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Filing year 2023

Simpson College

Indianola, Iowa·EIN 42-0680389·NTEE B420 · Education·3
Total revenue
$66.7M
Total assets
$145.5M
Total expenses
$78.7M
Reported officers
54
Mission

THROUGH INNOVATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ATTENTION, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, SIMPSON COLLEGE CULTIVATES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS TO LEAD LIVES OF MEANING AND PURPOSE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President Thru Aug 23
$374k
$414k
Academic Dean
officer (unspecified)
$201k
$222k
Vice President - College Advancement
vice president
$182k
$201k
$176k
$194k
Vp- Business and Finance
officer (unspecified)
$165k
$182k
VP - Enrollment
vice president
$163k
$180k
Asst VP - Enrollment & Financial Aid
vice president
$162k
$178k
VP - Marketing & Strategic Communications
vice president
$155k
$172k
VP - Planning and Student Development
vice president
$143k
$158k
VP - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
vice president
$131k
$145k
Interim VP - Business and Finance
vice president
$105k
$116k
VP of Finance/business Administration, CFO
$8k
$9k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 42 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 13%
from 2022

From $430k in 2022 to $374k in 2023.

$430k
2022
$374k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 16% in real terms$493k to $414k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest 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

Simpson College reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$63.6M
$76M
2022
$66.7M
$78.7M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Iowa

Comparable education organizations in Iowa pay their highest-earning executive a median of $49,600.

25th percentile
$12k
Median
$49,600
75th percentile
$125k
90th percentile
$362k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 201 organizations across 201 filings (2021 – 2024).

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