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Nonprofit · EIN 04-2104847

WILLIAMS COLLEGE

Tax-exempt · WILLIAMSTOWN, MA 01267

Financials

$424.1M$357M2022$447.9M$366.1M2023$528.8M$396.6M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of WILLIAMS COLLEGE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$528,792,709$396,609,708$132,183,001$5,540,530,680$1,131,930,171$4,408,600,509
June 30, 2024990$447,892,568$366,089,597$81,802,971$5,075,834,072$967,033,419$4,108,800,653
June 30, 2023990$424,095,865$357,041,990$67,053,875$4,819,845,872$946,525,334$3,873,320,538
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$98,079,024
of which government grants
$5,845,381
Program service revenue
$190,235,968
Investment income
$240,409,443
Net rental income
$68,274
Net gain from sales of assets
$226,665,447
Tax-exempt bond proceeds
$4,293,759
Other revenue
$68,274

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$79,937,160
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$4,200,714
Other salaries and wages
$128,828,352
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$185,860,809
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$1,051,861
Accounting fees
$307,952
Occupancy
$8,837,561
Travel
$7,333,671
Depreciation
$28,663,472
Program services (functional)
$352,179,597
Management and general (functional)
$33,458,695
Fundraising (functional)
$10,971,416

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$5,075,834,072
Total assets, end of year
$5,540,530,680
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,131,930,171
Net assets, end of year
$4,408,600,509
Land, buildings and equipment
$738,807,784
Publicly traded securities
$39,366,536
Net assets without donor restrictions
$740,342,583
Net assets with donor restrictions
$3,668,257,926
Gross unrelated business income
$63,288,686
Gross receipts
$988,254,048
Employees
3,351
Volunteers
7,681
Year formed
1793
State of legal domicile
MA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
COLLETTE CHILTONFORMER CHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Through June 30, 2023)
Former
0$1,637,836$8,552
MAUD MANDELPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$820,656$172,034
PAUL MACEMANAGING DIRECTOR/INVESTMENT OFFICE
Highest-paid employee
40$634,016$157,630
MICHAEL WAGNERVP FOR FINANCE & OPERATIONS, TREASURER
Officer
40$579,806$79,042
ABIGAIL WATTLEYCHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Effective July 1, 2023)
Officer
40$585,520$39,413
JOHN LEWISDIRECTOR OF INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$443,751$98,035
MEGAN MOREYVP OF COLLEGE RELATIONS
Officer
40$428,086$79,103
BRADFORD WAKEMANMANAGING DIR / COO, INV OFFICE
Highest-paid employee
40$425,021$73,309
JULIA BRODYMANAGING DIRECTOR/INVESTMENT OFFICE
Highest-paid employee
40$382,376$37,984
MARGARET LONGDEAN OF THE COLLEGE
Officer
40$308,502$80,266
EIKO SINIAWERPROVOST
Officer
40$310,313$60,402
LARA SHORE-SHEPPARDDEAN OF THE FACULTY
Officer
40$294,514$74,655
JAMES SHEPARDPROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
Highest-paid employee
40$295,707$51,867
LETICIA SMITH-EVANS HAYNESVP FOR INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Officer
40$274,976$71,075
JAMES REISCHEFORMER VP OF COMMUNICATIONS, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT FOR EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
Former
40$216,834$58,196
30 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MEIKE KAANCHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024)
Officer
40$213,391$60,780
DAVID LOVEFORMER PROVOST, PROF OF ECONOMICS
Former
40$211,244$56,618
MARLENE SANDSTROMFORMER DEAN OF COLLEGE, PROF OF PSYCH
Former
40$199,819$55,223
DENISE BUELLFORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROF OF RELIGION
Former
40$182,923$63,953
KELI GAILSECRETARY OF THE COLLEGE (THROUGH JULY 14, 2024)
Officer
40$179,983$26,526
GINA PUCSECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (EFFECTIVE JULY 15, 2024)
Officer
40$99,703$10,847
CHERYL ROBINSON OCANSEYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
ELIZABETH A ANDERSENTRUSTEE/CHAIR
Trustee or director
6$0$0
ETHAN LASSERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GEORGE CREPPYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GREGORY WOODSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GRETCHEN HOWARDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
HEIDI SANDREUTERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JAN VAN ECKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JEFFREY DELANEYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JEFFREY HARLESTONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JEFFREY RHODESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JOEL HELLMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JONATHAN SOKOLOFFTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
LEILA JERETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARK TERCEKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARTHA HOOPESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARY KIPPTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MATTHEW HARRISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
NATHAN SLEEPERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
NORIKO HONDA CHENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
SARAH MOLLMAN UNDERHILLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
VALERIE DIFEBOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
VIDISHA PATELTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
WILLIAM FOOTETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 45 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
COLLETTE CHILTONCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER (THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023)
Former
40$916,166$126,739
MAUD MANDELPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$674,852$216,911
MICHAEL WAGNERVP FOR FINANCE & OPERATIONS, TREASURER
Officer
40$557,196$75,803
ABIGAIL WATTLEYCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023)
Officer
40$565,011$37,586
BRADFORD WAKEMANMANAGING DIR / COO, INV OFFICE
Highest-paid employee
40$474,042$69,918
MEGAN MOREYVP OF COLLEGE RELATIONS
Officer
40$407,297$119,407
JAMES ARTGENERAL COUNSEL
Highest-paid employee
40$270,339$129,849
MARGARET LONGDEAN OF THE COLLEGE
Officer
40$290,857$99,510
EIKO SINIAWERPROVOST
Officer
40$292,367$57,547
PAMELA FRANKSDIRECTOR OF THE WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
