LaGrange College
Education - LaGrange College challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. Founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports students in their search for truth in an ethical and caring community valuing civility, diversity, service and excellence. LaGrange College prepares students to become successful, responsible citizens who aspire to live lives of integrity and moral courage.
LaGrange College at a glance
- Total assets
- $166,954,040
- +4.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $44,028,051
- +4.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $3,459,835
- -41.6% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $39,557,386
- +1.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who LaGrange College funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $11.4M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lagrange College Property Management Inc Lagrange, GA | Loan Forgiveness | $11,415,416 |
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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 | $166,954,040 | $44,028,051 | $39,557,386 | — | — | $3,459,835 |
| 2024 | $160,254,834 | $42,101,524 | $38,867,454 | — | — | $5,922,755 |
| 2023 | $154,921,141 | $45,219,631 | $50,554,648 | $11,415,416 | 1 | $1,475,080 |
| 2022 | $157,765,322 | $43,475,079 | $37,474,230 | — | — | $5,490,108 |
| 2021 | $157,918,154 | $43,354,732 | $39,666,558 | — | — | $5,734,925 |
| 2020 | $147,326,476 | $46,295,995 | $45,987,874 | — | — | $1,639,528 |
| 2019 | $148,013,497 | $52,689,831 | $45,958,893 | — | — | $2,633,569 |
About LaGrange College
Based on IRS filings
LaGrange College is a public charity focused on Education, based in Lagrange, GA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $167.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $3.5M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
LaGrange College is led by Susanna Baxter, President on every filing since 2021; 6 of 40 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Susanna Baxter
President
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$132K (2021) → $274K (2025)
William T. Plybon
Trustee-Chair
Trustee → Trustee-Vice Chair, 2024
Trustee-Vice Chair → Trustee-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel T. Brown
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deedee G. Williams
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward D. Smith
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George F. Wheelock III
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George W. Baker Jr.
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
J. Kennerly Boatwright III
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James F. Bruce Jr.
Trustee
Trustee-Vice Chairman → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James M. Wood III
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathy R. McCollum
Trustee
Trustee-Chairman → Trustee-Chair, 2024
Trustee-Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelly D. Cain
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Linda Cole
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy K. Stevens
Trustee
Trustee-Secretary → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard S. Simmons
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott D. Hawkins
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sue Marie Waddell
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William M. Hodges
Trustee
Trustee → Trustee-Vice Chairman, 2021
Trustee-Vice Chairman → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Shurbutt
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lauranne Buchanan
Trustee-Secretary
Trustee → Trustee-Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mitchell T. Key
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
R. Coleman Foss
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Tunstall
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane Cooley
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Linda Buchanan
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael T. Faye
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Miriam Harris
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stuart Countess
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ternisha Miles Jones
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Cauble
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Heather Graham
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jake Jones
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Dollar
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Quincy D Brown
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maranah Sauter
Associate Vpaa & Professor - Nursing
Associate Vpaa & Professor → Associate Vice President & Professor - Nursing, 2023
Associate Vice President & Professor - Nursing → Associate Vpaa & Professor - Nursing, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$103K (2019) → $107K (2025)
Rebecca Nicks
Vice President - Advancement
Vice President → Development, 2022
Development → Vice President - Advancement, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$131K (2019) → $127K (2025)
Jerry Forster
Vice President - Finance & Operations
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$62K (2023) → $158K (2025)
John Head
Vice President - Enrollment Management
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$140K (2023) → $139K (2025)
Brian Peterson
Vice President - Academic Affairs
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$156K (2024) → $149K (2025)
Tripp PENN
Trustee-Vice Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (44)
- Former: Edward A. Montag (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Greg McClanahan (2019–2024) — Senior Associate Vpaa & Professor-Mathematics
- Former: H. Speer Burdette III (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Joe F. Ragland Jr. (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Olugbenga O. Obasanjo (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Paul S. Penn III (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Robert L. Carmichael Jr. (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Sonya S. Gaither (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: George Lankford (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Anil R. Modi (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Chris C. Edwards (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Deborah Hall (2019–2023) — Vice President - Finance & Operations
- Former: Greg W. Wright (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Shearon Wiggins Glover (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: T. Scott Malone (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Tim Irwin (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: William F. McRae Jr. (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: James I. Pace Jr. (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Karen Aubrey (2019–2022) — Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Former: Brian Carlisle (2020–2022) — Student Engagement
- Former: Beverly Y. Langford (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Dan McAlexander (2019–2021) — Former President
- Former: Eunjae Kim Peralta-Ramos (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Joseph Miller (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Lc Evans (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Richard C. Wolfe (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson (2020–2021) — Executive Officio
- Former: John A. Byers (2020–2021) — Executive Officio
- Former: Michael McCord (2020–2021) — Executive Officio
- Former: Melinda Pomeroy Black (2021) — Faculty Representative
- Former: Nia Johnson (2021) — Student President Representative
- Former: Rhett C. Yates (2021) — Executive Officio
- Former: Susan Gary Landry (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Zsa Zsa Heard (2021) — Executive Officio
- Former: Curt M. Johnson (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Curtis Brown (2020) — Leadership Council Representative
- Former: Hayden McCollough (2020) — Student President Representative
- Former: John Lawrence (2020) — Professor - Art & Design
- Former: Kim Barber (2020) — Faculty Represenattive
- Former: Betsy W. Covington (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Jerry C. Wilkinson (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Martin Pirrman (2019) — Treasurer, Vice President Finance & Operations
- Former: Nancy N. Durand (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Peggy Cobb Schug (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 $274K, to Susanna Baxter (President). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about LaGrange College
How large is LaGrange College?
LaGrange College reported $167.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $44.0M.
What is LaGrange College?
LaGrange College is a public charity focused on Education, based in Lagrange, GA. It holds $167.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does LaGrange College operate?
LaGrange College has awarded grants in Georgia.
What is LaGrange College's EIN?
LaGrange College's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 58-0566199. 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
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 10, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 14, 2020)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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