College of Saint Benedict
To provide for women the best undergraduate residential liberal arts education along with select graduate programs, in the catholic and benedictine traditions. The college fosters integrated learning, exceptional leadership for change and wisdom for a lifetime.
College of Saint Benedict at a glance
In short: College of Saint Benedict gave $6K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $6K), mostly in Minnesota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $6,000
- +50.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- Average grant
- $6,000
- Median grant
- $6,000
- Total assets
- $297,736,475
- +6.1% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Minnesota (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who College of Saint Benedict funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Greater St Cloud Development Corporation ($6K).
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How College of Saint Benedict gives
- Giving fell 54% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4K (2024) to $14K (2020). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $6K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Greater St Cloud Development Corporation Saint Cloud, MN | General Operating Support | $6,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $297,736,475 | $117,296,036 | $114,481,398 | $6,000 | 1 | $974,017 |
| 2024 | $280,656,848 | $105,654,679 | $109,858,655 | $4,000 | Total only | $3,678,822 |
| 2023 | $276,372,938 | $118,861,967 | $106,744,507 | $8,000 | 1 | $5,668,138 |
| 2022 | $260,781,367 | $117,974,549 | $110,219,633 | $13,000 | 1 | $6,118,406 |
| 2021 | $271,867,157 | $115,377,866 | $104,545,154 | $8,000 | 1 | $11,586,911 |
| 2020 | $251,991,111 | $110,041,062 | $108,605,532 | $14,000 | 1 | $4,255,674 |
| 2019 | $250,707,581 | $125,216,158 | $107,656,405 | $7,750 | 1 | $15,670,212 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About College of Saint Benedict
Based on IRS filings
College of Saint Benedict is a public charity focused on Education, based in Saint Joseph, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $297.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $6K. Net investment income was $974K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
College of Saint Benedict is led by Brian Bruess, President since 2025 (on filings since 2023); 9 of 39 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Brian Bruess
President
Csb & Sju President → President, 2025
On filings since 2023
60 hrs/week
$254K (2023) → $518K (2025)
Leanne Matthews Stewart
Trustee - Chair
Trustee → Board Chair, 2022
Board Chair → Trustee - Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carol Schleif
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Corie Barry
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jona Van Deun
Trustee
Trustee → Board Secretary, 2020
Board Secretary → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marilyn Porter
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michaela Hedican Osb
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynn Myhran
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Br Dennis Beach Osb
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian McGrane
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chip Ray
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Whalen
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Roberts
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ed Bonach
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Greg Melsen
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Greg Soukup
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gretchen Agee
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelly Skalicky
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Dombovy
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michele Martin
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
S. Mary Reuter Osb
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandy Forster
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Becker
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edwin Torres
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nickolas Kleespie Osb
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aelred Senna Osb
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joy Plamann
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Nakasone
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sr Joan Lescinski Csj
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Lies Csc
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Oberman
Chief Financial Officer
Controller → Chief Financial Officer, 2023
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$119K (2019) → $233K (2025)
Casey J. Gordon
Chief Information & Transformation Officer
Director of It Services → CIO, 2022
CIO → Chief Information & Transformation Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$123K (2019) → $184K (2025)
Heather Pieper-Olson
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Associate Vice President Institutional Advance → Vice President Institutional Advancement, 2023
Vice President Institutional Advancement → Vice President for Institutional Advancement, 2025
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$131K (2019) → $213K (2025)
Mary Geller
Associate Provost for Student Successor
Vice President Student Development → Associate Provost, 2023
Associate Provost → Associate Provost for Student Successor, 2025
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$160K (2019) → $157K (2025)
Cory Piper
Dean of Admissions
Dean of Admissions & Senior Officer → Dean of Admissions, 2025
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$161K (2024) → $155K (2025)
Chantel Braegelmann
Chief Human Resources Officer
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$156K (2025)
Cheryl Stanton - General Counsel
Corporate Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$267K (2025)
Sandra Mitchell-Goode
Senior Diversity Officer
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$162K (2025)
Bennett Morgan
Trustee - Vice Chair
Board Vice Chair → Trustee - Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (59)
- Former: Barbara Judith Schmid Brandes (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Daniel Scott (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Mary Kramer (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Mary Thompson (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Palmer (2019–2024) — Former Vice President Finance & Administration · Filing note: Ended 6/2022
- Former: Cheryl Stanton (2022–2024) — General Counsel & Board Secretary
- Former: Philip Galanis (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Tom Nicol (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Pamela Bacon (2023–2024) — Associate Provost & Dean of Faculty · Filing note: Began 8/2022
- Former: Bill Lies CSC (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Joan Lescinski CSJ (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Karyl Daughters (2024) — Dean of Curriculum & Assessment
- Former: Sandra Mitchell (2024) — Senior Diversity Officer
- Former: Terry Dolan (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Nathan Dehne (2020–2023) — Senior Enrollment Officer · Filing note: Ended 7/2022
- Former: Laurie Hamen (2021–2023) — Csb President · Filing note: Ended 7/2022
- Former: Joe Hoesley (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Katie Boylan (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Jody Terhaar (2023) — Dean of Students
- Former: Katharine Alvino (2023) — Vice President Marketing & Communications
- Former: Anne M. Schmidt Krump (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jean Juenemann Osb (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Kathleen G. Hansen (2019–2022) — Vice President Institutional Advancement
- Former: Margie Wiehoff (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Nada Mourtada-Sabbah (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Patricia Bartholomew (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Rudolph Osb (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Terri Rae Giyan Kallsen (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Maria Burnham (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Ryan Gideon (2021–2022) — Facilities Director
- Former: Dan McKeown (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Dusan Kosic (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Harvey Jewett (2022) — Trustee
- Former: James Mullen (2022) — Sju President
- Former: Sr Mary Catherine Hollicky Osb (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Catherine Boylan (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: David Roberts (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Kathy Kurvers Henderson (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Kristen Hodge-Clark (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Mary Catherine Holicky Osb (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Mary D. Hinton (2019–2021) — Former President
- Former: Patricia Ruether Osb (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Nada Mourtada Sabbah (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Judy Poferl (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Mark Krebsbach (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Patrick H. Sanaghan (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Barbara Judith Schmid (2020) — Board Chair
- Former: Charles D. Marolf Jr. (2020) — Senior Principal Gifts Officer
- Former: Joe Nemmers (2020) — Trustee
- Former: John Hasselberg (2020) — Faculty
- Former: Lori Bodensteiner Zumw (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Mary Catherine Holicky (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Angie Krtnick Complin (2019) — President & Csb Alumnae Board
- Former: Brad Sinn (2019) — Executive Director of Facilities
- Former: Calvin Ryan-Mosley (2019) — Vice President Admission & Financial Aid · Filing note: Ended 718
- Former: Donald Pyatt (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Laura Kelly Lovdahl (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Lori Bodensteiner Zumwinkle (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Margaret Murphy (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $518K, to Brian Bruess (President). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about College of Saint Benedict
How much does College of Saint Benedict give each year?
College of Saint Benedict gave $6K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $4K in grants paid.
How large is College of Saint Benedict?
College of Saint Benedict reported $297.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $117.3M.
What is College of Saint Benedict?
College of Saint Benedict is a public charity focused on Education, based in Saint Joseph, MN. It holds $297.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does College of Saint Benedict operate?
College of Saint Benedict has awarded grants in Minnesota.
What is College of Saint Benedict's EIN?
College of Saint Benedict's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-0969244. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 6, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 9, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 10, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
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