FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY (EIN 06-0646623)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-15
IRS object ID: 201801359349307970
Schema version: 2016v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule K
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-15T13:26:55-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KPMG LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	345 Park Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	101540102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	060646623	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% Michael Trafecante	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	FAIR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2032544000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1073 NORTH BENSON ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	FAIRFIELD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	068245195	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MIKE TRAFECANTE	PersonNm
Person Title	VP for Finance	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2032544000	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MARY-EVELYN ANTONETTI	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00431862	PTIN
Phone	2127589700	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MARK R NEMEC PHD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1073 NORTH BENSON ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	FAIRFIELD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	068245195	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$369,169,415	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.fairfield.edu	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1942	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	FAIRFIELD'S MISSION IS TO DEVELOP THE CREATIVE INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL OF ITS STUDENTS AND TO FOSTER IN THEM ETHICAL AND RELIGIOUS VALUES AND A SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	36	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	35	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2913	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	500	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$395,607	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$29,558,321	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$64,185,723	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$253,968,014	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$263,450,692	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$11,875,893	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$13,832,648	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$788,929	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$607,953	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$296,191,157	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$342,077,016	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$68,152,293	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$76,163,898	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$109,088,079	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$113,231,903	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$319,614	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$361,431	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$7,816,511	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$89,625,292	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$86,640,274	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$267,185,278	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$276,397,506	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$29,005,879	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$65,679,510	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$785,505,294	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$881,246,458	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$301,751,258	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$302,598,974	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$483,754,036	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$578,647,484	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	A FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY EDUCATION HAS BECOME MORE INTEGRATED IN FOCUS, MORE GLOBAL IN OUTLOOK, AND MORE INTENTIONAL IN ITS STRUCTURE THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE JESUIT TRADITION. SEE SCHEDULE O.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$198,752,071	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$75,294,569	GrantAmt
Revenue	$217,905,771	RevenueAmt
Desc	FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY IS AN INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING WITH UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ACADEMIC PROGRAMS INCLUDING STUDENTS RESIDING ON CAMPUS. SEE SCHEDULE O.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$37,753,887	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$42,382,457	RevenueAmt
Desc	Room & Board. SEE SCHEDULE O.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$2,757,847	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$3,162,464	RevenueAmt
Desc	Other Activities. A variety of student services including Arts & Entertainment at the Quick Center, Student Activities for Club Sports, and other items.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$239,263,805	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (true)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	Yes (true)	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (true)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document	803	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2913	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	IT	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	UK	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	36	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	35	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Michael Trafecante	PersonNm
Phone	2032544000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1073 North Benson Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfield	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	068245195	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (49 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
REV JEFFREY VON ARX SJ
PRESIDENT (THROUGH 12/31/16)	45.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$304,495	$0	$65,063
LYNN BABINGTON
PROVOST(12/16)-INT PRES(1/17)	45.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$270,744	$0	$43,672
NANCY A ALTOBELLO
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CEASAR NICHOLAS ANQUILLARE
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM L ATWELL
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARK J BECKWITH
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOSEPH R BRONSON
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KEVIN P CANNON
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CARLOS M CARDOSO
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
FRANK J CARROLL III
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
REV GEORGE E COLLINS
TRUSTEE (AS OF 7/1/16)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TIMOTHY J CONWAY
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM C CRAGER
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHELIA KEARNEY DAVIDSON
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPHER C DESMARAIS
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
REV TERRENCE P DEVINO SJ
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PATRICIA E GLASSFORD
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KELLY SIMON HONDRU
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRIAN P HULL
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL J HUSTON
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
REV GREGORY KALSCHEUR SJ
TRUSTEE (AS OF 7/1/16)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBIN KANAREK
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SUSAN ROBINSON KING MA
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CLAIRE KNOPF
TRUSTEE (AS OF 7/1/16)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATHERINE N LAPP
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN M LESSING
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL MCINTOSH
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANDREW J MCMAHON
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN MEDITZ
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ELNER MORRELL
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT MURPHY JR
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GAVIN G O'CONNOR
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BIFF J O'REILLY
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
REV STEPHEN A PRIVETT SJ
TRUSTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATIE JACOBS ROBINSON
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARIANNE DOLAN WEBER
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES D WEHR
TRUSTEE	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MOST REV GEORGE MURRY SJ
TRUSTEE (THROUGH 3/14/17)	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL G TORTORA
SECRETARY	45.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$102,238	$0	$18,973
MICHAEL TRAFECANTE
VP for Finance/ Treasurer/ CFO	45.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$243,672	$0	$56,817
KEVIN LAWLOR
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	45.0	0.0			$346,700	$0	$130,107	Yes (X)
CHRISTINE SIEGEL
PROVOST (AS OF 1/1/17)	45.0	0.0			$154,000	$0	$47,351	Yes (X)
THOMAS PELLEGRINO
VICE PRESIDENT	45.0	0.0			$211,338	$0	$52,696	Yes (X)
YOHURU WILLIAMS
DEAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE	45.0	0.0			$180,520	$0	$97,362	Yes (X)
WALTER HALAS
VP ADVANCEMENTS	45.0	0.0			$253,766	$0	$58,646		Yes (X)
SYDNEY JOHNSON
HEAD MBB COACH	45.0	0.0			$503,353	$0	$65,230		Yes (X)
GREGORY KOUTMOS
PROF OF FINANCE	45.0	0.0			$197,644	$0	$50,937		Yes (X)
JOSEPH FRAGER
HEAD WBB COACH	45.0	0.0			$210,022	$0	$99,145		Yes (X)
BRUCE BERDANIER
DEAN	45.0	0.0			$185,965	$0	$44,903		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,164,457	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$830,902	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	189	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY
7 JACKSON WALKWAY	PROVIDENCE	RI	02903	CONSTRUCTION	$18,593,293
SODEXO OPERATIONS LLC
PO BOX 352	BUFFALO	NY	14240	DINING SERVICE	$12,510,579
SHAWMUT WOODWORKING AND SUPPLY
560 HARRISON AVE	BOSTON	MA	02118	CONSTRUCTION	$5,248,329
SKANSKA USA BUILDING INC
545 LONG WHARD DR FL 6	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	CONSTRUCTION	$5,082,084
ABM JANITORIAL SERVICES NORTHEAST I
PO BOX 1534	NEW YORK	NY	10008	CUSTODIAL SERVICE	$3,841,901