Highest-paid employee
40$269,371$77,591
KENNETH KUTTNERPROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
Highest-paid employee
40$265,649$79,597
LETICIA SMITH-EVANS HAYNESVP FOR INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Officer
40$255,361$67,957
JAMES REISCHEVP OF COMMUNICATIONS
Officer
40$255,635$65,205
JOHN KLEINERPROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
Highest-paid employee
40$280,648$36,781
KELI GAILSECRETARY OF THE COLLEGE
Officer
40$264,280$52,299
LARA SHORE-SHEPPARDDEAN OF THE FACULTY (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023)
Officer
40$236,508$63,997
DAVID LOVEFORMER PROVOST, PROF OF ECONOMICS
Former
40$231,872$58,018
MARLENE SANDSTROMFORMER DEAN OF COLLEGE, PROF OF PSYCH
Former
40$224,335$57,234
PROTIK M MAJUMDERFORMER PRESIDENT, PROF OF PHYSICS
Former
40$180,217$59,254
LEE PARKFORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROF OF CHEMISTRY
Former
40$185,399$46,256
DENISE BUELLFORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROF OF RELIGION
Former
40$174,951$55,778
SAFA ZAKIFORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROF OF PSYCHOLOGY
Former
40$152,232$34,148
ELIZABETH ANDERSENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
ELIZABETH ROBINSONTRUSTEE/CHAIR
Trustee or director
6$0$0
ETHAN LASSERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GEORGE CREPPYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GREGORY WOODSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GRETCHEN HOWARDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JAN VAN ECKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JEFFREY DELANEYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JEFFREY HARLESTONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JEFFREY RHODESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JONATHAN SOKOLOFFTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
LEILA JERETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARK TERCEKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARTHA HOOPESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARTHA WILLIAMSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MATTHEW HARRISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MICHELE JOHNSON ROGERSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
NATHAN SLEEPERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
NORIKO HONDA CHENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
SARAH MOLLMAN UNDERHILLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
VALERIE DIFEBOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
VIDISHA PATELTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
WILLIAM FOOTETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 44 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
COLLETTE CHILTONCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Officer
40$1,207,165$161,651
MAUD MANDELPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$613,569$196,735
MICHAEL WAGNERVP FOR FINANCE & OPERATIONS, TREASURER
Officer
40$581,305$71,830
ABIGAIL WATTLEYDEPUTY CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$590,819$36,675
BRADFORD WAKEMANMANAGING DIR / COO, INV OFFICE
Highest-paid employee
40$549,467$70,327
MEGAN MOREYVP OF COLLEGE RELATIONS
Officer
40$386,208$117,454
JULIA CROSBYMANAGING DIRECTOR, INV OFFICE Through November 2022
Highest-paid employee
40$369,240$51,064
SAFA ZAKIDEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROF OF PSYCHOLOGY
Officer
40$287,141$84,919
DAVID LOVEFORMER PROVOST, PROF OF ECONOMICS
Former
40$262,354$61,910
MARLENE SANDSTROMFORMER DEAN OF COLLEGE, PROF OF PSYCH
Former
40$257,923$61,428
LETICIA SMITH-EVANS HAYNESVP FOR INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Officer
40$245,208$66,896
JAMES REISCHEVP OF COMMUNICATIONS
Officer
40$244,345$66,429
KELI GAILSECRETARY OF THE COLLEGE
Officer
40$253,271$48,187
DUANE BAILEYPROFESSOR
Highest-paid employee
40$281,719$18,912
MARGARET LONGDEAN OF COLLEGE
Officer
40$186,660$103,636
RITA COPPOLA-WALLACEAVP Planning and Construction
Highest-paid employee
40$258,955$30,232
PROTIK M MAJUMDERFORMER PRESIDENT, PROF OF PHYSICS
Former
40$168,126$81,323
EIKO SINIAWERPROVOST
Officer
40$199,627$42,264
LEE PARKFORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROF OF CHEMISTRY
Former
40$180,536$41,791
DENISE BUELLFORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROF OF RELIGION
Former
40$163,935$39,710
ELIZABETH ANDERSENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
ELIZABETH ROBINSONTRUSTEE/CHAIR
Trustee or director
6$0$0
ETHAN LASSERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GEORGE CREPPYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GREGORY WOODSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
GRETCHEN HOWARDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JEFFREY DELANEYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JEFFREY HARLESTONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
JONATHAN SOKOLOFFTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
LEILA JERETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARIAM NAFICYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARK TERCEKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARTHA HOOPESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MARTHA WILLIAMSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MATTHEW HARRISTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
MICHELE JOHNSON ROGERSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
NATHAN SLEEPERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
NORIKO HONDA CHENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
O ANDREAS HALVORSENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
SARAH MOLLMAN UNDERHILLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
TIMOTHY BARROWSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
VALERIE DIFEBOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
VIDISHA PATELTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0
WILLIAM FOOTETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
880 MAIN ST, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA 01267-2600
In care of
% SUSAN HOGAN
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MAUD S MANDEL, HOPKINS HALL PO BOX 67, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA 01267
Signed the 990
MICHAEL WAGNER, VP FOR FIN & OPERATIONS & TREAS
Phone
(413) 597-4412
Return prepared by
CROWE LLP

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • WILLIAMS IS AN INDEPENDENT LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2,100 FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE AND 50 GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO COME FROM ALL OF THE 50 STATES and countries from around the world. THE WILLIAMS CURRICULUM OFFERS STUDY IN THE HUMANITIES, THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND COMBINES A BROAD EDUCATION WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ONE FIELD IN DEPTH. THE COLLEGE OFFERS THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL. IN ADDITION, the college offers MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAMS IN POLICY ECONOMICS AND HISTORY OF ART.
    Expenses $352,179,597 · grants $79,937,160 · revenue $186,370,490

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
04-2104847
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
School
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1934
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Education (B420)
Assets (IRS master file)
$5,540,530,680
Income (IRS master file)
$988,254,048

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$528,792,709$396,609,708$5,540,530,680IRS
990-TJune 2025–––IRS
990June 2024$447,892,568$366,089,597$5,075,834,072IRS
990-TJune 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$424,095,865$357,041,990$4,819,845,872XML
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$557,181,278$335,644,814$4,861,650,167IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990-TJune 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-2104847).

Questions about WILLIAMS COLLEGE

What is the EIN of WILLIAMS COLLEGE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of WILLIAMS COLLEGE is 04-2104847.
Is WILLIAMS COLLEGE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1934.
Are donations to WILLIAMS COLLEGE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does WILLIAMS COLLEGE file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of WILLIAMS COLLEGE due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did WILLIAMS COLLEGE last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of WILLIAMS COLLEGE?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names MAUD S MANDEL.
Who are the officers and directors of WILLIAMS COLLEGE?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 45 people; 21 received compensation from the organization, the highest $1,637,836 (COLLETTE CHILTON, FORMER CHIEF INVESTMENT Officer (Through June 30, 2023)).
How much revenue does WILLIAMS COLLEGE have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $528,792,709, expenses of $396,609,708 and total assets of $5,540,530,680 at year end.

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