Texas Lutheran University: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 74-1109748)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$60.3M
FY2021	$66.0M
FY2022	$71.5M
FY2023	$65.6M
FY2024	$65.0M
FY2025	$70.1M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$62.7M
FY2021	$63.6M
FY2022	$67.8M
FY2023	$69.9M
FY2024	$71.8M
FY2025	$72.8M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$121.0M
FY2021	$144.5M
FY2022	$138.1M
FY2023	$130.7M
FY2024	$135.0M
FY2025	$136.8M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1988.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

84%

14%

Program services 84% · $61.4M Management & general 14% · $10.1M Fundraising 2% · $1.4M

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

46 people listed on the 990; $2.0M 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

Dr Debora Cottrell

President

$262,961Pt VII · Sec A

Edie Richardson

VP for Finance & CFO

$169,217Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Sarah Ferguson

VP for Academic Affairs

$158,569Pt VII · Sec A

Gourjoine M Wade

VP for Student Affairs

$155,868Pt VII · Sec A

William Senter

VP for Administration & CTO

$147,883Pt VII · Sec A

Ruth a Eby

Director of Nursing

$134,295Pt VII · Sec A

Alecia McCain

VP for Enrollment

$127,506Pt VII · Sec A

Fernando a Garza

Associate Professor

$119,907Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Dr Debora Cottrell	$262,961	—	—	—	—	—
Dr Debbie Cottrell	—	$257,730	$258,600	$227,500	$222,309	$185,194
Dr Stuart Dorsey	—	—	—	—	—	$225,243
Sarah Story Until 102023	—	$180,265	—	—	—	—
Edie Richardson	$169,217	$164,410	$144,200	$137,917	$131,754	$93,711
Betsy Clardy Until 52024	—	$162,577	—	—	—	—
David Ortiz	$116,746	$159,407	$154,500	$136,250	—	—
Dr Sarah Ferguson	$158,569	$154,727	$154,500	$150,000	$83,237	—

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

Educates diverse students in liberal arts and professional programs.

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3 programs · $61.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Instruction (which includes all expenses for teaching) and academic support (which includes activities that support teaching). Tlu is an independent institution of the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies with a diverse student body of approximately 1,400 students.

$44.8Mprogram expense

02

Student services include expenses that help foster student engagement and support student needs through various avenues such as financial aid services, career services center, health services, athletics, campus ministry, cultural events, guest speakers, student organizations, and various activities for students to participate in.

$10.4Mprogram expense

03

Auxiliary services include the operation of the dining hall, residence halls, and campus bookstore as well as the net sale of inventory from the campus bookstore.

$6.2Mprogram 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

Folds of Honor FoundationFY2025$13K

Clark Texas Football ClubFY2025$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$18K

Grants paid · 6 grants · $151.5M · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,633,265

Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,509,357

Unitemized GrantFY2022$24,209,514

Unitemized GrantFY2021$24,166,072

Unitemized GrantFY2020$26,749,379

Unitemized GrantFY2019$27,197,429

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$70.1M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$55.5M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.2M

Investment incomeLn 3$5.0M

Money outPt IX

$72.8M

Ln 25

Programscol B$61.4M

Managementcol C$10.1M

Fundraisingcol D$1.4M

Owns and owesPt X

$136.8M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M

Total assetsLn 16$171.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$35.1M

PeoplePt VI, VII

46

listed · VII A

PaidVII A15

Voting boardVI 1a31

IndependentVI 1b31

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.2M

Government grantsLn 1e$3.5M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.0M

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$201K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$55.5M

Investment incomeLn 3$5.0M

Other incomeLn 4–11$387K

Gains on assetsLn 7$3.7M

Total revenueLn 12$70.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$41K

SavingsLn 2$1.1M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$99.6M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$60.5M

Other assetsLn 15$6.0M

Total assetsLn 16$171.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$35.1M