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	105	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$632,044	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$3,329,695	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$60,223,984	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$5,015,730	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$64,185,723	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Tuition & Fees	611600	$217,905,771	$217,905,771
Auxiliary Services	721000	$41,534,586	$41,534,586
Summer Conferences	611710	$847,871	$436,550	$411,321
Other Program Services	900099	$3,162,464	$3,162,464

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$263,450,692	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,977,968	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$134,990	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,842,978	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,257,394	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$575,380	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$682,014	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$682,014	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$150,704	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$832,718	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$36,186,438	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$26,331,758	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$9,854,680	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$9,854,680	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$9,854,680	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$111,200	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$632,044	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$185,261	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$74,061	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$74,061	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$342,077,016	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$263,039,371	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$395,607	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$14,456,315	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,315,156	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,315,156	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,848,742	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,848,742	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,272,379	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,552,588	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$574,829	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$144,962	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80,982,072	TotalAmt
Program Services	$67,659,618	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,335,031	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,987,423	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,440,052	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,502,742	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$628,820	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$308,490	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,821,220	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,772,338	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,360,495	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$688,387	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,716,180	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,789,177	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$645,204	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$281,799	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$959,367	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,521	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$914,497	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,349	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$204,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$204,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$361,431	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$361,431	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$439,875	TotalAmt
Management And General	$439,875	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,104,089	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,382,825	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,315,927	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$405,337	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,289,845	TotalAmt
Program Services	$349,521	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$923,784	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,540	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,594,463	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,572,607	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,497,104	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$524,752	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,772,955	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,748,744	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,951,488	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$72,723	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,990,244	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,990,244	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,204,138	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,719,515	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$802,291	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$682,332	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$317,467	TotalAmt
Program Services	$253,368	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$41,128	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,971	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,357,869	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,127,123	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$226,249	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,497	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,457,419	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,610,522	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$681,466	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$165,431	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,173,755	TotalAmt
Program Services	$91,497	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,082,176	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$82	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Maintenance and Equipment	$866,812	$783,345	-$45,471	$128,938
INT'L TUITION/HOUSING	$3,338,897	$3,006,112	$324,906	$7,879
INT'L PROGRAMS-OPERATING	$364,686	$328,339	$35,488	$859
Library Acquisitions	$1,250,228	$1,257,554	-$7,326

