Public Charity

MARS HILL UNIVERSITY

MARS HILL UNIVERSITY is a Public Charity headquartered in MARS HILL, NC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $61.9M revenue, $62.5M expenses, $160.6M total assets. 80 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 560554207 MARS HILL, NC Undergraduate Colleges NTEE: B42 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$61.9M
Total Expenses$62.5M
Total Assets$160.6M
Grant Records80
Funding Total$2.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

MARS HILL UNIVERSITY, AN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ROOTED IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, CHALLENGES AND EQUIPS STUDENTS TO PURSUE INTELLECTUAL, SPIRITUAL, AND PERSONAL GROWTH THAT IS: GROUNDED IN A RIGOROUS STUDY OF THE LIBERAL ARTS, CONNECTED WITH THE WORLD OF WORK, AND COMMITTED TO CHARCTER DEVELOPMENT, TO SERVICE, AND TO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUMITY, THE REGION, AND THE WORLD.

Where $100 goes at Mars Hill University

How Mars Hill University divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$80 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $80 for programs

$74
Instruction
92% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,051 students
$4
Public service
5% of program spending
$2
Academic support
3% of program spending
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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

TRUSTEE Ac Honeycutt
TRUSTEE Amanda Beatty
VICE-CHAIR Anna Renfro
TRUSTEE Austin Lee
CHAIR Brent Townsend
TRUSTEE Brian Danforth

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$2,050,406 48 grants
General Support
$804,888 26 grants
Unspecified
$29,618 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $61.9M $62.5M $160.6M
2024 $51.6M $57.7M $161.7M
2023 $52.0M $54.7M $164.0M
2022 $63.2M $53.8M $171.2M
2021 $54.4M $54.0M $168.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $54.4M to $61.9M (+14%), with total assets most recently reported at $160.6M.

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