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Filing year 2023

JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY

Charlotte, North Carolina·EIN 25-0983069·NTEE B430 · Education·3
Total revenue
$55.8M
Total assets
$234M
Total expenses
$68.1M
Reported officers
28
Mission

SEE SCH O FOR MISSION STATEMENT.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 16 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President Until 07/01/2023
$365k
$399k
Chief Academic Officer
key employee
$246k
$268k
$240k
$262k
SVP Transformation
senior vice president
$228k
$249k
Trustee Until 07/01/2023, President Effective 08/04/2023
board member
$222k
$242k
Dean
highest compensated employee
$210k
$230k
Chief Academic Officer
key employee
$201k
$220k
VP Students Affairs
vice president
$188k
$206k
Dean
highest compensated employee
$184k
$201k
VP Institutional Adv
vice president
$180k
$196k
VP Gspar
vice president
$176k
$192k
Dean
highest compensated employee
$165k
$180k
Financial Analyst
highest compensated employee
$164k
$179k
VP Human Resources
vice president
$152k
$166k
Dean
highest compensated employee
$145k
$158k
Board Chair, Interim President From 7/1/2023 Through 8/3/2023
board chair
$23k
$25k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 3%
from 2022

From $378k in 2022 to $365k in 2023.

$378k
2022
$365k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 8% in real terms$431k to $399k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$61.8M
$59.3M
2022
$55.8M
$68.1M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in North Carolina

Comparable education organizations in North Carolina pay their highest-earning executive a median of $83,222.

25th percentile
$43k
Median
$83,222
75th percentile
$138k
90th percentile
$250k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 832 organizations across 832 filings (2021 – 2024).

See full Education pay data for North Carolina
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