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,953,665	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,559,607	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$384,729	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,329	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$276,397,506	TotalAmt
Program Services	$239,263,805	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,317,190	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,816,511	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,021	BOYAmt
EOY	$219,540	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$50,068,125	BOYAmt
EOY	$55,194,641	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,361,443	BOYAmt
EOY	$45,221,565	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,035,143	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,927,893	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$586,256,224	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$247,970,615	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$300,103,714	BOYAmt
EOY	$338,285,609	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$286,191,881	BOYAmt
EOY	$304,472,666	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,180,658	BOYAmt
EOY	$77,645,311	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,546,309	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,279,233	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$785,505,294	BOYAmt
EOY	$881,246,458	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,050,045	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,005,920	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,415,716	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,434,466	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,066,735	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,789,703	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$247,218,762	BOYAmt
EOY	$240,368,885	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$301,751,258	BOYAmt
EOY	$302,598,974	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$255,104,159	BOYAmt
EOY	$300,164,086	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,724,820	BOYAmt
EOY	$131,061,654	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$139,925,057	BOYAmt
EOY	$147,421,744	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$483,754,036	BOYAmt
EOY	$578,647,484	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$785,505,294	BOYAmt
EOY	$881,246,458	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$65,679,510	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$29,290,767	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$76,829	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
School	Yes (X)	SchoolInd

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$27,325,752	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$29,129,565	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$26,696,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$29,558,321	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$64,185,723	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$176,895,564	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$27,325,752	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$29,129,565	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$26,696,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$29,558,321	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$64,185,723	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$176,895,564	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$47,598,683	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$129,296,881	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,017,219	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,233,274	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,318,342	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,617,104	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,235,363	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$19,421,302	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$290,985	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$181,792	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Total	$472,777	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$286,093	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$775,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$409,033	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$1,470,541	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$198,260,184	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,214,741,164	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.65216	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.84920	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grassroots Lobbying		TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp
Total Direct Lobbying		TotalDirectLobbyingGrp
Total Lobbying Expend		TotalLobbyingExpendGrp
Other Exempt Purpose Expend		OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Total Exempt Purpose Expend		TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Lobbying Nontaxable Amount		LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp
Grassroots Nontaxable		GrassrootsNontaxableGrp
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx		TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx		TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp
Volunteers	false	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	Yes (true)	OtherActivitiesInd
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY MAY INDIRECTLY INCUR LOBBYING EXPENSE THROUGH DUES PAID TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Protection Natural Habitat	Yes (X)	ProtectionNaturalHabitatInd
Total Easements	9	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	30.00	TotalAcreageCnt
Historic Strctr Easements Aftr	2	HistoricStrctrEasementsAftrCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	65.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$40,000	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr Stsfd	false	Section170hRqrStsfdInd
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$316,913,844	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,966,058	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$42,738,641	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$4,138,098	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,544,540	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$629,639	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$355,306,266	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$324,498,896	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,909,462	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,112,030	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$4,354,070	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$8,028,414	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$316,913,844	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$321,418,792	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,462,179	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$8,949,982	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$4,664,316	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,667,741	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$324,498,896	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$279,942,310	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,975,887	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$46,138,721	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$3,449,456	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,188,670	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$321,418,792	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$256,129,303	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$7,440,796	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$27,269,923	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$3,884,790	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,012,922	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$279,942,310	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.42030	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.41490	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.16480	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,393,750	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$6,393,750	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$451,035,251	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$192,879,336	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$258,155,915	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$17,776,785	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$7,602,010	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$10,174,775	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$60,714,507	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$25,963,766	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$34,750,741	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$50,335,931	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$21,525,503	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$28,810,428	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$338,285,609	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
PRIVATE EQUITY & OTHER	$32,181,372	F
EQUITY FUNDS (NONREGISTERED)	$17,287,591	F
HEDGE FUNDS	$28,176,348	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$77,645,311	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
DEPOSIT WITH TRUSTEES	$50,001,935
PREPAID EXPENSES	$3,853,097
OTHER ASSETS	$3,424,201

