Benedict College FY2023 filing

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Columbia, SC501(c)(3)Since 1894Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 57-0314365

Benedict college is committed to providing transformative learning experiences characterized by high quality academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular programming, intentionally designed to develop superior cultural and professional competencies for a diverse student population.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.3M 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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FY2023 · 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
FY2023
latest Form 990
Fine: the latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back; within 3 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12.1M a year · 16% 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
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
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
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
23
named funders · $3.5M
Looks good: 23 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$39.0M
27% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 27% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$69.7M
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$65.4M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$103.9M
By yearFY2019–FY2023
Revenue
$69.7M
FY2023▼ -4%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$60.5M
FY2020$61.0M
FY2021$104.0M
FY2022$72.3M
FY2023$69.7M
FY2023$52.8M
Expenses
$65.4M
FY2023▼ -4%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$58.8M
FY2020$60.4M
FY2021$54.5M
FY2022$68.0M
FY2023$65.4M
FY2023$51.3M
Net assets
$103.9M
FY2023▲ +6%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$34.1M
FY2020$34.3M
FY2021$86.8M
FY2022$98.4M
FY2023$103.9M
FY2023$105.4M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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: FY2023. IRS ruling in Feb 1945.

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $45.6M Management & general 30% · $19.8M

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$449,636Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Institutional Advan
$157,590Pt VII · Sec A
Athletics-Football Coach
$156,578Pt VII · Sec A
Sponsored Programs
$154,500Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Academic Affairs
$154,500Pt VII · Sec A
VP/Chief of Staff
$140,000Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Business & Finance-Part Year
$123,235Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Roslyn Clark Artis’s $459K as President & CEO is at the 86th 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

NameFY2023FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Dr Roslyn Clark Artis$458,636——$327,250$287,402$290,000
Dr Roslyn Clark Artis—$449,636$409,924———
Dr Leanda Hayes-Burgess$157,590—————
Leandra Hayes-Burgess—$157,590$146,562———
Chennis C Berry—$156,578$143,457———
Dr Janeen Witty$154,500——$113,440——
Godwin E Mbamalu—$154,500$142,573———
Janeen P Witty Tucker—$154,500$135,307———

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

Offers high-quality college programs in teaching, research, and public service.

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3 program services account for $40.9M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2022.
01

Instruction

Approximately 1,971 students enrolled. The college awarded 354 degrees during the 2022-2023 academic year.

$19.4Mprogram expense
02

Student Services

Enrollment services, college registrar, health and counseling, sports and recreation

$14.4Mprogram expense
03

Auxiliary Enterprises

The colleges' dormitories, dining hall and campus store are the major auxiliary enterprises serving the college community. Eight residence halls provided quarters for approximately 1,392 students for the fall 2022 semester and approximately 1,279 students for the spring 2023 semester.

$7.1Mprogram 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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 10 grants · $73.9M · 2018–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$9,154,435
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,590,982
Columbia Urban League INCSC · FY2022$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$19,084,527
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,659,904
Unitemized GrantFY2020$11,486,841
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,614,036
Unitemized GrantFY2019$11,486,841
Unitemized GrantFY2019$1,024,107
Unitemized GrantFY2018$10,750,019

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$69.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$45.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$23.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$904K
Money outPt IX
$65.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$45.6M
Managementcol C$19.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$103.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$28.1M
Total assetsLn 16$142.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$39.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$23.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$19.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$45.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$904K
Other incomeLn 4–11$226K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$64K
Total revenueLn 12$69.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$23.2M
SavingsLn 2$4.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$28.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$28.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$79.8M
Other assetsLn 15$314K
Total assetsLn 16$142.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$39.0M
Net assetsLn 32$103.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5435
VolunteersI 610
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$31.8M$28.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$26.3M$28.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$73.5M$79.8M
Total assetsLn 16$139.7M$142.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41.4M$39.0M
Net assetsLn 32$98.4M$103.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$25K$25K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$13.7M$13.7M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1.5M$1.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$450K$450K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$15.7M$9.2M$6.5M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$815K$351K$465K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.5M$128K$2.4M
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.2M$733K$471K
Legal feesLn 11b$247K$247K
Accounting feesLn 11c$173K$173K
Investment management feesLn 11f$101K$101K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.0M$1.5M$1.5M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$127K$98K$29K
Office expensesLn 13$1.0M$574K$448K
OccupancyLn 16$332K$332K
TravelLn 17$1.6M$1.4M$208K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$9K
InterestLn 20$1.8M$1.4M$473K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6.6M$5.4M$1.2M
InsuranceLn 23$849K$849K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10.1M$6.9M$3.2M
All other expensesLn 24e$3.5M$2.7M$752K
Total functional expensesLn 25$65.4M$45.6M$19.8M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 Viewing $69.7M$65.4M$4.3M$103.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $72.3M$68.0M$4.3M$98.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $104.0M$54.5M$49.5M$86.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $61.0M$60.4M$658K$34.3M 990 PDF
FY2019 $60.5M$58.8M$1.7M$34.1M 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 FY2023 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $69,692,337 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$19,666,676
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,621,693
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$23,288,369
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $45,273,783$45,273,783
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $967,437$967,437
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $140,623$140,623
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$63,669−$63,669
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $62,961 · Unrelated business $22,833$85,794
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $45,336,744 · Unrelated business $22,833 · Excluded from tax $1,044,391$69,692,337
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $65,404,239 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $25,200$25,200
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $13,745,417$13,745,417
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,541,122$1,541,122
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $449,636$449,636
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,171,736 · Management $6,501,348$15,673,084
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $350,544 · Management $464,859$815,403
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $127,680 · Management $2,382,249$2,509,929
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $732,747 · Management $470,535$1,203,282
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $247,155$247,155
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $172,600$172,600
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $100,698$100,698
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,461,019 · Management $1,527,565$2,988,584
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $97,963 · Management $29,455$127,418
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $574,192 · Management $447,880$1,022,072
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $332,073$332,073
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,366,842 · Management $208,102$1,574,944
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $8,951$8,951
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,365,531 · Management $473,088$1,838,619
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,371,155 · Management $1,224,824$6,595,979
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $848,703$848,703
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,904,236 · Management $3,191,622$10,095,858
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,735,810 · Management $751,702$3,487,512
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $45,571,194 · Management $19,833,045 · Fundraising $0$65,404,239
Part X · Balance sheet $142,804,025 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $27,433,253$23,240,935
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,367,832$4,820,836
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,891,657$666,657
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,498,601$4,172,686
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,131,580$1,249,811
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $73,547,906$79,805,090
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $24,607,852$26,779,030
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,668,253$1,754,959
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $602,773$314,021
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $139,749,707$142,804,025
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,124,942$4,342,738
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $9,370,217$7,054,475
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $19,640,000$19,640,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,400,843$1,752,645
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $41,368,756$38,951,451
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $76,393,401$79,315,694
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $21,987,550$24,536,880
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $98,380,951$103,852,574
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $139,749,707$142,804,025
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $103,852,574 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$69,692,337
XI-2 Total expenses$65,404,239
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,288,098
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$98,380,951
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,183,525
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$103,852,574

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