NonprofitsSamford University

Education

Samford University

BIRMINGHAM, AL

Total revenue

$299.7M

Total expenses

$296.6M

Net assets

$558.4M

Grants received

$24.4M

464 grants

EIN

630312914

Tax year

2023

Mission

A university that nurtures persons in their development of intellect, creativity, faith, and personhood: fosters academic, career, and ethical compentency while encouraging social and civic responsibility and service to others.

Programs

3 programs

Samford university awarded over $89 million in aid to almost 5,600 students during the 2023-2024 aid year.

Expenses: $89.8MGrants: $89.8M

Additional program services include food services and vending, educational workshops/programs and other types of program services.

Expenses: $59.1MGrants: $34K

Samford university maintains a beautiful campus of academic and administrative buildings and student housing.

Expenses: $12.8M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$31.0M
Program service revenue$250.5M
Investment income$18.7M
Other revenue
Total revenue$299.7M

Expenses

Grants paid$89.8M
Salaries & benefits$116.7M
Fundraising$4.6M
Other expenses$90.0M
Total expenses$296.6M
Total assets$905.5M
Net assets$558.4M

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Beck A Taylor

President

Board

$493K

40 hrs/wk

Elizabeth B Holloway

Vice President for Advancement and Marketing

Board

$296K

40 hrs/wk

Colin M Coyne

Vice President for Finance, Business Affairs and Strategy

Board

$291K

40 hrs/wk

James Michael Hardin

Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs

Board

$261K

40 hrs/wk

Jason E Black

Vice President for Enrollment Management

Board

$255K

40 hrs/wk

R Philip Kimrey

Vice President for Student Affairs

Board

$254K

40 hrs/wk

W Randall Pittman

Trustee

Board

$21K

1 hrs/wk

Dr Charles T Carter

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

John E Bell Jr

Trustee (honorary non-voting effective 9/2023)

Board

1 hrs/wk

Julie K Jenkins

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Julie M Collier

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Keith Kirkland

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Linda H Bachus

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Marlene M Reed

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Mechelle S Wilder

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Michael P Dunn

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Peter J Clemens IV

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rachel C Wachter

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rev Danny Wood

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rev Jay L Wolf

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rev John E King Jr

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rev John L Cantelow III

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rev Randy Gunter

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rhega Gordon

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Rhonda C Witcher

Trustee (term ended September 2023)

Board

1 hrs/wk

Robert Holmes Jr

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ronald L Watkins

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

S Earl Dove

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sharon D Stuart

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sheri P McKean

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Andrew B Cundiff

Vice Chair/Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Terry Hales Jr

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Thomas T Lamberth

Trustee (term ended September 2023)

Board

1 hrs/wk

Timothy Vines

Trustee (honorary non-voting effective 9/2023)

Board

1 hrs/wk

Verne Bragg

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Victor E Nichol Jr

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

William J Stevens

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Yvette M Richardson

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Zeke W Smith

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Steve Vinyard

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Brent M Fielder

Assistant Secretary/Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Hon Karon O Bowdre

