Alice Lloyd College

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
610492351
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pippa Passes, KY, USA
Phone
888-280-4252
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Undergraduate College (4-year)
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,228,470
Expenses
$24,220,999
Assets
$192,471,009
Liabilities
$3,797,915

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM STEPP (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JIM STEPP (PRESIDENT): $204,406 total reported compensation
  • JESSIE WILKS (V.P. BUSINES): $141,799 total reported compensation
  • JOE STEPP (CHANCELLOR): $130,846 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alice Lloyd College is dedicated to providing a high-quality, affordable education to students from the Central Appalachian region, emphasizing leadership, service, and the development of character.

What it reported doing in 2024

Student services alice lloyd college offers a wide range of student services designed to enhance the student experience and support personal and academic growth. These programs include leadership development, education, athletics, intramural sports, counseling, career placement, and a student activities board that organizes a comprehensive activity calendar each semester. Additionally, the college provides dining and dormitory facilities to support campus life. The first-year foundations program assists students in transitioning from high school to college, while the convocation series enriches their educational journey through guest lectures and cultural events. The college also maintains a campus police department to ensure safety and security, along with orientations in the summer and fall to help students acclimate to college life. Together, these services reflect the college's commitment to fostering a well-rounded, supportive, and engaging environment for its students. Construction projects/campus improvements since the beginning of 2023, alice lloyd college has completed several significant capital projects, enhancing campus infrastructure and fostering a better environment for students and the community-all achieved without incurring any debt. Among these projects is the completion of holmes hall, the second and final women's residence hall on campus, which provides modern and comfortable accommodations for female students. This milestone represents a key achievement in the college's residential expansion plan, with the total cost for the women's residence halls amounting to 19 million. Additionally, the college completed the chapel bell tower, a stunning architectural centerpiece that symbolizes the college's values and traditions while enhancing the campus's spiritual and communal atmosphere. This project was completed at a cost of 1.3 million. In response to the catastrophic flood of 2022, the college also undertook a comprehensive 8 million stream mitigation project to restore and strengthen the affected areas. This initiative involved constructing retaining walls, installing safety fencing, and laying new asphalt to repair pathways and roadways damaged by the flood. The project not only restored the campus but also improved its resilience against future environmental challenges. These projects, totaling 28.3 million, showcase alice lloyd college's commitment to providing a safe, inspiring, and high- quality environment for its students and the wider community, while maintaining its longstanding tradition of fiscal responsibility. Over the past year, the college has continued making significant upgrades to both howard hall and berger hall, focusing on improving student safety, functionality, and long-term asset preservation. The project has included targeted upgrades to the building envelope, exterior finishes, and related structural components, addressing deferred maintenance issues and enhancing the overall durability of the facilities. These improvements support the college's mission by providing safe, well-maintained residential housing for students while extending the useful life of campus infrastructure and reducing future maintenance needs. Throughout the fiscal year, approximately 1.7 million was invested in these improvements, with total building renovations projected to reach approximately 3 million upon completion in fiscal year 2026-2027. Community service projects alice lloyd college's campus ministry, academic fraternity phi beta lambda (pbl), athletics, and student services collaborated throughout the year to address community needs and provide impactful outreach. Phi beta lambda significantly expanded its "sack pack" program, increasing the number of weekly food deliveries to local needy elementary students from 30 to 60. Additionally, pbl began supporting a second school, ensuring even more children received necessary resources. During the 2024-2025 academic year, fbla collegiate actively engaged i

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.6%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.2%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.95; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 52.6% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $19.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $204K · 25 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.