Hallmark University Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454620000
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- San Antonio, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2106909000
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- University or Technological Institute
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,740,170
- Expenses
- $18,881,321
- Assets
- $52,183,409
- Liabilities
- $26,179,458
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOE FISHER (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JOE FISHER (CEO): $277,513 total reported compensation
- TAYLOR MERCIER (SR. VP UNIVERSITY OPERATIO): $248,859 total reported compensation
- DANA HAGEN (VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS): $175,571 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To establish and operate postsecondary educational programs that provide career-focused training and education designed to develop students' skills, knowledge, and character. Rooted in judeo-christian principles, the university delivers accelerated, hands-on learning experiences in san antonio, Texas, preparing students for gainful employment and meaningful contributions to their communities.hallmark university, inc. Is a nondiscriminatory organization that provides educational services open to individuals of all genders, races, and religions. The university is committed to establishing and maintaining post-secondary institutions of learning that foster academic excellence through a learning environment grounded in character, integrity, and ethical principles.the university promotes the development of knowledge, skills, and values applicable to business, education, research, the arts, government, and community service, while also cultivating partnerships with industry to enha
What it reported doing in 2025
Hallmark university, inc. Provides career-focused postsecondary education designed to develop students' skills, knowledge, and character for successful employment. Through a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on training, students gain practical experience and technical competencies in real-world settings. The university offers programs in aeronautics, business, nursing, and information technology.during 2025, hallmark university continued to deliver educational services across its academic programs, serving students through its accelerated learning model. The university awarded approximately 330 degrees to students who successfully completed program requirements during the year. As of december 2025, total enrollment was approximately 710 students across all programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.9%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 59.3%; rating input score 59
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99%; rating input score 99; 42nd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.76; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.9% of revenue deployed · 59.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $278K · 23 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 36 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.