Arlington Baptist University

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Arlington, TX501(c)(3)Since 1939Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 75-0983821

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Prepare men and women for Christian life and ministries through higher education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 77 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 $445K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$198K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 57% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.4M
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.1M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$7.1M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$4.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.1M
FY2025▲ +3%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$6.9M
FY2025$7.1M
Expenses
$7.1M
FY2025▲ +13%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$3.2M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$6.3M
FY2025$7.1M
Net assets
$4.1M
FY2025▼ -1%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$4.2M
FY2025$4.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 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 Nov 2006.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $5.7M Management & general 16% · $1.1M Fundraising 4% · $291K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $198K 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
$116,919Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Ops/Secretary/Treasurer
$80,835Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member (part Year)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cliff McDaniel’s $117K as President is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cliff McDaniel$116,919$115,250$108,401$97,094$66,018$45,831
David Ingram$80,835$79,704$73,935———
David Ingram VP of Bus———$64,954$64,725$57,915
Dr Dl Moody—————$33,339

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 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Educates individuals for Christian life and ministry.

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3 programs · $5.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Arlington baptist university had over 280 students enrolled during fiscal year 2025 and working towards achieving bachelor of science, bachelor of arts, master of divinity, or master of education degrees.

$3.3Mprogram expense
02

Arlington baptist university has housing available on campus for both male and female students - one dorm for each. Each dormitory has 20 suites comprised of 2 bedrooms and a shared connecting bathroom.

$1.7Mprogram expense
03

Arlington baptist university has an athletic program that competes in the national christian college athletic association in baseball, women's volleyball, women's basketball, women's softball, men's basketball, men's golf, and men's & women's soccer.

$665Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K
Grants paid · 9 grants · $6.0M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,542,392
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,410,267
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,082,975
Unitemized GrantFY2022$243,261
Unitemized GrantFY2021$845,591
Unitemized GrantFY2020$431,809
Unitemized GrantFY2020$106,672
Unitemized GrantFY2019$264,970
Unitemized GrantFY2019$44,961

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$315K
Investment incomeLn 3$78K
Money outPt IX
$7.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.7M
Managementcol C$1.1M
Fundraisingcol D$291K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$315K
Government grantsLn 1e$24K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$78K
Other incomeLn 4–11$39K
Gains on assetsLn 7$36K
Total revenueLn 12$7.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.5M
SavingsLn 2$316K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M
Other assetsLn 15$344K
Total assetsLn 16$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$4.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 577
VolunteersI 66
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.1M$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$4.2M$4.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.5M$1.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$212K$62K$122K$29K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$69K$65K$3K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.6M$150K$156K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$16K$12K$2K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$288K$225K$37K$26K
Payroll taxesLn 10$158K$127K$17K$13K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$71K$71K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$564$282$282
Office expensesLn 13$128K$23K$97K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$208K$148K$51K$9K
OccupancyLn 16$619K$449K$155K$15K
TravelLn 17$145K$137K$6K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$2K$458$2K
InterestLn 20$18K$14K$3K$906
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$316K$253K$47K$16K
InsuranceLn 23$27K$27K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.4M$1.0M$342K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$32K$25K$2K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.1M$5.7M$1.1M$291K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $7.1M$7.1M−$64K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.9M$6.3M$564K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.2M$5.3M$843K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.6M$4.2M$411K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.0M$3.2M$809K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.1M$3.0M$106K$1.5M 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 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,064,099 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $14,911 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$23,619
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$291,557
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$315,176
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,632,487$6,632,487
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $41,362$41,362
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $23,699$23,699
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $36,464$36,464
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,632,487 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $116,436$7,064,099
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,128,194 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,542,392$1,542,392
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $61,760 · Management $121,699 · Fundraising $28,919$212,378
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $64,797 · Management $2,506 · Fundraising $2,004$69,307
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,612,222 · Management $149,999 · Fundraising $155,981$1,918,202
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $12,090 · Management $2,015 · Fundraising $1,395$15,500
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $224,912 · Management $37,485 · Fundraising $25,951$288,348
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $127,485 · Management $17,336 · Fundraising $12,775$157,596
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,330$2,330
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $70,809$70,809
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $282 · Management $282$564
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,616 · Management $96,689 · Fundraising $8,588$127,893
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $148,033 · Management $51,194 · Fundraising $9,113$208,340
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $449,082 · Management $154,940 · Fundraising $14,735$618,757
IX-17 TravelPrograms $136,788 · Management $6,112 · Fundraising $1,837$144,737
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,375 · Management $458 · Fundraising $1,541$4,374
IX-20 InterestPrograms $14,498 · Management $2,718 · Fundraising $906$18,122
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $253,457 · Management $46,522 · Fundraising $15,841$315,820
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $26,610$26,610
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,006,020 · Management $341,842 · Fundraising $6,740$1,354,602
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $24,896 · Management $2,289 · Fundraising $4,328$31,513
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,730,315 · Management $1,107,225 · Fundraising $290,654$7,128,194
Part X · Balance sheet $5,488,066 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,476,977$1,452,411
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $309,118$316,476
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $67,647$116,803
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $21,009$13,986
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $84,167$69,239
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,139,601$3,175,650
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $341,257$343,501
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,439,776$5,488,066
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $289,405$427,033
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $62,068$32,115
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $301,794$292,309
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,253,267$1,351,457
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,722,924$3,661,475
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $463,585$475,134
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,186,509$4,136,609
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,439,776$5,488,066
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,136,609 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,064,099
XI-2 Total expenses$7,128,194
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$64,095
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,186,509
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$14,195
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,136,609

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