Claflin University

Tax-deductible

Orangeburg, SC501(c)(3)Since 1869Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 57-0314374

Claflin is committed to excellence in teaching, research, and creative expression. We are guided by a set of principles that help US work toward our goal of equipping students with the necessary tools for personal and professional growth. We are committed to offering quality undergraduate programs, innovative graduate programs, and viable continuing education opportunities. By design, we have emerged as a national leader in comprehensive education and continue to engage in a strategic plan which outlines an enhanced vision of academic excellence with greater emphasis on research, scholarly contributions and creative activity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
61¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 22 volunteers and 814 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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FY2024 · 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
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 $20.5M a year · 25% 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
61%
of spending
Worth a look: 61% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.2M
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 99% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
34
named funders · $3.5M
Looks good: 34 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$38.1M
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$69.3M
-12% vs prior year
Spent
$69.8M
To programs
61%
Net assets
$145.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$69.3M
FY2024▼ -12%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$59.4M
FY2021$109.8M
FY2022$90.5M
FY2023$73.8M
FY2024$79.0M
FY2024$69.3M
Expenses
$69.8M
FY2024▲ +6%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$58.4M
FY2021$53.4M
FY2022$62.9M
FY2023$69.1M
FY2024$66.0M
FY2024$69.8M
Net assets
$145.1M
FY2024▲ +4%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$57.6M
FY2021$119.7M
FY2022$132.9M
FY2023$143.7M
FY2024$139.7M
FY2024$145.1M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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 Jul 1946.

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Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 61% · $42.9M Management & general 37% · $25.6M Fundraising 2% · $1.3M

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

36 people listed on the 990; $3.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$1,079,436Pt VII · Sec A
VP Institutional Effectiveness
$217,199Pt VII · Sec A
VP Student Development
$208,745Pt VII · Sec A
Provost/Chief Academic Officer
$191,358Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President & Chief of Staff
$182,230Pt VII · Sec A
Interim VP for Fiscal Affairs
$177,167Pt VII · Sec A
Executive VP and COO
$171,903Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Vice Provost Academic Prog & Prof of Bio
$150,675Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Dwaun J Warmack’s $1.1M as President is at the 99th 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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dr Dwaun J Warmack$1,079,436$542,465$472,034$455,000$420,000$150,000
Dr Henry N Tisdale————$185,593$341,776
Karl Wright—$201,463$260,618$252,512$252,512$245,999
Teresa Hardee Boone$171,903$247,445————
Zia Hasan$217,199$217,199$213,235$205,048$205,048$199,759
Tijuana Hudson——$211,505$204,205$204,205$198,938
Leroy a Durant$208,745$208,764$204,287$194,476$194,476$189,460
Drexel Ball————$195,118$190,085

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

Provides quality undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs alongside comprehensive student support services as a historically Black, Methodist-affiliated liberal arts university.

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3 program services account for $42.7M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Instructional

Claflin's primary exempt purpose achievement is to provide a higher education to students under a college degree program. Claflin has four schools consisting of the school of education, school of natural science and mathematics, school of business and school of humanities and social science as well as the center for professional and…

$22.5Mprogram expense
02

Auxiliary Services

The university conducted auxiliary enterprises for the convenience of students, faculty, staff and the community-at-large. Auxiliary enterprises consist of intercollegiate athletics, student housing, food service and print shop.

$13.7Mprogram expense
03

Student Services

Claflin university is wedded to the idea that academic achievement is facilitated by a well-balanced and well-rounded program of student activities and services. As the name implies, student development and services operates primarily for students.

$6.5Mprogram 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 · 12 grants · $9.9M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$158,383
Claflin Qalicb INCSC · FY2024$146,827
Unitemized GrantFY2023$200,278
Panther Health Partners INCSC · FY2023$66,633
Unitemized GrantFY2022$238,149
Panther Health Partners INCSC · FY2022$141,111
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,824,861
Panther Health Partners INCSC · FY2021$141,111
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,012,375
Panther Health Partners INCSC · FY2020$140,701
Unitemized GrantFY2019$723,700
Panther Health Partners INCSC · FY2019$140,302

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$69.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$41.5M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$25.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.3M
Money outPt IX
$69.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$42.9M
Managementcol C$25.6M
Fundraisingcol D$1.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$145.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$20.8M
Total assetsLn 16$183.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$38.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
36
listed · VII A
PaidVII A14
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$25.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$17.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$421K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$34K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$41.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$276K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.3M
Total revenueLn 12$69.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$7.2M
SavingsLn 2$13.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$20.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$92.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$63.1M
Other assetsLn 15$702K
Total assetsLn 16$183.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$38.1M
Net assetsLn 32$145.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5814
VolunteersI 622
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$20.9M$20.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$84.3M$92.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$61.9M$63.1M
Total assetsLn 16$173.0M$183.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$33.3M$38.1M
Net assetsLn 32$139.7M$145.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$147K$147K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6.5M$6.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.7M$2.7M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$21.0M$16.1M$4.5M$439K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$989K$624K$339K$25K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.8M$2.2M$1.5M$100K
Payroll taxesLn 10$127K$127K
Legal feesLn 11b$58K$58K
Accounting feesLn 11c$228K$228K
Investment management feesLn 11f$454K$454K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$12.0M$4.1M$7.4M$472K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$571K$297K$258K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$269K$129K$132K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$3.1M$732K$2.2M$137K
TravelLn 17$1.7M$1.2M$550K$34K
InterestLn 20$879K$552K$308K$19K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3.5M$1.9M$1.5M$92K
InsuranceLn 23$923K$923K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.3M$1.5M$2.7M$166K
All other expensesLn 24e$6.5M$7.0M−$248K−$204K
Total functional expensesLn 25$69.8M$42.9M$25.6M$1.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $79.0M$66.0M$13.0M$139.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $73.8M$69.1M$4.6M$143.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $90.5M$62.9M$27.6M$132.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $109.8M$53.4M$56.4M$119.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $59.4M$58.4M$942K$57.6M 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $69,308,578 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$33,950
VIII-1e Government grants$17,841,796
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,334,126
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$421,055
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$25,209,872
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $41,508,963$41,508,963
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $983,728$983,728
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $48,933$48,933
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,329,787$1,329,787
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $227,295$227,295
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $41,508,963 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,589,743$69,308,578
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $69,810,331 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $146,827$146,827
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,513,846$6,513,846
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $2,685,427$2,685,427
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $16,055,823 · Management $4,485,328 · Fundraising $438,852$20,980,003
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $623,984 · Management $339,196 · Fundraising $25,416$988,596
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,158,822 · Management $1,531,908 · Fundraising $99,740$3,790,470
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $127,130$127,130
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $58,227$58,227
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $228,496$228,496
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $454,123$454,123
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,139,797 · Management $7,393,939 · Fundraising $472,457$12,006,193
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $296,879 · Management $258,154 · Fundraising $15,880$570,913
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $129,277 · Management $131,885 · Fundraising $8,113$269,275
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $732,342 · Management $2,229,974 · Fundraising $137,171$3,099,487
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,163,365 · Management $550,278 · Fundraising $33,849$1,747,492
IX-20 InterestPrograms $551,865 · Management $307,828 · Fundraising $18,935$878,628
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,931,847 · Management $1,491,487 · Fundraising $91,745$3,515,079
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $923,079$923,079
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,453,176 · Management $2,697,597 · Fundraising $165,936$4,316,709
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,962,602 · Management −$248,356 · Fundraising −$203,915$6,510,331
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $42,860,452 · Management $25,645,700 · Fundraising $1,304,179$69,810,331
Part X · Balance sheet $183,196,040 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,086,718$7,203,286
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $13,819,609$13,605,760
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,193,361$4,134,866
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,244,259$1,662,322
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $567,091$505,053
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $61,924,422$63,137,503
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $73,471$530,083
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $70,327,328$77,829,530
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $13,885,175$13,885,175
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $872,881$702,462
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $172,994,315$183,196,040
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,904,329$10,386,995
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,778,180$4,854,493
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,052,319$1,517,642
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $33,342,755$38,088,972
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $83,615,470$80,557,038
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $56,036,090$64,550,030
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $139,651,560$145,107,068
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $172,994,315$183,196,040
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $145,107,068 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$69,308,578
XI-2 Total expenses$69,810,331
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$501,753
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$139,651,560
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,957,261
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$145,107,068

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