Public Charity

BETHEL UNIVERSITY INC

BETHEL UNIVERSITY INC, of MISHAWAKA, IN, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $42.0M in revenue, $44.6M in expenses, $46.1M in total assets. 52 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 350935587 MISHAWAKA, IN Undergraduate Colleges NTEE: B42 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$42.0M
Total Expenses$44.6M
Total Assets$46.1M
Grant Records52
Funding Total$2.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CHALLENGING ACADEMIC COURSES, STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIPS, SHORT TERM MISSION EXPERIENCES, AND LOCAL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES ARE A FEW OF THE WAYS BETHEL UNIVERSITY PREPARES ITS STUDENTS FOR THEIR CALLING AND CAREER AND TO BE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST IN THE WORLD. FOUNDED IN 1947, BETHEL IS AN ACCREDITED EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OFFERING MORE THAN 50 AREAS OF STUDY. SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM BETHEL'S PROGRAMS INCLUDE DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATE, 100% JOB PLACEMENT RATE IN NURSING, AND 99% JOB PLACEMENT RATE IN MUSIC EDUCATION.

Where $100 goes at Bethel University Inc

How Bethel University Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $88 for programs

$88
Bethel University provided educational services to approximately 1,200 students during the 2024/2025 academic year
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,200 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

VP ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT Amanda Slaughter
PRESIDENT Barbara Bellefeuille
TRUSTEE Bill Gates
VP INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Brent Lavigne
TRUSTEE/VICE-CHAIR Brian Habegger
TRUSTEE/SECRETARY Bruce Korenstra

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,046,743 22 grants
Education
$581,138 12 grants
Health & Medicine
$100,000 3 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$18,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$875,800 13 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $42.0M $44.6M $46.1M
2024 $43.4M $44.2M $47.8M
2023 $44.5M $44.2M $48.2M
2022 $46.4M $46.0M $46.2M
2021 $45.7M $42.6M $49.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $45.7M to $42.0M (-8%), with total assets most recently reported at $46.1M.

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