2018-05-14T12:22:27-05:00 2017-06-30 363990892 Capin Crouse LLP 2435 Research Parkway STE 200 Colorado Springs CO 80920 990 2016-07-01 730599209 Southwestern Christian University SOUT 4057897661 7210 NW 39th Expressway Bethany OK 73008 Dr Reggies Wenyika President 4057897661 2018-05-14 1 David C Moja P00747006 7195286225 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Dr Reggies Wenyika 7210 NW 39th Expressway Bethany OK 73008 13528891 0 X www.swcu.edu X 1959 OK Providing Christ-centered liberal arts education, empowering graduates to excel. 27 25 380 125 0 0 861051 736490 11419890 12311072 42373 -775805 -7460 -10280 12315854 12261477 2868207 3819280 0 0 5196647 5452666 0 0 46603 5169235 5278140 13234089 14550086 -918235 -2288609 10937641 9298754 5989189 6637277 4948452 2661477 SCU is a Christ-centered liberal arts institution equipping students for a life of learning, leadership, and service; integrating faith, learning, and living; and empowering graduates to excel and to positively impact their world for Jesus Christ. 0 0 14393228 3819280 12311072 Southwestern Christian University is a private, four-year Christian University offering both undergrauate and graduate programs. Undergraduate students can choose from over 26 degree options in 12 academic departments divided into two schools: the School of Professional Studies and the School of Humanities and Education. Graduate degrees include a Master of Arts in Ministry, a Master of Arts in Theological Studies, and a Master in Christian Global Leadership. 14393228 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 0 1 380 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 27 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 OK X Cindi Cary 4057897661 7210 NW 39th Expressway Bethany OK 73008 Rita Tate part year Board Chair 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Randell Drake Vice Chair/Acting Chair 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Jon Chasteen Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Tim Hooper Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Jo Ann Johnson Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 David Light Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Thomas McGhee Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Greg Amos Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Gordon Atwell Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Neil Barlow Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Charles Boyd Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Denise Crosswhite Hader Regent - Board Member (part year) 0.50 X 0 0 0 Scott Hampton Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Gary Jackson Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 George Kanelopoulos Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Bob Mills Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 David Moore Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Jerry C Morris Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Mark Muse part year Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Manuel Pate Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Brenda Phillips part year Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Gary Shockley Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Samantha Snipes Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Evelyn Springer Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Ricky Walter part year Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Norman Wilkie Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Dr Ed White Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 David Avila Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Larry Herrera Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Keenan Darnell part year Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Jerry Jones Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Stuart Sherrill Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 John Youell Jr Regent - Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Dr Reggies Wenyika President 40.00 X 89497 0 139055 Wallace Hamilton part year VP-Fiscal Affairs 40.00 X 48776 0 3384 138273 0 142439 0 0 1 0 Comcourse Inc 1101 Pacific Ave Ste 250 Santa Cruz CA 95060 Online education support 1061926 Pioneer College Caterers Inc 12351 W 96th Terrace Ste 204-W Lenexa KS 66215 Food service 548859 Armor Bearer Security Services LLC 817 Katherine Pl Oklahoma City OK 73114 On campus security 103582 3 31943 70579 633968 736490 Tuition & Fees 611310 10617339 10617339 Auxiliary Enterprises 900099 1693733 1693733 12311072 24195 24195 3750 6122 -2372 -2372 -2372 451577 451577 800000 0 -800000 -800000 -800000 1807 31943 9715 -7908 -7908 12261477 12311072 0 -786085 X 3819280 3819280 264218 264218 74732 74732 3952033 3940206 11827 104096 103741 355 801895 799178 2717 255692 254787 905 5078 5078 40650 40650 2908 2908 2255320 2255320 43171 22391 20780 44103 34761 9342 87606 87606 844799 844799 34640 34640 19668 18991 677 61619 61619 272293 272293 Athletics 547512 547512 Institutional Support 484796 484796 Instruction 181493 181493 Academic Support 175256 175256 177228 177228 14550086 14393228 110255 46603 163164 155043 518014 290345 158109 100177 137776 220895 2836 21516 11155873 3150208 8973315 8005665 570370 76036 414057 429077 10937641 9298754 352576 337586 52722 78098 4983891 5671593 600000 550000 5989189 6637277 X 3762884 1502581 211859 162717 973709 996179 4948452 2661477 10937641 9298754 -2288609 1634 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 847405 2524062 861051 736490 4969008 847405 2524062 861051 736490 4969008 1817545 3151463 195749 95438 45468 27945 364600 10712 5631 1807 18150 5351758 46478901 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income: Fundrasing events - 2013 Amount: $ 10,712. 2014 Amount: $ 5,631. 2016 Amount: $ 1,807. Schedule A, Part II: The organization is a school as described under 170(b)(1)(A)(ii) and is not required to complete a public support schedule. Schedule A, Part II is completed to verify the School can qualify under public charity status section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) and qualifies to use the first listed special rule for Schedule B reporting. Schedule A, Part II, Line 13: The organization was formed in 1959. It was exempt from filing a Form 990 until 2013. Because of this, only four years of information has been completed on Schedule A, Part II and Schedule A, Part II, Line 13 has been answered "yes". RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 984427 22470 12309 11601 1007605 976332 13218 25744 30867 984427 951193 23151 9160 7172 976332 902593 7705 48320 7425 951193 869627 45903 12937 902593 0.98870 0.01130 0 1 1 900000 336903 1236903 8347673 1935251 6412422 1245585 893373 352212 325712 321584 4128 8005665 7018254 1634 15837 17471 7000783 5260694 5260694 12261477 9305229 15837 15837 9289392 5260694 5260694 14550086 Part V, Line 4: Income from endowment funds is used to provide scholarships for students. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Rental expense 6,122. Special event expense 9,715. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Grants & Financial Aid to Students 3,819,280. Revenue sharing with online course provider 1,441,414. Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Rental expense 6,122. Special event expense 9,715. Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Grants & Financial Aid to Students 3,819,280. Revenue sharing with online course provider 1,441,414. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Schedule E, Part I, Line 3 The University publicizes this policy in local newspapers and on the University's website. In addition, admissions counselors utilize promotion and recruiting procedures designed to inform and attract students from all racial segments within their recruiting territories. Schedule E, Part I, Line 6 The university receives funds from the U.S. Department of Education for the following awards: Federal Direct Student Loan Program, Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program, and the Federal Work-Study Program. South America 0 0 Program services Student mission trips 26131 0 0 0 0 0 0 26131 0 26131 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part I, line 3: Foreign expenditures are accounted for according to the accrual basis of accounting using receipts, expense reports, and other appropriate documentation. Feast of Ingathering 31438 30743 695 1118 6149 31438 30743 695 1118 6149 7267 -6572 1 Scholarships 479 3819280 Part I, Line 2: Criteria is established for the awarding of individual scholarships. Students must complete an application and scholarships are awarded after all external scholarships and grants have been applied, not to exceed the cost of attendance. Scholarships are applied directly to the student account. X 1 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dr Reggies Wenyika President 89497 0 0 0 0 0 24900 0 114543 0 228940 0 0 0 Part I, Line 1a As a minister of the Gospel, President Dr. Wenyika received a minister's housing allowance. This was appropriately treated as a nontaxable benefit included in Other Compensation. 25432 Tuition Discount Tuition Assistance Wallace Hamilton Family member of board member George Kanelopoulos 43600 Employee compensation 0 Zachary Sherrill Family member of board member Stuart Sherrill 31132 Employee compensation 0 Form 990, Part VI, line 1a Executive Committee The Executive Committee shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Regents in the management of the affairs of the Corporation, except for action taken of the full Board of Regents as required by statute, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, or the Bylaws, shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Provided, however, the Executive Committee shall act only in the interval between meetings of the Board or whenever it is impractical to call a meeting of the Board, and shall at all times be subject to the control and direction of the Board. It shall have the power to revise the annual budget during the fiscal year, if warranted, based upon recommendations from the Business and Finance Committee for necessary adjustments. It shall receive salary recommendations from the Business and Finance Committee for necessary adjustments. It shall transact any special business committed to it by the Board of Regents. It shall coordinate the work of, and have general supervisory authority over all other board committees. It shall be an advisory council, in addition to its policy functions, for the President of the University. It shall have the authority to conduct examinations or investigations as it deems proper and based upon such, take action except in cases where the full Board of Regents is warranted. It shall not take any action inconsistent with a prior act of the Board of Regents, award degrees, amend Bylaws, locate permanent buildings on property held for University purposes, remove or appoint the President of the University, or take any action which has been reserved by the Board. It shall meet prior to the annual Board of Regents meeting and at least three other times during the year. Time, place, and notice (if any) of Executive Committee meetings shall be determined by the Executive Committee. It shall constitute a quorum when a majority of the number of members of the Executive for the transaction of all business. A vote of a majority of a quorum shall constitute the act of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Regents. Any action which might be taken at a meeting of the Executive Committee may be taken without a meeting if a record or memorandum thereof be made in writing and signed by all the members of the Executive Committee. The signed record or memorandum, or a signed copy, shall be placed in the Minute Book of the Corporation. It shall be granted by the Board of Regents sole authority to act as the court of last appeal in all faculty contractual matters. The Executive Committee's decision shall be binding on the full Board of Regents. It shall furnish, through its Secretary, a copy of the minutes of its meetings to each member of the Board within thirty (30) days. It shall review and recommend to the Board of Regents the compensation of the University President. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Wallace Hamilton, VP of Fiscal Affairs, has a family relationship with George Kanelopoulos, Board Member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and is first reviewed in detail by the Finance Team. The 990 is then provided to the Audit Committee and all board members prior to being submitted to the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Officers, trustees, key employees and all employees with budgetary responsibility are required to submit conflict of interest disclosures annually. These forms are reviewed by management as well as the Audit Committee. Any conflicts or potential conflicts are resolved by the Audit Committee and the Board of Regents. All interested parties are required to recuse themselves from board deliberations and any subsequent vote. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The University participates in annual compensation studies of various higher education associations and uses the studies to review appropriateness of officer and key employee salaries. The President has an annual review by the Board of Regents that includes a performance review and comparison to average salaries and benefits of similar institutions. The deliberations and decisions regarding executive compensation are documented in the board minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The university makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Online course support: Program service expenses 1,441,414. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,441,414. Other contract labor: Program service expenses 183,321. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 183,321. Food service: Program service expenses 630,585. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 630,585. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed since the prior year.