Warner Pacific University

Tax-deductible

Portland, OR501(c)(3)Since 1937Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 93-0386890Revenue $18.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSwarnerpacific.edu2219 Se 68th Ave, 97215-4026 · Portland, ORTax-exempt since Nov 2015School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Warner Pacific University is accredited by the northwest commission on colleges and universities. Founded in 1937, today wpu offers a four-year christian liberal arts education in an urban setting on beautiful mt. Tabor in portland, oregon. Our christ-centered, liberal arts approach invites students to seek answers to difficult questions and challenges them to expand their comfort zones in order to explore the ways in which they understand society, community, and faith. Faculty guide classes through real-world situations in programs from business to education, nursing, criminal justice, health science and many other degrees. At Warner Pacific University, students discover their passions, develop their skills, and serve the greater community. Most students qualify for financial aid.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 75 volunteers and 408 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
Download 990
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
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
0 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2.1M a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 75% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.0 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $204K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$13.1M
49% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 49% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$18.3M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$20.8M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$13.8M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$18.3M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$18.2M
FY2022$17.8M
FY2023$15.2M
FY2024$18.0M
FY2025$18.3M
Expenses
$20.8M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$18.4M
FY2022$18.6M
FY2023$20.0M
FY2024$20.2M
FY2025$20.8M
Net assets
$13.8M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$18.3M
FY2022$18.0M
FY2023$13.4M
FY2024$13.1M
FY2025$13.8M

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 2015.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $15.6M Management & general 23% · $4.8M Fundraising 2% · $452K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $1.2M 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
President
$358,370Pt VII · Sec A
Executive VP/CFO
$175,000Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Academics, Dean of Faculty
$167,807Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Enrollment, Student Success & Engagement
$139,689Pt VII · Sec A
Controller/Avp Finance
$134,807Pt VII · Sec A
Dean of Nursing
$125,885Pt VII · Sec A
Assoc VP for Advancement
$119,814Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Johnson’s $358K as President is at the 75th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Brian Johnson$358,370$353,464$342,258$301,681$141,692
Douglas Wade$175,000$175,000$154,167$150,073$101,000
Cecelia Monto$167,807————
Jennifer Boehmer—$167,508———
Miriam Chitiga——$151,680——
Dwight Sanchez——$142,843——
Darilis Garcia$139,689$132,850———
Kevin Finn$134,807————

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

Offers Christian liberal arts degrees, guiding students to explore faith, society, and community.

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3 programs · $14.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Warner pacific university is dedicated to seeing individuals, families, and communities flourish. As an urban university designed to serve students from diverse backgrounds, we know that for a city to flourish, its leaders must be prepared to engage actively in a constantly changing world.

$9.7Mprogram expense
02

Residence life at warner pacific university is committed to cultivating a responsible living and learning environment where holistic growth takes places through dynamic relationships. Our facilities include two residence halls and a variety of apartments and houses spread across our MT. Tabor campus.

$3.8Mprogram expense
03

Warner pacific university continues to be recognized for diversity and value. It is the most diverse university in oregon, and the only christian university with a minority-serving mission in the pacific northwest. Wpu was oregon's first four-year school to earn the prestigious hispanic-serving institution (hsi) designation from the U.S.

$1.4Mprogram 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 · 3 grants · $6.5M · 2022–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,186,752
Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,169,050
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,094,322

