St. John's distinctive liberal arts curriculum and educational practices have long given IT a highly respected place among american colleges and universities. Its strong commitment to collaborative inquiry and to the study of original texts makes St. John's College a particularly vibrant community of learning. Through close engagement with the works of some of the world's greatest writers and thinkers, undergraduate and graduate students at St. John's College grapple with fundamental questions that confront US as human beings.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 210 volunteers and 1,008 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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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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $24.9M a year · 25% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.5M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $287K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$50.8M
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
32
of 35 voting members
Looks good: 32 of 35 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$118.9M
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$87.8M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$458.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$118.9M
FY2025▼ -10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$85.2M
FY2021$68.5M
FY2022$100.9M
FY2023$104.8M
FY2024$132.0M
FY2025$118.9M
Expenses
$87.8M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$70.7M
FY2021$64.8M
FY2022$74.5M
FY2023$80.4M
FY2024$82.6M
FY2025$87.8M
Net assets
$458.0M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$287.0M
FY2021$346.9M
FY2022$322.9M
FY2023$368.3M
FY2024$440.7M
FY2025$458.0M

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 Dec 1942.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $69.2M Management & general 16% · $14.0M Fundraising 5% · $4.5M

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

48 people listed on the 990; $2.5M 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
Former President - Santa Fe
$337,723Pt VII · Sec A
President - Annapolis Until 05/25
$312,706Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Finance & Ops, CFO
$178,500Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Enrollment
$170,500Pt VII · Sec A
President - Santa Fe
$166,749Pt VII · Sec A
And Alumni Relations - Until 12/24
$156,913Pt VII · Sec A
06/25, Int. President - Annapolis
$150,874Pt VII · Sec A
Dean - Santa Fe
$144,143Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Roosevelt’s $338K as Former President - Santa Fe is at the 18th 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
Mark Roosevelt$337,723$326,655$327,540$339,144$293,027$331,954
Nora Demleitner$312,706$310,040$322,042———
Panayiotis Peter Kanelos———$150,919$264,931$266,664
Rima Ally Gontang-Highfield$178,500$176,106$149,633$149,903$135,908$133,241
Michael Duran———$169,379$176,989$171,139
Kelly Brown—$106,545$160,211$158,861$159,369$176,584
Joseph Macfarland——$147,198$172,167$140,762$142,994
Benjamin Baum$170,500$170,500$170,250$170,000$144,142$128,109

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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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Offers college and career training to help students succeed after high school.

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1 program · $69.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Graduate & undergraduate course of study for approximately 1,000 students.