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$57,279,233	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt
Total Liability	$0	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$296,131,890	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$29,290,767	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	-$75,371,398	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$46,080,631	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$342,212,521	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$439,875	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$575,380	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$135,505	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$342,077,016	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$201,238,442	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$575,380	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$575,380	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$200,663,062	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$439,875	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	$75,294,569	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$75,734,444	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$276,397,506	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE D, PART II, LINE 9	The conservation easements are not valued in the University's Audited Financial Statements. SCHEDULE D, PART III, LINE 1A SFAS 116 (ASC 958) FOOTNOTE THE ART COLLECTIONS ARE DONATED TO THE UNIVERSITY AND NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE ASSETS OF THE BALANCE SHEET. THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT DOES NOT HAVE A FOOTNOTE REGARDING THE COLLECTIONS.
SCHEDULE D, PART III, LINE 4	THE ART COLLECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE UNIVERSITY, PROVIDING ARTS AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT TO THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY. THE COLLECTIONS ARE HOUSED AT THE LUKACS GALLERY, THOMAS J WALSH ART GALLERY, THE BELLARMINE MUSEUM & VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON CAMPUS. A WEBSITE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO GIVE ACCESS TO THESE WORKS OF ART, COLLECTIONS AND VENUES AND TO PROVIDE HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON THE WORKS. THE BELLARMINE MUSEUM IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING, STUDYING, AND EXHIBITING THOSE OBJECTS ENTRUSTED TO ITS CARE, WHILE NEVER LOSING SIGHT OF ITS OBLIGATION TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE ITS MANY AUDIENCES, FOR THE GREATER ENRICHMENT OF ALL. THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FREE OF CHARGE.
SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4	THE UNIVERSITY'S ENDOWMENT IS AN AGGREGATION OF GIFTS PROVIDED BY DONORS WITH THE REQUIREMENT THE GIFTS BE HELD IN PERPETUITY TO GENERATE EARNINGS NOW AND IN FUTURE YEARS TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY'S PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE AND FUNDS DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO FUNCTION AS ENDOWMENT. EARNINGS FROM ENDOWMENT INVESTMENTS SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS, CHAIRS, PROFESSORSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, BASIC RESEARCH, AS WELL AS ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS. THE ENDOWMENT SHOULD PROVIDE STABILITY SINCE THE PRINCIPAL IS INVESTED AND EARNINGS ARE GENERATED YEAR AFTER YEAR. NET ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOWMENT FUNDS, INCLUDING FUNDS DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO FUNCTION AS ENDOWMENTS, ARE CLASSIFIED AND REPORTED BASED ON THE EXISTENCE OR ABSENCE OF DONOR-IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS.
SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2	THE UNIVERSITY IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (THE CODE) AND IS GENERALLY EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES ON RELATED INCOME PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(A) OF THE CODE. THE UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZES THE EFFECTS OF INCOME TAX POSITIONS ONLY IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT OF BEING SUSTAINED. THE UNIVERSITY EVALUATES, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE EFFECTS OF ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS ON ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AS OF JUNE 30, 2017, THE UNIVERSITY HAS NOT IDENTIFIED OR PROVIDED FOR ANY SUCH POSITIONS.
SCHEDULE D, PART XI, LINE 2D	OTHER AMOUNTS INCLUDED ON LINE 1 BUT NOT ON FORM 990, PART VIII, LINE 12: STUDENT FINANCIAL AID $(75,294,569) CHANGE IN SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS (76,829) ------------- $(75,371,398)
SCHEDULE D, PART XI, LINE 4B	OTHER AMOUNTS INCLUDED ON FORM 990, PART VIII, LINE 12, BUT NOT ON LINE 1: RENTAL EXPENSE $(575,380)
SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 2D	OTHER AMOUNTS INCLUDED ON LINE 1 BUT NOT ON FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 25: RENTAL EXPENSE $575,380
SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 4B	OTHER AMOUNTS INCLUDED ON FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 25, BUT NOT ON LINE 1: STUDENT FINANCIAL AID $75,294,569

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	Yes (true)	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures Etc	Yes (true)	PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast Media	Yes (true)	PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp Recs	Yes (true)	MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships Recs	Yes (true)	MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures Etc	Yes (true)	MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All Sol	Yes (true)	MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts Rghts	false	DiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss Plcy	false	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm Fculty	false	DiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race Schs	false	DiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ Plcy	false	DiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	false	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt Prog	false	DiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other Acty	false	DiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid Rcvd	Yes (true)	GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid Rvkd	false	GovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	Yes (true)	ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 3

FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY ADMITS STUDENTS OF ANY SEX, RACE, COLOR, MARITAL STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ANCESTRY, DISABILITY OR HANDICAP TO ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES GENERALLY ACCORDED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF SEX, RACE, COLOR, MARITAL STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, VETERAN'S STATUS, POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, RELIGION, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ANCESTRY, DISABILITY OR HANDICAP IN ADMINISTRATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, ADMISSIONS POLICIES, EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN PROGRAMS, ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, OR OTHER UNIVERSITY-ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS. THIS INFORMATION IS OUTLINED ON FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY'S PUBLIC WEBSITE.

SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 6

FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY RECEIVES GRANTS, AWARDS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ITS STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. THE UNIVERSITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN GOOD STANDING AND THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE SUCH AID HAS NEVER BEEN REVOKED OR SUSPENDED.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (15 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	1	2	Program Services	Study Abroad Program	$5,083,525
East Asia and the Pacific			Program Services	Study Abroad Program	$447,777
Central America and the Caribbean			Program Services	Study Abroad Program	$27,460
Sub-Saharan Africa			Program Services	Study Abroad Program	$8,152
Central America and the Caribbean			Grantmaking		$72,000
East Asia and the Pacific			Grantmaking		$313,340
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)			Grantmaking		$1,006,085
North America			Grantmaking		$2,168,514
South America			Grantmaking		$75,000
South Asia			Grantmaking		$7,000
Sub-Saharan Africa			Grantmaking		$183,383
Middle East and North Africa			Grantmaking		$4,420
Russia and Neighboring States			Grantmaking		$19,000
Central America and the Caribbean			Investments		$33,879,614
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)			Investments		$3,260,851

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	1	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	2	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$46,556,121	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$46,556,121	TotalSpentAmt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp (9 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistanceTxt	RegionRegionTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
SCHOLARSHIP	Central America and the Caribbean	2	$72,000
SCHOLARSHIP	East Asia and the Pacific	12	$313,340
SCHOLARSHIP	Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	23	$1,006,085
SCHOLARSHIP	North America	47	$2,168,514
SCHOLARSHIP	South America	2	$75,000
SCHOLARSHIP	South Asia	1	$7,000
SCHOLARSHIP	Sub-Saharan Africa	3	$183,383
SCHOLARSHIP	Middle East and North Africa	2	$4,420
SCHOLARSHIP	Russia and the Newly Independent States	1	$19,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (true)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (true)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (true)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	Yes (true)	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 1	THE UNIVERSITY HAS IN PLACE INTERNAL CONTROLS TO ENSURE AMOUNTS ARE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO CONTINUE TO MEET & MAINTAIN ELIGIBILTY REQUIREMENTS, THESE INTERNAL CONTROLS ARE ADMINISTRATED BY THE UNIVERSITY'S FINANCIAL AID OFFICE.
SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3	STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS AND GRANTMAKING ARE REPORTED ON THE ACCRUAL METHOD. INVESTMENTS ARE REPORTED AT FAIR MARKET VALUE.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
RUFFALO CODY
PO Box 718	Des Moines	IA	503030718	EXTERNAL DB	false	$323,623	$29,127	$294,496
COMMUNITY COUNSELING SERV
PO Box 824885	Philadelphia	PA	191824885	CAMPAIGN CONSULTING	false		$313,115
GIVECAMPUS INC
903 G ST SE	Washington	DC	20003	EXTERNAL WEBSITE	false	$303,329	$19,189	$284,140

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$626,952	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$361,431	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$578,636	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Alumni Awrd Din	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$743,244	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$632,044	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$111,200	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$149,255	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$661	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$1,168	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$34,177	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Other Events Total	0	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Total	$743,244	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$632,044	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$111,200	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$149,255	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$661	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$1,168	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$34,177	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$185,261	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$74,061	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE G, PART I- PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	- Ruffalo Cody: Fairfield University uses Ruffalo Cody, a provider of fundraising services, software for its annual phoneathon. - Community Counseling Services, a strategic fundraising firm, provided on-site trainings to Fairfield University in-house personnel on fundraising strategies, planning, managing, as well as implementing programs that achieve fundraising goals. - GiveCampus, an external website, is digital fundraising and volunteer management platform.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (6 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
INSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS	4141	$58,976,208
ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS	243	$5,086,515
STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS	688	$538,652
PREP SCHOOL FINANCIAL AID	250	$2,382,624
OTHER FINANCIAL AID	455	$4,461,828
HONORARIA	486	$869,329

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 1A	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The University offers financial assistance in the form of Loans, Grants, Employment (Work Study) and Scholarships. The awards are awarded to students meeting certain eligibility requirements. The programs are administered by the Financial Aid Office which has various internal controls in place to monitor the amount offered to students. An annual uniform guidance audit is conducted for the financial aid programs and the FISAP Report is preapred annually for the Department of Education. Amounts of aid awarded are credited to student accounts and not sent directly to students.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Personal Services	Yes (X)	PersonalServicesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
REV JEFFREY VON ARX SJ
PRESIDENT (THROUGH 12/31/16)	$304,495	$23,850	$41,213	$369,558
LYNN BABINGTON
PROVOST(12/16)-INT PRES(1/17)	$270,744	$23,850	$19,822	$314,416	$0	$0
MICHAEL TRAFECANTE
VP for Finance/ Treasurer/ CFO	$243,672	$21,696	$35,121	$300,489
KEVIN LAWLOR
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	$346,700	$23,850	$106,257	$476,807
CHRISTINE SIEGEL
PROVOST (AS OF 1/1/17)	$154,000	$14,400	$32,951	$201,351
THOMAS PELLEGRINO
VICE PRESIDENT	$211,338	$19,543	$33,153	$264,034
WALTER HALAS
VP ADVANCEMENTS	$253,766	$23,527	$35,119	$312,412
SYDNEY JOHNSON
HEAD MBB COACH	$503,353	$23,850	$41,380	$568,583
GREGORY KOUTMOS
PROF OF FINANCE	$197,644	$17,407	$33,530	$248,581
JOSEPH FRAGER
HEAD WBB COACH	$210,022	$19,378	$79,767	$309,167
BRUCE BERDANIER
DEAN	$185,965	$17,550	$27,353	$230,868
YOHURU WILLIAMS
DEAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE	$180,520	$16,686	$80,676	$277,882

