
FY2022$8.9M
FY2023$9.9M
FY2024$10.6M
FY2025$11.3M
Net assets
$34.7M
FY2025▲ +12%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$25.9M
FY2021$27.2M
FY2022$24.9M
FY2023$23.7M
FY2024$30.9M
FY2025$34.7M

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 Jan 1987.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $8.8M Management & general 15% · $1.7M Fundraising 7% · $735K

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; $501K 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
Director of Nursing
$105,782Pt VII · Sec A
$102,029Pt VII · Sec A
$97,825Pt VII · Sec A
VP Development
$82,260Pt VII · Sec A
$61,402Pt VII · Sec A
$51,669Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Russell Robinson’s $106K as Director of Nursing is at the 4th 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
Russell Robinson$105,782—————
Lisa Stoothoff$102,029—————
Stuart Swetland$97,825$95,705————
Swetland Stuart——$93,645$93,760$74,014$56,715
Emily Buckley$82,260$78,057————
Buckley Emily——$74,686$69,510$67,571$58,339
Barry Bernard———$69,726$67,445$3,546
Patrick Schulte$61,402—————

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

Educates and serves students with personalized care, especially those often overlooked.

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2 program services account for $8.8M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Donnelly college serves the students from the kansas city metro with a variety of educational programs and exceptional support services. Donnelly offers several associates degrees as well as a bachelor's degree in business leadership.

$8.5Mprogram expense
02

The seelos institute serves the local catholic community by embodying two of donnelly college's core values: seeking truth and building community. Named in honor of blessed francis xavier seelos - a german-born redemptorist priest renowned for his service to the poor, the marginalized, immigrants, and youth - the institute draws…

$330Kprogram 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
Jbh FoundationFY2025$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$246K
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Grants paid · 7 grants · $6.7M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,487,276
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,096,815
Unitemized GrantFY2022$733,391
Unitemized GrantFY2022$730,311
Unitemized GrantFY2021$811,232
Unitemized GrantFY2020$972,417
Unitemized GrantFY2019$866,729

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$14.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$539K
Money outPt IX
$11.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.8M
Managementcol C$1.7M
Fundraisingcol D$735K
Owns and owesPt X
$34.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$45.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
37
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a31
IndependentVI 1b31
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$539K
Other incomeLn 4–11$203K
Gains on assetsLn 7$89K
Total revenueLn 12$14.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$591K
SavingsLn 2$1.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.8M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$45.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.3M
Net assetsLn 32$34.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5167
VolunteersI 632
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$3.1M$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.2M$10.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.3M$8.8M
Total assetsLn 16$40.9M$45.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.0M$10.3M
Net assetsLn 32$30.9M$34.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.5M$1.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$389K$389K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.2M$3.4M$324K$443K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$267K$232K$1K$33K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$316K$236K$5K$75K
Payroll taxesLn 10$333K$245K$57K$31K
Accounting feesLn 11c$241K$241K
Investment management feesLn 11f$88K$88K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$494K$332K$76K$86K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$212K$10K$188K$15K
Office expensesLn 13$149K$131K$17K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$383K$299K$73K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$1.1M$1.1M
TravelLn 17$57K$34K$16K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$44K$28K$16K$770
InterestLn 20$485K$485K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$485K$485K
InsuranceLn 23$119K$119K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$291K$102K$170K$18K
All other expensesLn 24e$131K$54K$63K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$11.3M$8.8M$1.7M$735K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $14.9M$11.3M$3.6M$34.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $17.7M$10.6M$7.1M$30.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.7M$9.9M−$1.2M$23.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.0M$8.9M$125K$24.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.1M$8.5M−$402K$27.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $15.3M$6.9M$8.4M$25.9M 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 $14,860,183 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $731 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,234,529
VIII-1d Related organizations$645,000
VIII-1e Government grants$1,548,662
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,108,995
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,537,186
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,581,040$3,581,040
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $449,244$449,244
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $1,650$1,650
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $89,312$89,312
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$89,469−$89,469
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $269,300 · Excluded from tax $21,189$290,489
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,850,340 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $472,657$14,860,183
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,250,805 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,487,276$1,487,276
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $388,886$388,886
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,399,895 · Management $324,189 · Fundraising $443,400$4,167,484
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $232,330 · Management $1,268 · Fundraising $33,331$266,929
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $236,228 · Management $4,597 · Fundraising $74,824$315,649
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $244,723 · Management $56,921 · Fundraising $30,904$332,548
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $240,592$240,592
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $88,013$88,013
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $331,519 · Management $75,922 · Fundraising $86,114$493,555
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,709 · Management $187,867 · Fundraising $14,774$212,350
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $130,844 · Management $17,081 · Fundraising $1,056$148,981
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $299,071 · Management $73,020 · Fundraising $11,388$383,479
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,114,571$1,114,571
IX-17 TravelPrograms $33,976 · Management $16,230 · Fundraising $6,660$56,866
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $27,554 · Management $15,872 · Fundraising $770$44,196
IX-20 InterestPrograms $484,562$484,562
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $484,555$484,555
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $119,049$119,049
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $102,217 · Management $170,222 · Fundraising $18,215$290,654
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $53,706 · Management $62,963 · Fundraising $13,941$130,610
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,791,785 · Management $1,723,643 · Fundraising $735,377$11,250,805
Part X · Balance sheet $45,060,996 assets, 20 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $11,669,300; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $792,014$590,789
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,314,169$1,591,192
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $9,341,561$11,419,580
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $129,127$260,280
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $140,303$127,313
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,328,768$8,755,942
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $9,822,687$12,091,152
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $55,389$35,930
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year −$671,435−$1,480,482
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $40,921,883$45,060,996
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $806,135$821,921
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $444,434$419,125
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $8,738,680$9,092,422
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $9,989,249$10,333,468
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,050,400$10,903,306
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $19,882,234$23,824,222
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $30,932,634$34,727,528
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $40,921,883$45,060,996
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $34,727,528 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$14,860,183
XI-2 Total expenses$11,250,805
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,609,378
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$30,932,634
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$994,563
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$809,047
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$34,727,528

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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