Chairman/Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sherri Foyt

Secretary/Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Alan Long MD

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Amy Allen

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Henry W McMillan

Head Coach, Basketball

Staff

$418K

40 hrs/wk

Ryan B Hudson

Dean, Cumberland School of Law

Staff

$315K

40 hrs/wk

Christopher M Hatcher

Head Coach, Football

Staff

$299K

40 hrs/wk

Charles Martin Newton Jr

Director of Athletics

Staff

$295K

40 hrs/wk

Henry C Strickland

Professor

Staff

$289K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Hoar Construction LLC

Construction contractor

$13.4M

ARAMARK Services Inc

Dining services

$12.0M

Creactiva LLC

Cleaning services

$2.5M

Davis Architects Inc

Architecture/design services

$1.8M

CSI Leasing Incorporated

Leasing company

$1.3M

Grants received

Showing 200 of 464

FromAmountPurposeYear
$515K
For general and nursing scholarships.
2024
$328K
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
2024
$205K
EDUCATION - COLLEGE
2024
$75K
COMPLETE SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT
2024
$58K
CHARITABLE
2024
$50K
BEESON LIBRARY RENOVATION
2024
$45K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$37K
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
2024
$25K
TO FUND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
2024
$25K
SCHOLARSHIP DONATION
2024
$25K
LEGAL AID TO THE POOR
2024
$19K
PROVIDE TUITION FOR FINLEY HEAL FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
2024
$16K
PIU GRANT
2024
$15K
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
2024
$13K
NURSING EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
2024
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
EDUCATION
2024
$10K
ATHLETICS, COACHES LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
2024
$10K
GENERAL WELL BEING OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
2024
$9K
SCHOLARSHIP
2024
$9K
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS
2024
$9K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$8K
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
2024
$8K
INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION
2024
$6K
TO HELP FUND THEIR PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAM.
2024
$5K
2025 Support for Brock School of Business Accounting Department Chair Endowment.
2024
$5K
2024 Alabama Governor's School Operating Support
2024
$5K
2025 Support for The Cumberland Connection Program
2024
$5K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2024
$5K
TO SUPPORT SCHOOL
2024
$5K
SCHOLARSHIP
2024
$4K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2024
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2024
$1K
TO NURTURE PERSONS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECT, CREATIVITY, FAITH, AND PERSONHOOD.
2024
$500
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$200
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$1.2M
COMPELLING PREACHING INITIATIVE
2023
$813K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$610K
Grants/Scholarships
2023
$515K
For general and nursing scholarships.
2023
$250K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2023
$76K
IN FURTHERANCE OF FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES
2023
$75K
COMPLETE SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT
2023
$72K
SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS
2023
$60K
2023 RISK MANAGEMENT & INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP, 2023 ENDOWED CHAIR FOR ACCOUNTING
2023
$51K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$50K
CAPITAL PROJECT PLEDGE
2023
$50K
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
2023
$50K
General operating support
2023
$49K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$42K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$37K
WORSHIP RENEWAL PROJECT
2023
$33K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$31K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$30K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2023
$30K
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
2023
$29K
SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF A PARTICULAR STUDENT
2023
$27K
PUBLIC CHARITY
2023
$24K
EDUCATION
2023
$19K
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$17K
GRANTS TO COLLEGES
2023
$16K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$15K
BENEVOLENT OFFERING
2023
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$14K
SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$13K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$12K
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS
2023
$12K
SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$10K
OPERATIONS
2023
$10K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2023
$10K
EDUCATION
2023
$10K
ATHLETICS, COACHES LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
EDUCATION
2023
$9K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
$9K
TO HELP FUND THEIR PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAM.
2023
$8K
HISTORY/GOV'T EDUCAT
2023
$8K
DONOR ADVISED FUND
2023
$8K
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$8K
HILDA HICKS SCHOLARSHIP IN GERMAN STUDIES
2023
$8K
Interpersonal Violence Prevention
2023
$7K
IN FURTHERANCE OF FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$5K
Faculty Development
2023
$5K
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR GRACE REDDEN
2023
$5K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2023
$5K
PHARMACY SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
$5K
SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$5K
TO SUPPORT SCHOOL
2023
$5K
EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT OF YOUTH.
2023
$5K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
$4K
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
$4K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2023
$4K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$4K
Program Support
2023
$3K
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLAR AWARDS
2023
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$3K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$3K
BROCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
2023
$2K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2023
$2K
003 College & Universities
2023
$2K
003 College & Universities
2023
$2K
SCHOLARSHIP FOR JON COLEY
2023
$1K
OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY
2023
$1K
TO NURTURE PERSONS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECT, CREATIVITY, FAITH, AND PERSONHOOD.
2023
$800
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$800
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 4-YEAR UNIVERSITIES
2023
$500
SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
$500
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2023
$500
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$500
2023 MATCHING GIFTS - SC FOUNDATION MATCH
2023
$400
TO BENEFIT VARIOUS PROGRAMS
2023
$350
2023 EDUCATIONAL MATCHING GIFTS - FOUNDATION MATCH
2023
$200
OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY
2023
$200
FUNDING OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND ATHLETICS
2023
$100
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2023
$100
CHARITABLE
2023
$100
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$1.3M
WORSHIP MINISTRY INNOVATION PROJ
2022
$619K
Grants/Scholarships
2022
$486K
For general and nursing scholarships.
2022
$479K
GENERAL SUPPORT + SCHOLARSHIPS + SPECIAL PORGRAM
2022
$300K
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
2022
$300K
GENERAL FUNDS
2022
$182K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$125K
SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS
2022
$100K
IN FURTHERANCE OF FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES
2022
$67K
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
2022
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$49K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$30K
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
2022
$30K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$28K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$28K
PUBLIC CHARITY
2022
$25K
NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
2022
$25K
TO FUND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
2022
$25K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022
$24K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$24K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2022
$23K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2022
$23K
EDUCATION
2022
$21K
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS
2022
$19K
MARY BAKER SCHOLARSHIP, HILDA HICKS SCHOLARSHIP IN GERMAN STUDIES, FACULTY DISCRETIONARY FUND
2022
$15K
HISTORY/GOV'T EDUCAT
2022
$15K
HISTORY/GOV'T EDUCAT
2022
$15K
BENEVOLENT OFFERING
2022
$15K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2022
$13K
IN FURTHERANCE OF FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES
2022
$13K
CHARITABLE
2022
$12K
SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF A PARTICULAR STUDENT
2022
$12K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2022
$11K
Faculty Development
2022
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$11K
SCHOLARSHIP
2022
$10K
EDUCATION
2022
$10K
SCHOLARSHIP
2022
$10K
EDUCATION
2022
$10K
BROCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
2022
$10K
OPERATIONS
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$9K
WORSHIP RENEWAL PROJECT
2022
$8K
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
2022
$8K
BTG CAMPUS GRANT
2022

Funded by

$24.4M from 174 funders · 464 grants · 2017–2024

Lilly Endowment Inc

$4.3M · 6 grants · 2018–2023

National Collegiate Athletic Association

$3.1M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

$2.9M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc

$2.4M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

The Community Foundation Of Greater

$1.5M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$1.1M · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Cios

$867K · 3 grants · 2020–2022

Pete M Hanna Charitable Foundation

$768K · 8 grants · 2018–2023

Details

EIN630312914
NTEE codeB430
Subsection03
Ruling date1951-10
Formed1841
Employees2703
Volunteers500
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo