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Nonprofit · EIN 95-1644593

MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY

Tax-exempt · FULLERTON, CA 92831

Financials

$82.9M$43.8M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$82,867,618$43,764,930$39,102,688$153,378,861$42,356,198$111,022,663
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,937,909
of which government grants
$363,986
Program service revenue
$39,075,388
Investment income
$40,998,963
Royalties
$97
Net rental income
$569,323
Net gain from sales of assets
$38,296,048
Net income from sales of inventory
-$31,778
Other revenue
$855,358

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$1,242,647
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,738,694
Other salaries and wages
$22,347,252
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$28,222,422
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$33,609
Accounting fees
$136,944
Occupancy
$1,545,181
Travel
$81,213
Depreciation
$2,237,800
Program services (functional)
$36,621,591
Management and general (functional)
$6,404,063
Fundraising (functional)
$739,276

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$111,028,389
Total assets, end of year
$153,378,861
Total liabilities, end of year
$42,356,198
Net assets, end of year
$111,022,663
Land, buildings and equipment
$40,605,351
Publicly traded securities
$66,968,744
Net assets without donor restrictions
$86,744,370
Net assets with donor restrictions
$24,278,293
Gross unrelated business income
$55,457
Gross receipts
$84,950,058
Employees
288
Volunteers
12
Year formed
1904
State of legal domicile
CA

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
DR JULIE SCHORNACKPRESIDENT
Officer
40$480,022$110,548
JUDY ORTIZVICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Key employee
40$310,556$44,910
ERIC BORSTINGDEAN OF SCCO
Key employee
40$298,490$43,462
MR FRANK J SCOTTICFO/SVP ADMIN & FINANCE (THRU 1/25)
Officer
20$286,402$40,948
KEVIN ALEXANDERPRESIDENT EMERITUS
Former
4$324,500$0
MARK NAKANOASSOCIATE DEAN OF CLINICS
Highest-paid employee
40$227,957$32,202
JAVAD TAFRESHI EXECUTIVEASSOC. DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Highest-paid employee
40$210,538$30,100
MONICA TRIVEDIDEAN OF CLINICAL AFFAIRS & COMMUNITY OUTREAC
Highest-paid employee
40$205,392$29,392
SUSAN COTTERPROFESSOR, VISION THERAPY
Highest-paid employee
40$203,366$31,334
CARMEN BARNHARDTVICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT SERVICES
Key employee
40$195,476$25,840
JOAN RUBIOVP FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
Key employee
40$192,639$26,802
WENDELYN HOLTZENVICE PRESIDENT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES
Highest-paid employee
40$188,484$27,526
LORI JACKLINVP ADMIN & FINANCE, CFO (FROM 1/25)
Officer
40$177,454$23,350
MS GAYE BREYMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$29,412$0
DR RAY M BAKERCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
10 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
DR CINDY BLANCQVICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0
MR DAVID K GIBSONSECRETARY/TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0
DR WYNETTE C AUGUSTINETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0
MR GENE CALKINSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0
DR LYNN CAFFREY GABRIELTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0
MS HILARY HAWTHORNETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0
MR EDWARD HERNANDEZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0
MR BENJAMIN KASKATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0
DR ROBERT MCCOYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0
MS PATRICIA NGUYENTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
4$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
2575 YORBA LINDA BLVD, FULLERTON, CA 92831-1615
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
DR JULIE SCHORNACK, 2575 YORBA LINDA BLVD, FULLERTON, CA 92831
Signed the 990
LORI JACKLIN, VP ADMIN & FINANCE, CFO
Phone
(714) 449-7400
Return prepared by
BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP

Mission

TO EDUCATE CARING, INSPIRED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE PREPARED TO DELIVER COLLABORATIVE, PATIENT-CENTRIC HEALTH CARE IN AN INTERPROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • SEE SCHEDULE OGRADUATE EDUCATION: THE MISSION OF MARSHALL B. KETCHUM UNIVERSITY IS TO EDUCATE CARING, INSPIRED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, AND THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGOROUS ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL CURRICULUM ON CAMPUS, ALL PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS ROTATE THROUGH SEVERAL EXTERNAL CLINICAL SITES TO BROADEN AND DIVERSIFY THEIR LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO PREPARE THEM FOR CAREERS IN HEALTH CARE. IN THE FALL OF 2024, OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT WAS 633 FULL-TIME HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING OPTOMETRY (403), PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (119), PHARMACY (105), MASTER OF SCIENCE IN VISION SCIENCE (0), AND OUR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM OFFERING A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CLINICAL OPTOMETRY (6). IN ADDITION, MBKU HAD 2 OPTOMETRY AND 9 PHARMACY PART-TIME STUDENTS. FOR THE 2024-25 ACADEMIC YEAR, WE GRADUATED 38 MEDICAL MASTER'S SCIENCE DEGREES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT CERTIFICATES, 90 DOCTOR OPTOMETRY DEGREES, 26 DOCTOR OF PHARMACY DEGREES, 0 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN VISION SCIENCE, AND 6 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CLINICAL OPTOMETRY (THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM).THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS FOR FALL 2024 ENROLLMENT IS REPORTED BELOW. AT THE OUTSET OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD, THE ADMISSIONS POLICY COMMITTEES ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR GPAS, APPLICATION TEST SCORES, IF APPLICABLE, AND ACADEMIC INDEX POINT MINIMUMS PROVIDING THRESHOLDS FOR ADMISSIONS PERSONNEL TO CAREFULLY SCREEN AND SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO INTERVIEW.PROGRAM: OPTOMETRY VERIFIED APPLICATIONS* 437INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED 193 MATRICULATED CLASS 106PROGRAM: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTVERIFIED APPLICATIONS* 1,879INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED 140MATRICULATED CLASS 40PROGRAM: PHARMACY VERIFIED APPLICATIONS* 184 INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED 118 MATRICULATED CLASS 30*VERIFIED APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE CENTRALIZED APPLICATION SYSTEM(I.E., OPTOMCAS, CASPA, AND PHARMCAS).
    Expenses $25,511,833 · grants $1,242,647 · revenue $35,882,098
  • SEE SCHEDULE OCLINICAL EDUCATION VISION/PATIENT CARE: AFFILIATED WITH THE EDUCATION PROGRAM, THE UNIVERSITY OPERATES FULL-SERVICE VISION CLINICS ON ITS ANAHEIM CAMPUS AND IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, PLUS 5 LIMITED-HOUR COMMUNITY CLINICS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES, MANY LOCATED IN LOW-INCOME AREAS. THE CLINICS TOGETHER SERVED 29,050 UNIQUE ENCOUNTERS. COMPREHENSIVE VISION SERVICES INCLUDE PRIMARY EYE CARE AND SPECIALIZED PATIENT SERVICES: BASIC VISION EXAMINATION; PEDIATRIC VISION SCREENING, VISION CARE AND VISION THERAPY; OCULAR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AND OPHTHALMOLOGY CONSULTATION; CONTACT LENSES AND PROSTHETICS FITTING; LOW VISION REHABILITATION AND EYEWEAR AND OPTICAL DISPENSING. THE VISION CLINICS PROVIDED $499,960.77 IN PUBLIC SUPPORT THROUGH DISCOUNTS AND FEE WAIVERS. WE PARTICIPATED IN 2 SCHOOL SCREENINGS FOR 2025 AND CARED FOR 383 PATIENTS.
    Expenses $10,042,302 · revenue $3,328,780
  • SEE SCHEDULE ORESEARCH: THE UNIVERSITY SUPPORTS RESEARCH WITHIN THE THREE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS, THE COLLEGES OF OPTOMETRY AND PHARMACY AND THE SCHOOL OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES. THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE, AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO FACULTY AND STUDENTS WHO ENGAGE IN RESEARCH.THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY AT MBKU HAS 35 FULL-TIME FACULTY. A TOTAL OF 32 FACULTY STUDIES WERE ACTIVE DURING THE YEAR, THAT INCLUDED EXTERNALLY-FUNDED STUDIES (E.G., GRANTS FROM NIH, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND INDUSTRY), AND SELF-FUNDED STUDIES. THE MS IN VISION SCIENCE PROGRAM HAD 6 PROJECTS ACTIVE DURING THE YEAR AND 1 ACTIVE STUDENT RESEARCH ELECTIVE. TOTAL EXTERNAL GRANT REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD WAS $416,034 AND THERE WERE 20 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS.THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY IS COMPOSED OF TWO DEPARTMENTS, PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND PHARMACY PRACTICE.THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE HAS 12 FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, WITH 11 AS PHARMACY CLINICAL FACULTY AND 1 NON-CLINICAL FACULTY MEMBER. DURING THE YEAR, PHARMACY PRACTICE FACULTY PRODUCED 36 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS AND 4 EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEACH PROJECTS OR GRANTS.THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (DPS) HAS 7 FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS WHOSE RESEARCH INCLUDED EXTERNAL GRANTS, SUCH AS ONE FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. TOTAL DIRECT GRANT REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD WAS $25,698 AND THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 9 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS.THE SCHOOL OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES AT MBKU HAD 8 FULL-TIME AND 5 PART-TIME FACULTY. SCHOLARLY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ARE INTEGRAL TO THE MASTERS CAPSTONE PROJECT (MCP) WHICH HAD A TOTAL OF 8 COMPLETED. THE SPAS PROGRAM HAD A CLASS OF 40 ENROLLED STUDENTS FOR 2025. THERE WAS NO DIRECT GRANT REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD AND THERE WERE 4 TOTAL PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS.
    Expenses $1,067,456

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
95-1644593
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
1954
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Education (B500)
Assets (IRS master file)
$153,378,861
Income (IRS master file)
$84,950,058

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025–––IRS
990-TJune 2025–––IRS
990June 2024–––IRS
990-TJune 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$44,264,355$41,255,903$107,650,928IRS
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$42,566,228$40,395,622$104,882,934IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990-TJune 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.

Questions about MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY

What is the EIN of MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY?
The employer identification number (EIN) of MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY is 95-1644593.
Is MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1954.
Are donations to MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY 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 MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY 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 MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY 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 MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names DR JULIE SCHORNACK.
Who are the officers and directors of MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 25 people; 14 received compensation from the organization, the highest $480,022 (DR JULIE SCHORNACK, PRESIDENT).
How much revenue does MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $82,867,618, expenses of $43,764,930 and total assets of $153,378,861 at year end.

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