Johnson University: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 62-6001104)

Greg Linton’s $115K as VP for Academic Affairs/PR is at the 5th 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
L Thomas Smith JR	—	$154,250	$158,902	$154,160	$146,410	$139,675
Greg Linton	$114,535	$111,910	$102,630	$100,104	$83,544	—
Richard Clark	$106,489	$99,777	$95,791	$101,621	$95,242	$91,737
Marvin Elliot	$101,810	—	—	—	—	—
David a Legg	—	—	—	$100,775	$94,741	$92,200
Daniel Overdorf	$100,224	—	—	—	—	—
Marvin Elliott FL	—	$100,080	—	—	—	—
Cynthia T Barnard	$97,606	$99,355	$92,941	$96,312	$91,519	$89,049

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $20.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019

01

Operation of university

$20.5Mprogram 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 · FY2025

Johnson University Trust for TeachersFY2025$41K

Folds of Honor FoundationFY2025$12K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$53K

Grants paid · 3 grants · $8.3M · 2019–2021

Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,623,295

Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,383,281

Unitemized GrantFY2019$2,330,953

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$24.0M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$16.6M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.7M

Investment incomeLn 3$2.6M

Money outPt IX

$25.6M

Ln 25

Programscol B$20.5M

Managementcol C$3.9M

Fundraisingcol D$1.1M

Owns and owesPt X

$161.3M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.3M

Total assetsLn 16$208.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$47.4M

PeoplePt VI, VII

23

listed · VII A

PaidVII A7

Voting boardVI 1a15

IndependentVI 1b15

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.7M

Government grantsLn 1e$593K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$16.6M

Investment incomeLn 3$2.6M

Other incomeLn 4–11$84K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$5K

Total revenueLn 12$24.0M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$687K

SavingsLn 2$1.6M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.3M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$133.2M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$70.4M

Other assetsLn 15$0

Total assetsLn 16$208.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$47.4M

Net assetsLn 32$161.3M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5810

VolunteersI 612

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$7.0M	$2.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$133.4M	$133.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$67.8M	$70.4M
Total assetsLn 16	$211.5M	$208.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$45.7M	$47.4M
Net assetsLn 32	$165.8M	$161.3M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$2.3M	$2.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$821K	$657K	$131K	$33K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$10.1M	$8.1M	$1.6M	$403K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$1.4M	$1.1M	$224K	$56K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$729K	$583K	$117K	$29K
Legal feesLn 11b	$5K		$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$113K	$12K	$101K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$656K	$332K	$132K	$192K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$172K	$43K		$129K
Office expensesLn 13	$378K	$247K	$78K	$53K
Information technologyLn 14	$118K	$71K	$47K
OccupancyLn 16	$1.3M	$1.0M	$200K	$50K
TravelLn 17	$203K	$156K	$35K	$12K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$135K	$111K	$404	$23K
InterestLn 20	$597K	$477K	$95K	$24K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2.4M	$1.9M	$388K	$97K
InsuranceLn 23	$375K	$53K	$322K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$2.2M	$1.9M	$298K
All other expensesLn 24e	$1.6M	$1.5M	$134K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$25.6M	$20.5M	$3.9M	$1.1M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$30.3M	$35.9M	−$5.5M	$243.2M	990 PDF
FY2024	$43.7M	$31.8M	$11.9M	$230.7M	990 PDF
FY2023	$27.8M	$29.9M	−$2.1M	$197.2M	990 PDF
FY2022	$27.6M	$28.8M	−$1.2M	$195.4M	990 PDF
FY2021	$29.0M	$25.9M	$3.1M	$205.4M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$24.0M	$25.6M	−$1.6M	$161.3M	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 I · Summary $23,965,499 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,550,154$4,674,579

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,278,497$16,584,823

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,190,054$2,621,722

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $80,188$84,375

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $23,098,893$23,965,499

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,166,561$2,330,953

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,602,012$13,033,325

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $11,073,990$10,195,171

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $25,842,563$25,559,449

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,743,670−$1,593,950

Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15

VI-1b Independent voting members15

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 $23,965,499 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$593,358

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,081,221

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,674,579

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $16,584,823$16,584,823

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,626,832$2,626,832

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $53,551 · Excluded from tax $30,824$84,375

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$5,110−$5,110

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $16,579,713 · Unrelated business $53,551 · Excluded from tax $2,657,656$23,965,499

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $25,559,449 across 19 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,330,953$2,330,953

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $656,694 · Management $131,339 · Fundraising $32,835$820,868

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $8,065,550 · Management $1,613,110 · Fundraising $403,277$10,081,937

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,120,993 · Management $224,198 · Fundraising $56,050$1,401,241

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $583,423 · Management $116,685 · Fundraising $29,171$729,279

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5,250$5,250

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $12,431 · Management $100,787$113,218

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $332,221 · Management $132,366 · Fundraising $191,636$656,223

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $42,938 · Fundraising $128,813$171,751

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $247,083 · Management $77,911 · Fundraising $53,213$378,207

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $70,530 · Management $47,020$117,550

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,002,218 · Management $200,444 · Fundraising $50,111$1,252,773

IX-17 TravelPrograms $156,103 · Management $35,471 · Fundraising $11,580$203,154

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $111,100 · Management $404 · Fundraising $23,097$134,601

IX-20 InterestPrograms $477,491 · Management $95,498 · Fundraising $23,875$596,864

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,942,235 · Management $388,447 · Fundraising $97,112$2,427,794

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $52,501 · Management $322,240$374,741

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,859,273 · Management $297,768$2,157,041

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,471,645 · Management $134,359$1,606,004

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $20,535,382 · Management $3,923,297 · Fundraising $1,100,770$25,559,449

Part X · Balance sheet $208,740,232 assets, 19 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $118,416$687,300

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,856,187$1,626,338

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,421,000$1,418,000

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,224,543$1,297,370

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $74,209$65,813

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $263,620$29,520

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $67,775,641$70,376,203

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $133,384,991$133,239,688

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $389,579$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $211,508,186$208,740,232

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,504,676$1,031,201

X-19 Deferred revenue$320,358

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $38,272,436$36,866,460

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,941,640$9,187,006

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $45,718,752$47,405,025

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $89,833,944$86,942,071

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $75,955,490$74,393,136

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $165,789,434$161,335,207

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $211,508,186$208,740,232

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $161,335,207 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$23,965,499

XI-2 Total expenses$25,559,449

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,593,950

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$165,789,434

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$711,748

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$2,148,529

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$161,335,207

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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