KING UNIVERSITY
EIN 58-1363100 · Education (B420)
What they do
MISSION:WE PREPARE STUDENTS IN OUR CHRISTIAN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY to EXCEL AS THOUGHTFUL, RESOURCEFUL, and RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS WITH A PASSION for SERVING GOD, THE CHURCH, and THE WORLD. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH EXCELLENT TEACHING, HIGH EXPECTATIONS, WORTHWHILE EXAMPLE, and FIDELITY to OUR PRESBYTERIAN HERITAGE. OUR MISSION is THE SAME for ALL CAMPUSES and SITES; for ONLINE LEARNING; and for ALL PROGRAMS, CURRICULAR and EXTRACURRICULAR, GRADUATE and UNDERGRADUATE.VISION:WE AIM to BE THE PREEMINENT SMALL to MEDIUM-SIZED CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IN THE UPPER SOUTH, WITH A REPUTATION EARNED THERE and BEYOND AS A SCHOOL SERIOUS ABOUT ITS CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT, FOCUSED ON STUDENT SUCCESS, DEDICATED to ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, and SUCCESSFUL IN PRODUCING GRADUATES WHO EXCEL WHEREVER THEY LIVE, WORK, and SERVE.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $76.00 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders36 people are listed in the latest report.
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Leadership and board
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MR ALEXANDER W WHITAKER IVPRESIDENT; EX-OFFICIO
MR ANDREW TOOLEYPRESIDENT
MR JAMES P DONAHUETREASURER/CHIEF FINANCIAL
MR DAVID HICKSVP FOR ATHLETICS
DR MATT ROBERTSVP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
MS MICHELLE LAUXVP FOR ADVANCEMENT
DR JON P HARRVP FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEME
DR ROBERT A LITTLETONVP FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS
MR PAUL MONTGOMERYTRUSTEE
MRS NELL KING BIEGERVICE-CHAIR
MRS KAREN VANNTRUSTEE
MRS ANDREA WHITETRUSTEE
MRS AMY WILLIAMSTRUSTEE
MR WARREN PAYNETRUSTEE EMERITUS
MR TOM LEWISTRUSTEE EMERITUS
MR THOMAS H LOWETRUSTEE
MR THEODORE M HUTCHESON JRTRUSTEE
MR STEVE SWORDTRUSTEE
MR SCOTT W SHELDONTRUSTEE
MR RODNEY FOGGTRUSTEE
MR ROBERT SCOTT H MACLELLANCHAIR
MR PETER HOLLERTRUSTEE
DR WILLIAM D HEIZER IISECRETARY
MR JOHN F SHOULDERS JRTRUSTEE
MR JASON E MUMPOWERTRUSTEE
DR KAREN RHEATRUSTEE
MR JACOB JASEN EIGETRUSTEE
MR J WILLIAM FERGUSON IIITRUSTEE
MR H ALLEN ROESTRUSTEE
MR DWIGHT O OWENSTRUSTEE
MR DAVID A FLANIGAN JRTRUSTEE
MR DANIEL H HURSTTRUSTEE
MR CHAD COUCHTRUSTEE
MR BENJAMIN CHERRYTRUSTEE
MR BEN M FRIZZELL JRTRUSTEE
DR TODD EVERHARTTRUSTEE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1979
- Location
- 1350 KING COLLEGE RD, BRISTOL, TN 37620-2632
- County
- Sullivan
- In care of
- CORI HORNBECK
- Primary officer
- CORI HORNBECK, CFO
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- June 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- BLACKBURN CHILDERS & STEAGALL PLC
- NTEE classification
- Education (B420)