Georgetown College

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Georgetown, KY501(c)(3)Since 1829Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 61-0444695Revenue $65.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRSgeorgetowncollege.edu400 E College St, 40324-1620 · Georgetown, KYTax-exempt since Jan 1943School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Georgetown College is a fully accredited liberal arts institution of higher learning located in Georgetown, kentucky. The College is committed to providing opportunities for excellence in higher learning under christian influences so as to afford its students a quality education in selected branches of knowledge, especially the liberal arts and sciences, with a healthy interest in the professions.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 53 volunteers and 771 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.2M a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 63% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
32
named funders · $5.0M
Looks good: 32 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.6M
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
28
of 29 voting members
Looks good: 28 of 29 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$65.5M
-29% vs prior year
Spent
$64.9M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$71.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$65.5M
FY2025▼ -29%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$57.0M
FY2021$66.7M
FY2022$70.5M
FY2023$66.9M
FY2024$91.9M
FY2025$65.5M
Expenses
$64.9M
FY2025▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$56.2M
FY2021$63.1M
FY2022$69.9M
FY2023$70.1M
FY2024$69.2M
FY2025$64.9M
Net assets
$71.2M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$42.1M
FY2021$51.5M
FY2022$43.8M
FY2023$42.8M
FY2024$68.3M
FY2025$71.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1943.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $54.1M Management & general 15% · $10.0M Fundraising 1% · $843K

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

42 people listed on the 990; $1.1M 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
$201,923Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Advancement & Commu
$146,428Pt VII · Sec A
CFO/Treasurer
$140,422Pt VII · Sec A
Athletic Director
$134,742Pt VII · Sec A
Head Basketball Coach
$120,084Pt VII · Sec A
Dean of Students
$109,590Pt VII · Sec A
$108,206Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Business Operations
$93,540Pt VII · Sec A

Rosemary Allen’s $202K as President is at the 37th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
M Dwaine Greene—————$329,277
William Jones———$266,565$301,710$150,000
Rosemary Allen$201,923$293,523$294,281$130,972$138,775$148,279
Rush Sherman$140,422$189,249$171,206———
John Davis——$162,400$167,535$170,036$162,133
Bethany Langdon$146,428$138,295$55,303———
Chris Oliver$134,742—————
David Wilhite———$124,293$131,697$123,858

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 a liberal arts higher education, housing, and food services to undergraduate and graduate students as a fully accredited college.

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1 program · $54.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Operation of a higher educational institution providing education, housing, and food services to students and faculty. The college educated 1,175 undergraduate and 270 graduate students for the year ended june 30, 2025.

$54.1Mprogram expense

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 · 6 grants · $220.5M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$38,754,037
Unitemized GrantFY2023$40,389,498
Unitemized GrantFY2022$40,577,374
Unitemized GrantFY2021$39,864,484
Unitemized GrantFY2020$33,657,392
Unitemized GrantFY2019$27,291,281

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$65.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$53.5M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.0M
Money outPt IX
$64.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$54.1M
Managementcol C$10.0M
Fundraisingcol D$843K
Owns and owesPt X
$71.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$78.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
42
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a29
IndependentVI 1b28
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$446K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$593K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$53.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.0M
Gains on assetsLn 7$374K
Total revenueLn 12$65.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.0M
SavingsLn 2$65K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$26.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$37.3M
Other assetsLn 15$9.2M
Total assetsLn 16$78.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.6M
Net assetsLn 32$71.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5771
VolunteersI 653
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$2.1M$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27.5M$26.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36.9M$37.3M
Total assetsLn 16$76.5M$78.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.2M$7.6M
Net assetsLn 32$68.3M$71.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$38.8M$38.8M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.2M$1.1M$108K$50K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$10.7M$9.3M$953K$444K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$24K$21K$2K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$84K$73K$8K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$664K$577K$59K$28K
Legal feesLn 11b$31K$31K
Accounting feesLn 11c$63K$63K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$320$320
Investment management feesLn 11f$101K$101K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.5M$1.0M$2.3M$195K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$222K$117K$7K$99K
Information technologyLn 14$737K$406K$331K
OccupancyLn 16$2.1M$228K$1.9M
TravelLn 17$1.1M$1.0M$47K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.9M$1.9M
InsuranceLn 23$919K$186K$733K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.8M$1.4M$1.4M$17K
All other expensesLn 24e$15K$11K$3K$10
Total functional expensesLn 25$64.9M$54.1M$10.0M$843K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $65.5M$64.9M$540K$71.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $91.9M$69.2M$22.7M$68.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $66.9M$70.1M−$3.1M$42.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $70.5M$69.9M$647K$43.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $66.7M$63.1M$3.6M$51.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $57.0M$56.2M$841K$42.1M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $65,479,950 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $30,793,936$7,127,531
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $48,738,193$53,476,515
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,761,168$1,902,515
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $10,607,203$2,973,389
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $91,900,500$65,479,950
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $40,389,498$38,754,037
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,965,593$12,644,538
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $15,837,885$13,541,874
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $69,192,976$64,940,449
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $22,707,524$539,501
Part VI · Governance 28 of 29 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body29
VI-1b Independent voting members28
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 $65,479,950 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,502,052 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$445,902
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,681,629
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$592,693
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,127,531
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $53,476,515$53,476,515
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,528,732$1,528,732
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $4,051$4,051
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $373,783$373,783
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $458,889 · Unrelated business $8,397$467,286
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $56,437,456 · Unrelated business $12,448 · Excluded from tax $1,902,515$65,479,950
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $64,940,449 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $38,754,037$38,754,037
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,050,261 · Management $108,003 · Fundraising $50,290$1,208,554
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,266,402 · Management $952,907 · Fundraising $443,709$10,663,018
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $21,235 · Management $2,184 · Fundraising $1,017$24,436
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $73,224 · Management $7,530 · Fundraising $3,506$84,260
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $577,265 · Management $59,363 · Fundraising $27,642$664,270
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $30,885$30,885
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $62,940$62,940
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $320$320
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $100,687$100,687
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,011,439 · Management $2,320,732 · Fundraising $195,182$3,527,353
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $116,506 · Management $6,586 · Fundraising $98,710$221,802
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $405,827 · Management $330,895$736,722
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $228,095 · Management $1,895,934$2,124,029
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,009,518 · Management $47,315 · Fundraising $6,439$1,063,272
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,936,588$1,936,588
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $186,204 · Management $733,278$919,482
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,386,939 · Management $1,399,324 · Fundraising $16,896$2,803,159
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,138 · Management $3,487 · Fundraising $10$14,635
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $54,098,090 · Management $9,998,958 · Fundraising $843,401$64,940,449
Part X · Balance sheet $78,781,037 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,067,794$1,021,557
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $65,300$65,300
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$1,671,500
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,875,403$2,284,720
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $440$440
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $204,955$426,010
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $36,933,366$37,335,001
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $27,464,863$26,747,906
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,889,553$9,228,603
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $76,501,674$78,781,037
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,606,329$2,577,354
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,890,000$1,689,489
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,682,296$3,359,766
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,178,625$7,626,609
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $16,057,056$19,509,109
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $52,265,993$51,645,319
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $68,323,049$71,154,428
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $76,501,674$78,781,037
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $71,154,428 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$65,479,950
XI-2 Total expenses$64,940,449
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$539,501
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$68,323,049
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,315,939
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$13,118
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$37,179
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$71,154,428

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