Net assetsLn 32$136.8M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5834

VolunteersI 6150

Fiscal year endsHeaderMay

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 FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$672K	$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$100.0M	$99.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$60.4M	$60.5M
Total assetsLn 16	$171.2M	$171.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$36.2M	$35.1M
Net assetsLn 32	$135.0M	$136.8M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$25.6M	$25.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.4M		$1.4M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$19.0M	$16.4M	$1.8M	$834K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$770K	$635K	$99K	$35K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$3.5M	$2.7M	$672K	$183K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$1.5M	$1.2M	$261K	$58K
Legal feesLn 11b	$97K	$5K	$92K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$122K		$122K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$175K		$175K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$6.6M	$3.7M	$2.9M	$54K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$176K	$28K	$133K	$14K
Office expensesLn 13	$1.2M	$1.1M	$140K	$50K
OccupancyLn 16	$1.7M	$1.4M	$302K	$8K
TravelLn 17	$3.7M	$3.5M	$118K	$60K
InterestLn 20	$678K	$8K	$670K	$44
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$3.2M	$2.6M	$546K	$14K
InsuranceLn 23	$619K	$23K	$595K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$3.2M	$2.4M	$743K	$74K
All other expensesLn 24e	−$556K	$173K	−$730K	$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$72.8M	$61.4M	$10.1M	$1.4M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$70.1M	$72.8M	−$2.8M	$136.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$65.0M	$71.8M	−$6.8M	$135.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	$65.6M	$69.9M	−$4.3M	$130.7M	990 PDF
FY2022	$71.5M	$67.8M	$3.7M	$138.1M	990 PDF
FY2021	$66.0M	$63.6M	$2.4M	$144.5M	990 PDF
FY2020	$60.3M	$62.7M	−$2.4M	$121.0M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $70,078,948 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,365,465$9,192,987

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $51,917,146$55,511,311

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,309,664$4,988,042

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $435,830$386,608

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $65,028,105$70,078,948

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $23,509,357$25,633,265

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $26,079,170$26,238,382

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $22,206,050$20,959,589

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $71,794,577$72,831,236

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$6,766,472−$2,752,288

Part VI · Governance 31 of 31 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body31

VI-1b Independent voting members31

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 $70,078,948 across 12 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $286,722 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$201,290

VIII-1d Related organizations$84,900

VIII-1e Government grants$3,533,921

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,372,876

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,024,563

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,192,987

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $55,511,311$55,511,311

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$2,869 · Excluded from tax $1,248,775$1,245,906

VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $135,161$135,161

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $3,742,136$3,742,136

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$35,275−$35,275

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $55,798,033 · Unrelated business −$2,869 · Excluded from tax $5,090,797$70,078,948

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $72,831,236 across 19 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $25,633,265$25,633,265

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $1,389,221$1,389,221

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $16,352,199 · Management $1,846,254 · Fundraising $834,371$19,032,824

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $635,361 · Management $99,475 · Fundraising $34,967$769,803

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,692,445 · Management $672,139 · Fundraising $182,804$3,547,388

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,180,199 · Management $260,536 · Fundraising $58,411$1,499,146

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $4,750 · Management $91,879$96,629

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $122,403$122,403

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $175,000$175,000

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,708,148 · Management $2,883,296 · Fundraising $54,443$6,645,887

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $28,485 · Management $133,217 · Fundraising $14,443$176,145

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,052,654 · Management $140,408 · Fundraising $50,135$1,243,197

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,396,269 · Management $302,270 · Fundraising $7,556$1,706,095

IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,498,429 · Management $118,381 · Fundraising $60,450$3,677,260

IX-20 InterestPrograms $8,134 · Management $669,985 · Fundraising $44$678,163

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,591,141 · Management $546,416 · Fundraising $14,022$3,151,579

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $23,335 · Management $595,239$618,574

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,407,495 · Management $743,122 · Fundraising $74,294$3,224,911

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $172,737 · Management −$730,427 · Fundraising $1,436−$556,254

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $61,385,046 · Management $10,058,814 · Fundraising $1,387,376$72,831,236

Part X · Balance sheet $171,898,787 assets, 20 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $248,739; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $49,225$41,098

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $622,490$1,074,175

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,278,022$1,007,382

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $799,565$781,140

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $327,160$334,006

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,225,857$2,307,987

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $60,385,042$60,518,449

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $52,194,922$54,022,608

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $47,803,277$45,533,126

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,495,986$6,030,077

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $171,203,337$171,898,787

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,991,279$5,358,364

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,968,959$2,740,316

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $20,605,289$19,579,571

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $8,649,864$7,464,122

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $36,215,391$35,142,373

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $36,266,039$35,775,637

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $98,721,907$100,980,777

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $134,987,946$136,756,414

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $171,203,337$171,898,787

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $136,756,414 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$70,078,948

XI-2 Total expenses$72,831,236

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,752,288

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$134,987,946

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$3,964,941

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$555,815

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$136,756,414

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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