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	HOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE: THE FORMER PRESIDENT RESIDED IN A HOUSE THAT WAS DONATED TO THE UNIVERSITY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PRESIDENT'S USE. THE HOUSE IS USED EXTENSIVELY FOR UNIVERSITY EVENTS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT LIVED IN THE HOUSE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY. PERSONAL SERVICES: CLEANING SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE AS UNIVERSITY EVENTS ARE CONDUCTED THERE. HEALTH OR SOCIAL CLUB DUES OR INITIATION FEES: THE HEAD COACH FOR MEN'S BASKETBALL RECEIVED MEMBERSHIP TO A CLUB FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENTERTAINING POTENTIAL DONORS TO THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. ALL AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (D).	ExplanationTxt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Bond Issuer EINBondIssuerEIN	CUSIPCUSIPNum	Bond IssuedBondIssuedDt	Issue PriceIssuePriceAmt	PurposePurposeDesc	DefeasedDefeasedInd	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerInd	Pool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
CHEFA 2008 Series M
A	060806186	20774UVX0	2008-04-10	$39,445,697	REFUND CHEFA 2005 & 2004 SERIES	false	false	false
CHEFA 2008 Series N
B	060806186	20774UK87	2008-08-21	$110,773,813	REFUND CHEFA 2005 SERIES BOND	false	false	false
CHEFA 2010 Series O
C	060806186	20774UW50	2010-03-17	$73,474,749	CONSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS	false	false	false
CHEFA 2010 Series P
D	060806186	20774UY41	2010-03-17	$11,573,281	CURRENT REFUNDING OF 1998 BOND	false	false	false

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	RetiredRetiredAmt	Bond DefeasedBondDefeasedAmt	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	In Reserve FundInReserveFundAmt	Capitalized InterestCapitalizedInterestAmt	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Credit EnhancementCreditEnhancementAmt	Working Capital ExpendituresWorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmt	Other Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmt	UnspentUnspentAmt	Substantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYr	Current RefundingCurrentRefundingInd	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefundingInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$33,207,354	$0	$39,445,697	$3,051,849	$0	$0	$486,666	$0	$0	$0	$35,904,182	$0	2005	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
B	$30,831,393	$0	$110,773,813	$9,938,250	$0	$0	$786,405	$0	$0	$3,355,000	$96,694,158	$0	2002	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
C	$469,773	$0	$73,474,749	$7,011,334	$4,732,010	$0	$731,405	$0	$0	$61,000,000	$0	$0	2012	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
D	$2,793,673	$0	$11,573,281	$1,065,750	$0	$0	$116,497	$0	$0	$0	$10,391,034	$0		Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyInd	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsInd	Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropInd	Engage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsInd	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Engage Bond Counsel ResearchEngageBondCounselResearchInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Total Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Remedial Action TakenRemedialActionTakenInd	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	0.00150	0.00150	false	false	false	Yes (true)
B	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false	false	0.04150	0.04150	false	false	false	Yes (true)
C	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false	false	0.06160	0.06160	false	false	false	false
D	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false	false	0.02090	0.02090	false	false	false	false

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledInd	Rebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetInd	Exception To RebateExceptionToRebateInd	No Rebate DueNoRebateDueInd	Variable Rate IssueVariableRateIssueInd	Hedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd	Business Name Line1GICProviderName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
0
A	false	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)
0
B	false	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)
0
C	false	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)
0
D	false	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Procedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
A	false
B	false
C	false
D	false

