Public Charity

CENTRAL COLLEGE

CENTRAL COLLEGE is a Public Charity headquartered in PELLA, IA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $70.0M revenue, $54.4M expenses, $187.9M total assets. 141 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 420680344 PELLA, IA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$70.0M
Total Expenses$54.4M
Total Assets$187.9M
Grant Records141
Funding Total$6.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CENTRAL COLLEGE IS A RESIDENTIAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE DEDICATED TO HELPING STUDENTS DISCOVER AND DEVELOP THEIR GREATEST POTENTIAL. GUIDED BY ITS ECUMENICAL CHRISTIAN TRADITION, THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY ENGAGES IN VIGOROUS, OPEN INQUIRY IN PURSUIT OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. THE COLLEGE NURTURES THE DEVELOPOMENT OF THE MIND, WHILE FOSTERING SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. CENTRAL INTEGRATES CAREER PREPARTATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALUES ESSENTIAL TO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP, EMPOWERING GRADUATES FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE IN LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.

Officers & Directors

Dean of Faculty Aaron Roerdink
TRUSTEE Amy Eilers
TRUSTEE Barbara Pettit
VICE CHAIR OF BOARD Bernadette Allen
TRUSTEE Chad Huyser
VP ENROLLMENT Chevy Freiburger

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Top Grant Purposes

GENERAL SUPPORT
$1,431,228 18 grants
EDUCATION
$1,175,818 16 grants
Unspecified
$953,250 3 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$498,712 9 grants
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS
$491,923 9 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $70.0M $54.4M $187.9M
2024 $51.7M $53.9M $176.3M
2023 $50.3M $54.4M $178.1M
2022 $50.6M $51.2M $187.6M
2021 $52.4M $50.4M $195.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $52.4M to $70.0M (+34%), with total assets most recently reported at $187.9M.

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