$69.2Mprogram expense

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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 · 36 grants · $92.1M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$16,335,300
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,453,589
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,255,421
Unitemized GrantFY2024$214,371
Unitemized GrantFY2024$101,166
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$14,840,092
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,166,415
Unitemized GrantFY2023$940,673
Unitemized GrantFY2023$212,971
Unitemized GrantFY2023$120,024
Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$13,555,704
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,064,322
Unitemized GrantFY2022$927,460
Unitemized GrantFY2022$314,399
Unitemized GrantFY2022$121,891
Unitemized GrantFY2022$6,148
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$118.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$51.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$43.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$23.2M
Money outPt IX
$87.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$69.2M
Managementcol C$14.0M
Fundraisingcol D$4.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$458.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.5M
Total assetsLn 16$508.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$50.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
48
listed · VII A
PaidVII A15
Voting boardVI 1a35
IndependentVI 1b32
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$23.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$621K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$27K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$51.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$43.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$162K
Gains on assetsLn 7$32.6M
Total revenueLn 12$118.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$52K
SavingsLn 2$11.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$335.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$141.3M
Other assetsLn 15$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$508.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$50.8M
Net assetsLn 32$458.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,008
VolunteersI 6210
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$12.7M$11.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$283.5M$335.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$123.1M$141.3M
Total assetsLn 16$494.3M$508.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$53.6M$50.8M
Net assetsLn 32$440.7M$458.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$4K$4K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$19.4M$19.4M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$3.4M$3.4M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.5M$593K$1.8M$128K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$25.8M$20.9M$3.2M$1.7M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.2M$990K$144K$71K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.5M$3.8M$1.3M$367K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.8M$1.4M$296K$128K
Legal feesLn 11b$343K$26K$283K$34K
Accounting feesLn 11c$313K$313K
Investment management feesLn 11f$883K$883K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5.8M$3.4M$1.0M$1.4M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$349K$245K$104K
Office expensesLn 13$1.7M$1.1M$526K$133K
Information technologyLn 14$2.0M$209K$1.8M$58K
OccupancyLn 16$1.7M$1.7M$36K$5K
TravelLn 17$440K$306K$90K$45K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$584K$335K$175K$74K
InterestLn 20$1.0M$3K$1.0M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5.9M$5.7M$128K$24K
InsuranceLn 23$627K$7K$621K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.4M$5.8M$408K$211K
Total functional expensesLn 25$87.8M$69.2M$14.0M$4.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $118.9M$87.8M$31.2M$458.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $132.0M$82.6M$49.4M$440.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $104.8M$80.4M$24.4M$368.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $100.9M$74.5M$26.4M$322.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $68.5M$64.8M$3.7M$346.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $85.2M$70.7M$14.5M$287.0M 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 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $118,931,795 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $68,638,739$23,249,765
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $49,070,302$51,597,910
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,225,878$43,922,363
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $29,592$161,757
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $131,964,511$118,931,795
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $20,734,580$22,773,471
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $35,266,248$36,862,468
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $26,557,043$28,117,997
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $82,557,871$87,753,936
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $49,406,640$31,177,859
Part VI · Governance 32 of 35 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body35
VI-1b Independent voting members32
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 $118,931,795 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $149,102 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$26,965
VIII-1e Government grants$4,273,286
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$18,949,514
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$620,727
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$23,249,765
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $51,597,910$51,597,910
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$41,096 · Excluded from tax $11,325,771$11,284,675
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $22,522$22,522
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $32,637,688$32,637,688
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$9,867−$9,867
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $51,747,012 · Unrelated business −$41,096 · Excluded from tax $43,976,114$118,931,795
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $87,753,936 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $4,000$4,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $19,361,847$19,361,847
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $3,407,624$3,407,624
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $592,894 · Management $1,804,958 · Fundraising $127,662$2,525,514
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $20,936,839 · Management $3,157,704 · Fundraising $1,681,649$25,776,192
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $990,272 · Management $143,669 · Fundraising $70,688$1,204,629
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,796,016 · Management $1,349,068 · Fundraising $367,346$5,512,430
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,419,961 · Management $296,185 · Fundraising $127,557$1,843,703
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $25,560 · Management $282,979 · Fundraising $34,132$342,671
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $312,739$312,739
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $883,110$883,110
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,361,025 · Management $1,015,701 · Fundraising $1,427,067$5,803,793
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $245,403 · Fundraising $103,772$349,175
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,079,892 · Management $526,422 · Fundraising $132,562$1,738,876
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $208,976 · Management $1,757,985 · Fundraising $57,905$2,024,866
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,650,882 · Management $35,676 · Fundraising $5,025$1,691,583
IX-17 TravelPrograms $305,529 · Management $89,591 · Fundraising $45,342$440,462
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $334,950 · Management $175,082 · Fundraising $74,235$584,267
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,739 · Management $1,038,712$1,041,451
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,743,873 · Management $128,013 · Fundraising $24,438$5,896,324
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,538 · Management $620,607$627,145
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,762,264 · Management $408,362 · Fundraising $210,909$6,381,535
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $69,237,084 · Management $14,026,563 · Fundraising $4,490,289$87,753,936
Part X · Balance sheet $508,831,924 assets, 21 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,618,264; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $52,335$52,357
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $12,651,089$11,446,595
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $67,764,764$13,353,073
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $147,014$216,122
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $501,422$491,620
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,334,749$1,305,631
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $123,136,179$141,332,094
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $168,264,043$222,357,558
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $115,244,993$112,941,449
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,673,902$1,717,161
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $494,322,668$508,831,924
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,490,180$20,314,632
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $32,690$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,527,268$2,917,322
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $28,305,181$27,355,880
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $286,495$195,026
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $53,641,814$50,782,860
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $50,251,722$63,321,089
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $390,429,132$394,727,975
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $440,680,854$458,049,064
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $494,322,668$508,831,924
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $458,049,064 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$118,931,795
XI-2 Total expenses$87,753,936
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$31,177,859
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$440,680,854
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$17,666,769
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$3,857,120
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$458,049,064

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