Bushnell University

Overview

Mission

Bushnell transforms lives in a Christian community that values learning, wisdom, growing faith and service. You will answer God’s call in your life as you discover the true path you were meant to pursue. Bushnell University is not a “church,” nor do we require students to be Christians or to subscribe to any faith statement. At the same time, all students should be prepared to be exposed daily to a Christian worldview and to be encouraged to a Christian faith commitment. As a community, we are committed to living our heritage and mission. Weekly chapel attendance is required of all traditional undergraduate students who are enrolled for 12 or more credits per semester. Though not a requirement for graduation, chapel attendance is monitored and included on official transcripts with a grade of “pass” or “no pass” for each semester of full-time enrollment and relate to eligibility...

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

Distribution model

Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.

• Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 83
• Transparency & Controls: 83
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 42
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29.3M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $246K · 26 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.5M reported
• Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
• Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
• 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.

Key Signals

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

• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.