St John's College FY2022 filing

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Annapolis, MD501(c)(3)Since 1784Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 52-0591421

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.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$2.4M 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $23.7M a year · 24% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 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
$2.4M
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
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.2 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
$54.2M
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
34
of 38 voting members
Looks good: 34 of 38 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$100.9M
+47% vs prior year
Spent
$74.5M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$322.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$100.9M
FY2022▲ +47%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$85.2M
FY2021$68.5M
FY2022$100.9M
FY2023$104.8M
FY2024$132.0M
FY2024$118.9M
Expenses
$74.5M
FY2022▲ +15%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$70.7M
FY2021$64.8M
FY2022$74.5M
FY2023$80.4M
FY2024$82.6M
FY2024$87.8M
Net assets
$322.9M
FY2022▼ -7%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$287.0M
FY2021$346.9M
FY2022$322.9M
FY2023$368.3M
FY2024$440.7M
FY2024$458.0M

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 1942.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $57.8M Management & general 17% · $12.4M Fundraising 6% · $4.4M

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

50 people listed on the 990; $2.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
President - Santa Fe
$339,144Pt VII · Sec A
Dean - Annapolis
$172,167Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Enrollment
$170,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer - Santa Fe & CFO
$169,379Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Advancement - Annapolis
$158,861Pt VII · Sec A
Former President - Annapolis
$150,919Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer - Annapolis
$149,903Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Major Gifts
$144,320Pt 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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
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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Questions the 990 asks

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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

Programs and updates

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

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1 program service account for $57.8M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
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Graduate & undergraduate course of study for approximately 900 students.

$57.8Mprogram 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 · 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 FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$100.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$44.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$32.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$23.7M
Money outPt IX
$74.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$57.8M
Managementcol C$12.4M
Fundraisingcol D$4.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$322.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.3M
Total assetsLn 16$377.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$54.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
50
listed · VII A
PaidVII A15
Voting boardVI 1a38
IndependentVI 1b34
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$32.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$5.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$44.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$23.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$109K
Gains on assetsLn 7$12.7M
Total revenueLn 12$100.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$52K
SavingsLn 2$7.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$207.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$94.0M
Other assetsLn 15$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$377.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$54.2M
Net assetsLn 32$322.9M
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$10.8M$7.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$244.8M$207.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$88.6M$94.0M
Total assetsLn 16$405.6M$377.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$58.7M$54.2M
Net assetsLn 32$346.9M$322.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$15.3M$15.3M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$3.3M$3.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.1M$568K$1.2M$376K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$23.0M$18.4M$2.7M$1.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.1M$899K$106K$88K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.0M$2.5M$1.3M$244K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.6M$1.3M$244K$119K
Legal feesLn 11b$158K$158K
Accounting feesLn 11c$243K$243K
Investment management feesLn 11f$1.3M$1.3M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.8M$2.1M$1.3M$332K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$708K$131K$883$576K
Office expensesLn 13$2.8M$1.7M$844K$258K
Information technologyLn 14$576K$154K$314K$109K
OccupancyLn 16$1.5M$1.5M$71K$5K
TravelLn 17$501K$319K$49K$133K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$460K$214K$172K$75K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4.1M$3.9M$198K$19K
InsuranceLn 23$546K$2K$498K$45K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7.4M$5.7M$1.6M$111K
Total functional expensesLn 25$74.5M$57.8M$12.4M$4.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $132.0M$82.6M$49.4M$440.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $104.8M$80.4M$24.4M$368.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $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 FY2022 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $100,932,482 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $121,716 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$5,483,397
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$26,712,166
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,551,891
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$32,195,563
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $44,941,616$44,941,616
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10,937,113$10,937,113
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $12,748,809$12,748,809
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$12,335−$12,335
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $45,063,332 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $23,673,587$100,932,482
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $74,490,426 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $15,287,957$15,287,957
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $3,256,324$3,256,324
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $568,332 · Management $1,177,223 · Fundraising $375,827$2,121,382
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $18,357,445 · Management $2,736,969 · Fundraising $1,866,564$22,960,978
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $898,990 · Management $106,169 · Fundraising $87,733$1,092,892
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,487,508 · Management $1,269,445 · Fundraising $243,632$4,000,585
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,284,660 · Management $243,888 · Fundraising $118,900$1,647,448
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $158,493$158,493
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $243,139$243,139
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,328,129$1,328,129
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,122,008 · Management $1,343,626 · Fundraising $331,797$3,797,431
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $131,078 · Management $883 · Fundraising $576,156$708,117
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,664,757 · Management $844,241 · Fundraising $257,857$2,766,855
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $153,787 · Management $313,529 · Fundraising $108,789$576,105
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,457,824 · Management $70,929 · Fundraising $5,140$1,533,893
IX-17 TravelPrograms $319,164 · Management $49,259 · Fundraising $132,573$500,996
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $213,552 · Management $171,509 · Fundraising $74,708$459,769
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,891,815 · Management $197,928 · Fundraising $18,678$4,108,421
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,054 · Management $498,279 · Fundraising $45,187$545,520
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,683,698 · Management $1,601,592 · Fundraising $110,702$7,395,992
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $57,780,953 · Management $12,355,230 · Fundraising $4,354,243$74,490,426
Part X · Balance sheet $377,084,479 assets, 21 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,754,655; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $42,978$52,421
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $10,708,836$7,266,951
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $54,824,979$62,044,028
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $184,687$228,340
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $371,242$341,934
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $431,901$827,242
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $88,579,040$94,046,740
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $57,879,159$68,187,491
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $186,891,677$138,827,772
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,428,042$1,506,905
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $405,625,235$377,084,479
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,209,510$21,510,020
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $394,506$246,699
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,720,704$1,952,348
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $31,003,088$30,128,786
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $370,024$373,730
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $58,697,832$54,211,583
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $43,481,644$44,480,968
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $303,445,759$278,391,928
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $346,927,403$322,872,896
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $405,625,235$377,084,479
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $322,872,896 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$100,932,482
XI-2 Total expenses$74,490,426
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$26,442,056
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$346,927,403
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$53,386,017
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$2,889,454
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$322,872,896

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