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$18.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$14.5M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$611K
Money outPt IX
$20.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$15.6M
Managementcol C$4.8M
Fundraisingcol D$452K
Owns and owesPt X
$13.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$59K
Total assetsLn 16$26.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$13.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$15K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$14.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$611K
Other incomeLn 4–11$414K
Gains on assetsLn 7$50K
Total revenueLn 12$18.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$59K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$59K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.9M
Other assetsLn 15$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$26.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$13.1M
Net assetsLn 32$13.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5408
VolunteersI 675
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$9K$59K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.7M$10.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.9M$10.9M
Total assetsLn 16$26.1M$26.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.9M$13.1M
Net assetsLn 32$13.1M$13.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.2M$2.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$523K$523K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$29K$15K$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.2M$5.8M$1.2M$219K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$788K$575K$186K$26K
Payroll taxesLn 10$602K$433K$148K$20K
Management feesLn 11a$717K$717K
Legal feesLn 11b$40K$40K
Accounting feesLn 11c$63K$63K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.1M$727K$297K$39K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$367K$288K$78K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$208K$41K$98K$70K
Information technologyLn 14$568K$82K$486K
OccupancyLn 16$2.4M$2.3M$132K$37K
TravelLn 17$427K$350K$70K$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$24K$14K$10K$280
InterestLn 20$769K$253K$516K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$827K$580K$247K
InsuranceLn 23$228K$3K$225K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.7M$1.3M$393K$18K
Total functional expensesLn 25$20.8M$15.6M$4.8M$452K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $18.3M$20.8M−$2.4M$13.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $18.0M$20.2M−$2.2M$13.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.2M$20.0M−$4.8M$13.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $17.8M$18.6M−$724K$18.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $18.2M$18.4M−$149K$18.3M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $18,335,825 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,168,170$2,856,630
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $12,708,949$14,454,802
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,908,871$610,659
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $181,136$413,734
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $17,967,126$18,335,825
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,169,050$2,186,752
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $9,745,623$9,173,679
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $8,291,001$9,421,051
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $20,205,674$20,781,482
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,238,548−$2,445,657
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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 $18,335,825 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$290,000
VIII-1e Government grants$1,337,776
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,228,854
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$14,620
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,856,630
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $14,454,802$14,454,802
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $560,857$560,857
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $170,469$170,469
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $49,802$49,802
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $243,265$243,265
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $14,625,271 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $853,924$18,335,825
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $20,781,482 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,186,752$2,186,752
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $523,467$523,467
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsManagement $14,531 · Fundraising $14,531$29,062
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,775,551 · Management $1,237,546 · Fundraising $218,683$7,231,780
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $574,799 · Management $186,326 · Fundraising $26,450$787,575
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $433,367 · Management $148,486 · Fundraising $19,942$601,795
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $717,098$717,098
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $39,988$39,988
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $63,105$63,105
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $727,470 · Management $296,873 · Fundraising $39,448$1,063,791
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $287,795 · Management $77,873 · Fundraising $1,000$366,668
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $40,692 · Management $97,764 · Fundraising $69,646$208,102
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $81,766 · Management $486,463$568,229
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,267,635 · Management $132,460 · Fundraising $37,115$2,437,210
IX-17 TravelPrograms $350,404 · Management $69,716 · Fundraising $6,391$426,511
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $13,638 · Management $10,194 · Fundraising $280$24,112
IX-20 InterestPrograms $253,382 · Management $515,840$769,222
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $580,126 · Management $246,693$826,819
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,497 · Management $224,627$228,124
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,270,438 · Management $393,232 · Fundraising $18,402$1,682,072
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $15,564,410 · Management $4,765,184 · Fundraising $451,888$20,781,482
Part X · Balance sheet $26,896,609 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,131,429; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $9,048$59,333
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,391,705$1,690,195
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $413,564$628,606
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $16,693$15,336
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $385,467$420,126
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,940,710$10,902,609
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,047,983$806,646
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $8,617,114$9,293,129
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $942,029$1,949,200
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $26,063,843$26,896,609
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,481,113$2,209,016
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $304,064$443,047
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,932,999$2,874,940
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,932,692$13,128,915
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,396,531$3,571,769
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $9,734,620$10,195,925
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $13,131,151$13,767,694
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $26,063,843$26,896,609
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $13,767,694 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$18,335,825
XI-2 Total expenses$20,781,482
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,445,657
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$13,131,151
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$3,269,747
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$187,547
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$13,767,694

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

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