IRS 990 Nonprofit Profile
Amherst College Trustees
Amherst college educates students of exceptional potential from all backgrounds so that they may seek value and advance knowledge, engage the world around them, and lead principled lives of consequence. Amherst brings together the most promising students, whatever their financial need, in order to promote diversity of experience and ideas within a purposefully small residential community. Working with faculty, staff and administrators dedicated to intellectual freedom and the highest standards of instruction in the liberal arts, amherst undergraduates assume substantial responsibility for undertaking inquiry and for shaping their education within and beyond the curriculum. Amherst college is committed to learning through close colloquy and to expanding the realm of knowledge through scholarly research and artistic creation at the highest level. Its graduates link learning with leadership - in service to the college, to their communities, and to the world beyond.
Financials
- Filing year
- 2023
- Total revenue
- $433.0M
- Total expenses
- $419.4M
- Total assets
- $5.6B
- Program expenses
- $324.6M
- Administration
- $82.7M
- Fundraising
- $12.1M
- Program share of expenses
- 77%
- EIN
- 42103542
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Amherst, MA
Leadership and Compensation
- Letitia Johnson - Chief Investment Officer
- $1.5M
- Michael Elliott - President
- $867K
- Michael Witmore - Dir - Folger Shakespeare Library
- $845K
- Carolyn Biddy Martin - President Emeritius
- $837K
- Lisa Rutherford - Gen Counsel & Sr Adv To Pr
- $517K
- Catherine Epstein - Provost And Dean Of Faculty
- $501K
- Elizabeth Cannon-smith - Chief Advancement Officer
- $479K
- Dawn Bates - Director Of Operations
- $467K
- Michael Thomas - Chief Fin & Admin Officer Eff 3/23
- $435K
- Austin Sarat - Prof Of Poli Sci & Law
- $431K
Officers, directors and key employees with total reported compensation, from Form 990 Part VII.
Governance
- Voting board members
- 25
- Independent members
- 23
Grants
- Grants to U.S. organizations and individuals
- $80.9M
- Grants outside the U.S.
- $4.2M
Foreign Activity
Reported $4.2M in grants and assistance outside the United States (Form 990 Part IX line 3; detail on Schedule F).
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