Kuyper College
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 381368367
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, US
- Phone
- (616) 222-3000
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Undergraduate College (4-year)
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,068,548
- Expenses
- $7,513,564
- Assets
- $14,229,793
- Liabilities
- $441,497
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR PATRICIA R HARRIS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- GARY BAILEY (ATHLETIC DIRECTOR): $144,792 total reported compensation
- DR PATRICIA R HARRIS (PRESIDENT): $136,289 total reported compensation
- CHRISTINE MULKA (CFO/TREASURER): $89,366 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 community of biblical higher education, Kuyper College forms lifelong learners for purposeful lives of work and service to God and neighbor. At Kuyper, our Statement of Faith guides not only our mission, but everything we do, from our philosophy of education to biblical integration to campus life and beyond. To view our Statement of Faith, click below. Learn More. As a community of biblical higher education, Kuyper College forms lifelong learners. Kuyper College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). In addition, the College’s social work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Ministry leadership and youth ministry programs are a natural part of our Bible curriculum and history. However, so are social work, education, psychology, communications, business, and other course majors...
What it reported doing in 2024
Founded in 1939 and accredited by regional and national accrediting bodies, kuyper college is a bible college and a federally recognized work college. Grounded in a biblical reformed worldview, kuyper college integrates learning in and outside of the classroom to form lifelong learners for purposeful lives of work and service to god and neighbor.through ministry leadership, social work, business leadership, education, and other academic programs, as well as kuyperworks, the college's work program, students engage in meaningful learning that integrates classroom instruction with real-world experience. (continued on schedule o)kuyper college graduates serve in a wide range of vocations across more than 50 countries, applying their education to make a lasting impact within churches, organizations, and communities worldwide.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 62% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, and 22% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.7%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 63rd 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: -6.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 96.7% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 14 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $376K reported
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 26/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.