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE K, PART III, LINE 3A	ALL MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE CONTRACTS IN BOND FINANCED SPACE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED BY BOND COUNSEL. THEY WERE DETERMINED TO FALL UNDER THE SAFE HARBOR PROVIDED BY REVENUE PROCEDURE 97-13 AND WILL NOT RESULT IN PRIVATE BUSINESS USE.
SCHEDULE K, PART III, LINE 3C	RESEARCH AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE BONDS ISSUE M AND Q2 HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY BOND COUNSEL TO ENSURE THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE APPLICABLE SAFE HARBORS. THE RESEARCH AGREEMENTS DID NOT RESULT IN ANY PRIVATE BUSINESS USE.
SCHEDULE K, PART IV, LINE 2C	THE DATE OF MOST RECENT REBATE CALCULATION FOR THE CHEFA 2008 SERIES M, CHEFA 2008 SERIES N, CHEFA 2010 SERIES 0 AND CHEFA 2010 SERIES P BOND ISSUES WAS MARCH 2015.
SCHEDULE K, PART III, LINE 9, PART IV, LINE 7, AND PART V	THE UNIVERSITY PLANS TO DRAFT WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR THE NEXT TAX YEAR.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Bond Issuer EINBondIssuerEIN	CUSIPCUSIPNum	Bond IssuedBondIssuedDt	Issue PriceIssuePriceAmt	PurposePurposeDesc	DefeasedDefeasedInd	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerInd	Pool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
CHEFA 2016 SERIES Q-1
A	060806186	20774YYR2	2016-02-25	$53,583,942	CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION	false	false	false
CHEFA 2016 SERIES Q-2
B	060806186	20774YZH3	2016-03-30	$20,006,907	PARTIALLY REFUND CHEFA SERIES 2008	false	false	false

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	RetiredRetiredAmt	Bond DefeasedBondDefeasedAmt	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	In Reserve FundInReserveFundAmt	Capitalized InterestCapitalizedInterestAmt	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Credit EnhancementCreditEnhancementAmt	Working Capital ExpendituresWorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmt	Other Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmt	UnspentUnspentAmt	Current RefundingCurrentRefundingInd	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefundingInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$833,361	$0	$53,583,942	$0	$3,138,393	$0	$525,083	$0	$0	$49,920,466	$0	$0	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
B	$432,524	$0	$20,006,907	$0	$0	$0	$291,476	$0	$0	$0	$19,715,431	$0	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyInd	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsInd	Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropInd	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Remedial Action TakenRemedialActionTakenInd	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd	Engage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsInd	Total Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePct
A	false	false	false	false	0	false	false	false	Yes (true)
B	false	false	Yes (true)	false	0.00090	false	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	0.00090

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledInd	Rebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetInd	Exception To RebateExceptionToRebateInd	No Rebate DueNoRebateDueInd	Variable Rate IssueVariableRateIssueInd	Hedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd	Business Name Line1GICProviderName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
0
A	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)
0
B	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Procedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
A	false
B	false

