John Carroll University
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 340714681
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- University Heights, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2163971886
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- University or Technological Institute
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $187,965,161
- Expenses
- $178,695,767
- Assets
- $629,703,784
- Liabilities
- $208,045,051
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
70 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alan Miciak (President)
- Bonnie Gunzenhauser (Vice President of Academic Affairs)
- Michael Scanlan (Vice President of University Advancement)
- Brian Polian (Vice President for Athletics and National Engagement)
- Carolyn Sorg (Vice President of Enrollment and Marketing)
Highest reported compensation
- Alan Miciak (President): $487,196 total reported compensation
- Melissa Cole (Dean of the College of Health): $330,504 total reported compensation
- Bonnie Gunzenhauser (Vice President of Academic Affairs): $304,876 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and throughout the world.
What it reported doing in 2024
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Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 80% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 60% for direct work, and 40% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.1%; rating input score 93; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.52; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 54 of 58 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $166.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $487K · 70 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $54.4M reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 13 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.