Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1952.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
88 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
35 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Dr Douglas Searcy’s $404K as President is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3680 $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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Douglas Searcy | $404,382 | $401,270 | $371,342 | $332,005 | $316,077 | $303,816 |
| Dr Gary Daynes | — | — | — | $128,378 | $184,321 | $179,670 |
| Danny Davis | $180,280 | $154,078 | — | — | — | — |
| Dennis Matthews | $171,623 | $179,697 | $176,930 | $180,093 | $172,500 | $162,200 |
| David Browning | — | — | — | $101,783 | $167,496 | $166,134 |
| Victoria Morris | $153,712 | $150,638 | $138,936 | $110,522 | — | — |
| Kevin Pennington | $150,177 | $149,677 | $143,363 | — | — | — |
| Kelly Taranto | $142,914 | $142,164 | $116,331 | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization, with a nickname or small spelling change read as the same person. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Barton 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
Updates and questions
Educates students in liberal arts and professional programs, fostering bold thinking and leadership.
Our summary of the filed mission and programs (Form 990 Part III, line 4), not the words of the organization.
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Dated by each funder’s own filing year, which may not match this organization’s fiscal year.
Federal money
The auditor reported 4 findings: a material weakness in money controls.
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
About 21% of its revenue in the year ending Jun 2025 was federal money it spent ($11.2M of $52.7M).
Awards signed straight to it, by federal fiscal year (Oct to Sep), the last 5 years with money and the top agencies. An award is money promised, not money spent: one award can pay out over several years, so these do not add up to the money spent above. Money that came through a state or another group is not counted here. Last pulled from USAspending Nov 12, 2026.
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 | FY16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $29.9M | $29.7M | $29.1M | $28.2M | $25.9M |
| AddedLn 1b | $486K | $745K | $606K | $842K | $671K |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $760K | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $3.3M |
| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $3.6M | $3.1M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $29.6M | $29.3M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $44.9M | $50.2M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $89.1M | $91.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $40.5M | $38.5M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $48.6M | $53.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $16.7M | $16.7M | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $12.3M | $10.4M | $1.6M | $294K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $2.9M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $46K |
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $135K | $135K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $3.5M | $3.2M | $375K | $5K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $106K | $21K | $84K | $1K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $1.2M | $1.0M | $188K | $2K |
| TravelLn 17 | $581K | $566K | $13K | $2K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $107K | $91K | $15K | $392 |
| InterestLn 20 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $123K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $2.2M | $2.0M | $178K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $244K | $74K | $169K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $3.0M | $2.5M | $411K | $122K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $887K | $460K | $398K | $28K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $45.5M | $40.1M | $4.9M | $500K |
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Web rank
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 | $52.7M | $49.4M | $3.3M | $64.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 | $58.5M | $52.1M | $6.4M | $59.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $49.9M | $51.1M | −$1.2M | $53.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 | $52.4M | $50.5M | $1.8M | $52.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 | $47.1M | $47.6M | −$500K | $57.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $49.8M | $45.5M | $4.3M | $53.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
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Parts IV and V and the Schedule O notes are not shown yet: we do not hold this return's e-file. The Parts below come from the IRS data we do hold, and the full 990 PDF has every Part.
Part I · Summary $49,833,272 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part III · Program service accomplishments 3 programs, $40,142,592 spent
Part VI · Governance 29 of 29 board members independent, no flags
Part VII · Officers, directors and key employees 35 people listed, 6 paid by the organization
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $49,833,272 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $45,530,330 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $91,610,927 assets, 21 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $53,117,293 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2020 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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