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	15	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$0	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterestGrp
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$522	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual Property		IntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	70	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$4,928,626	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneousGrp
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStructGrp
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOtherGrp
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidentialGrp
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercialGrp
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOtherGrp
Collectibles		CollectiblesGrp
Food Inventory		FoodInventoryGrp
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSuppliesGrp
Taxidermy		TaxidermyGrp
Historical Artifacts		HistoricalArtifactsGrp
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimensGrp
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	Medical Equipment	Desc
Contribution	123	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$86,582	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	2	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE M, PART I, Line 1, Column (c)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Works of Art Fairfield University does not report an appraised value for work of Arts in its audited financial statements. SCHEDULE M, PART I, PART I, COLUMN B THE NUMBER IN SCHEDULE M, PART I, COLUMN B REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF ITEMS CONTRIBUTED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1	A FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY EDUCATION HAS BECOME MORE INTEGRATED IN FOCUS, MORE GLOBAL IN OUTLOOK, AND MORE INTENTIONAL IN ITS STRUCTURE THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE JESUIT TRADITION. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING A STUDENT-FOCUSED, HOLISTIC, AND DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTENDED TO EDUCATE THE WHOLE PERSON, MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT. WE WANT TO CULTIVATE IN BOTH OUR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND STRONG ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES TO GUIDE THEM ON THEIR PATHS INTO THE FUTURE. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY IS AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING WITH UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ACADEMIC PROGRAMS INCLUDING STUDENTS RESIDING ON CAMPUS. FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR WAS 3,879 UNDERGRADUATES AND 680 GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH APPROXIMATELY 2,955 STUDENTS LIVING IN ON-CAMPUS RESIDENCES. ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR PROGRAM SERVICES IS A SECONDARY PREPARATORY SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 875 STUDENTS. FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY WELCOMED 1,056 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2020 AND 52 TRANSFER STUDENTS TO CAMPUS IN THE FALL OF 2016. THE CLASS OF 2020 IS A STRONG CLASS, WITH AN AVERAGE SAT SCORE OF 1780, INLINE WITH THE CLASS OF 20I9. CONTINUED REFINEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL AID PROCESS AS WELL AS ENHANCEMENTS TO CAMPUS PROGRAMMING AND FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATION EFFORTS RESULTED IN A CLASS THAT EXCEEDED OUR BUDGETED GOALS. RECOGNITION OF QUALITY AND VALUE: FOR THE 26TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR FAIRFIELD RANKED IN THE TOP 2% OF ITS PEER GROUP IN SURVEYS DONE BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, FAIRFIELD WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST UNIVERSITY IN THE NORTH REGION. THE UNIVERSITY WAS ALSO ACCLAIMED FOR ITS "IMPROVED RANKING AMONG BEST UNDERGRAD ENGINEERING PROGRAMS (RANK #103) AND BEST VALUE SCHOOLS (RANK #18), AND ACHIEVED THE #3 RANK FOR BEST UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING INSTITUTIONS", HIGH FRESHMAN RETENTION RATE (89%) AND SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE (82%). MONEY MAGAZINE RANKED FAIRFIELD IN THE TOP 186 (OUT OF 711) FOR BEST COLLEGES AND #34 AMONG 50 COLLEGES THAT ADD THE MOST VALUE. FAIRFIELD HAS ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS: FORBES MAGAZINE'S AMERICAN'S TOP COLLEGES, PRINCETON REVIEW'S TOP 380 COLLEGES, KIPLNGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE "35 BEST COLLEGE VALUES IN NEW ENGLAND", BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK'S LIST OF BEST UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS ABROAD "101 TOP FOUR STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD". THE FAIRFIELD STAGS CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE PROWESS ON BOTH THE FIELD AND IN THE CLASSROOM IN DATA RELEASED BY THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, FAIRFIELD HAD THE HIGHEST GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE (GSR) OF ALL 11 METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (MAAC) COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND THE 24TH HIGHEST IN THE NATION. FAIRFIELD HAD A GSR OF 97 PERCENT WITH 13 SPORTS AT FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY ACHIEVING A 100% GRADUATION RATE.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B	AUXILIARY SERVICES INCLUDE THE COSTS OF ROOM AND BOARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 2,955 FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS LIVING ON CAMPUS IN RESIDENCE HALLS, TOWNHOUSES, AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES RESIDING ON A 200-ACRE CAMPUS. GRADUATE STUDENT HOUSING IS ALSO OFFERED IN INDEPENDENT OFF-CAMPUS HOUSES, AND IN AN APARTMENT STYLE RESIDENCE HALL.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B:	IT IS THE POLICY OF FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY THAT EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS PRESENTED WITH A COPY OF THE COMPLETED IRS FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE BEFORE IT IS FORWARDED TO THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C:	MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE ASKED TO SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT. THE STATEMENT SHALL BE SIGNED ANNUALLY BY EACH BOARD MEMBER AS A CONDITION OF MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. EACH TRUSTEE IS EXPECTED TO DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ALL SITUATIONS IN WHICH CONFLICTS MIGHT EXIST, OR APPEAR TO EXIST. CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS ARE COLLECTED AND REVIEWED BY THE CHIEF OF STAFF. NO TRUSTEE HAVING INTERESTS CONFLICTING WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, OR APPEARING SO, SHALL TAKE PART IN THE DELIBERATIONS OR VOTES OF THE BOARD INVOLVING THE QUESTION CONCERNING THE CONFLICT NOR SEEK TO INFLUENCE THE OTHER TRUSTEES ON THAT QUESTION.
FORM 990, PART VI SECTION B, LINE 15:	THE REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDES ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS (1) REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES--COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, PROVIDED THAT PERSONS WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT AT ISSUE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS REVIEW AND APPROVAL (2)USE OF DATA AS TO COMPARABLE COMPENSATION--THE COMPENSATION OF THE PERSON IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED USING DATA AS TO COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED UNIVERSITIES. THE FOLLOWING METHODS HAVE BEEN USED: A. REVIEW BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY; B. CONDUCT MARKET ASSESSMENT OF SALARIES; C. REVIEW OF FORM 990S OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS; AND D. EVALUATE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE CURRENT SALARY STRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE AND REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET, AS WELL AS REMAIN INTERNALLY EQUITABLE. (3) CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION AND RECORDKEEPING--THERE IS CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING WITH RESPECT TO THE DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT. THE LAST TIME OF REVIEW WAS MARCH 2016 DURING THE BOARD MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19:	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY ARE AVAILABLE ON THE UNIVERSITY'S WEBSITE AND ALSO BY REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS: CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENT $(76,829) ------------ $(76,829)