SHORTER COLLEGE: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization
SHORTER COLLEGE (EIN 71-0350954)
Tax period
2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Filed
2025-05-15
IRS object ID
202541359349315734
Schema version
2023v6.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2025-05-15T19:19:34-04:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2024-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN320399203PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Denman Hamilton & Associates CPABusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1310 Natural Resources DrAddressLine1Txt
CityLittle RockCityNm
State AbbreviationARStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP72205ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2023-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN710350954EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SHORTER COLLEGEBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlSHORBusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1604 N LOCUST AVEAddressLine1Txt
CityNORTH LITTLE ROCKCityNm
State AbbreviationARStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP72114ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonGEORGE MACKEYPersonNm
Person TitleCFOPersonTitleTxt
Phone5013746305PhoneNum
Signature2025-04-23SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerfalseDiscussWithPaidPreparerInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info CurrYes (true)IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonDeron HamiltonPreparerPersonNm
PTINP00504469PTIN
Phone5013129491PhoneNum
Preparation2025-05-15PreparationDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2023TaxYr
Build TS2025-03-06 01:10:19ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1894FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateARLegalDomicileStateCd
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Voting Members Independent7VotingMembersIndependentCnt
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Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm$0NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants$13,378,502PYContributionsGrantsAmt
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CY Investment Income$0CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue$0CYOtherRevenueAmt
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CY Grants And Similar Paid$0CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$5,456,863PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$5,861,804CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense$0CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$6,069,073PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$8,141,693CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$11,525,936PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$14,003,497CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses$1,852,566PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$2,194,290CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY$15,348,294TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$19,447,516TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$1,321,641TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$3,226,573TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$14,026,653NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
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Expense$14,003,497ExpenseAmt
DescORGANIZATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ANOTHER ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR ADDING VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS IT SERVESDesc
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Schedule B RequiredfalseScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign ActyfalsePoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying ActivitiesfalseLobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy TaxfalseSubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised FundfalseDonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation EasementsfalseConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of ArtfalseCollectionsOfArtInd
Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi EndowmentsfalseDonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (true)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other SecfalseReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related InvstfalseReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other AssetsfalseReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesfalseReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
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Independent Audit Fincl StmtfalseIndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl StmtfalseConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School OperatingYes (true)SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign OfficefalseForeignOfficeInd
Foreign ActivitiesfalseForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To OrgfalseMoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To IndividualsfalseMoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional FundraisingfalseProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising ActivitiesfalseFundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming ActivitiesfalseGamingActivitiesInd
Operate HospitalfalseOperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To IndividualsfalseGrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredfalseScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt BondsfalseTaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit TransfalseEngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit TransfalsePYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan OutstandingfalseLoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related PersonfalseGrantToRelatedPersonInd
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Deductible Non Cash ContrifalseDeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art ContributionfalseDeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate OperationsfalseTerminateOperationsInd
Partial LiquidationfalsePartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded EntityfalseDisregardedEntityInd
Related EntityfalseRelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl EntfalseRelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
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Activities Conducted PrtshpfalseActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O RequiredYes (true)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document0IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee93EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (true)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitfalseUnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible ContributionsfalseNondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo ContributionsfalseQuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed OffalseForm8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft CntrctfalseRcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft CntrctfalsePayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 FiledindfalseForm8899Filedind
Form1098 C FiledfalseForm1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business HoldingsfalseDAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable DistributionsfalseTaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To DonorfalseDistributionToDonorInd
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht PymtfalseSubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst IncfalseSubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members7GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member7IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business RlnfalseFamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt DutiesfalseDelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org DocumentsfalseChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or MisusefalseMaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or StockholdersfalseMembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersfalseElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To ApprovafalseDecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (true)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (true)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing AddressfalseOfficerMailingAddressInd
Local ChaptersfalseLocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (true)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (true)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (true)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (true)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyfalseWhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyfalseDocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (true)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherfalseCompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonGEORGE MACKEYPersonNm
Phone5013746305PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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CityNORTH LITTLE ROCKCityNm
State AbbreviationARStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP72114ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedYes (X)NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

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TYRONE BROOMFIELD
VICE CHAIRMAN5.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
BURNS MARICA
BOARD MEMBER5.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
GEORGE MACKEY
CFO40.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
WASHINGTON SHELIA
TREASURER5.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
POTTS HARVERY
BOARD MEMBER5.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
BISHOP MICHAEL MITCHELL
CHARIMAN12.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JEFFERY NORFLEET
BOARD MEMBER5.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
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Compensation From Other SrcsfalseCompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Government Grants$9,255,557GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions$6,942,230AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions$16,197,787TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

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Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,845,104TotalAmt
Program Services$5,845,104ProgramServicesAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$16,700TotalAmt
Program Services$16,700ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,624,223TotalAmt
Program Services$2,624,223ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$209,953TotalAmt
Program Services$209,953ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$202,346TotalAmt
Program Services$202,346ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,271,257TotalAmt
Program Services$1,271,257ProgramServicesAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$432,157TotalAmt
Program Services$432,157ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$199,850TotalAmt
Program Services$199,850ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$675,903TotalAmt
Program Services$675,903ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$663,790TotalAmt
Program Services$663,790ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmt
STUDENT SERVICES$268,869$268,869
VEHICLE COSTS$52,615$52,615
OPERATING SUPPLIES$376,320$376,320
TEXTBOOKS$1,116,229$1,116,229

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$48,181TotalAmt
Program Services$48,181ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$14,003,497TotalAmt
Program Services$14,003,497ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$0ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,210,206BOYAmt
EOY$1,868,370EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$173,494BOYAmt
EOY$339,786EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,700BOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$24,015,352LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$6,775,992LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$12,962,894BOYAmt
EOY$17,239,360EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$15,348,294BOYAmt
EOY$19,447,516EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,194,364BOYAmt
EOY$760,480EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$127,277BOYAmt
EOY$2,466,093EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,321,641BOYAmt
EOY$3,226,573EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$13,426,653BOYAmt
EOY$15,620,443EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$600,000BOYAmt
EOY$600,500EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$14,026,653BOYAmt
EOY$16,220,943EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$15,348,294BOYAmt
EOY$19,447,516EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$2,194,290ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (true)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (true)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
SchoolYes (X)SchoolInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$425,791InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$425,791BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$20,006,291InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$6,775,992DepreciationAmt
Book Value$13,230,299BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$3,583,270InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$3,583,270BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$17,239,360TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy StmtYes (true)NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures EtcYes (true)PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast MediaYes (true)PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp RecsYes (true)MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships RecsYes (true)MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures EtcYes (true)MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All SolYes (true)MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts RghtsfalseDiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss PlcyfalseDiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm FcultyfalseDiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race SchsfalseDiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ PlcyfalseDiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of FcltsfalseDiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt ProgfalseDiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other ActyfalseDiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid RcvdYes (true)GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid RvkdfalseGovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550Yes (true)ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11THE BOARD MAKES IT A POINT TO REVIEW THE TAX RETURN AND SUBMIT FOR APPROVAL BEFORE FILING
Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12cCONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED EACH BOARD MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO SIGN AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION
CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15aBOARD DOES A MARKET ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE POSITION THROUGH RESEARCH; EVALUATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POSITION AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL - THE POSITION BEING EVALUATED IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COMPENSATION PROCESS
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE ONLY UPON WRITTEN REQUEST WITH A DETAILED INQUIRY OF A NAMED SOURCE WITH CLEAR INDICATION OF THE DATA REQUEST

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