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← EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,712,431
Total expenses
$12,555,081
Contributions and grants received
$13,158,681
Grants paid
$11,985,579
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,910,433
Other revenue
$2,643,317
Total assets, end of year
$182,228,113
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,530,315
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$172,697,798
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,555,081
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,555,081

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $576,400

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,582,281

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $137,478

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,063,710 · excluded $4,063,710

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $833,317

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $467,564

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $365,753

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $365,753 · related or exempt $287,439 · unrelated business $78,314

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,119,715

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $19,272,992

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$153,277

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$153,277 · excluded -$153,277

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER OPERATING REVENUES

    total $2,277,564 · related or exempt $2,277,564

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,277,564

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $8,099,777 · program services $8,099,777

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,885,802 · program services $3,885,802

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $471,538 · program services $471,538

  • 20 · Interest

    total $97,964 · program services $97,964

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $930,720 · end of year $1,068,491

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,714,319 · end of year $18,115,657

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,231,270 · end of year $2,739,923

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $167,104 · end of year $237,350

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $88,500 · end of year $17,540

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $11,750,285

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,236,889

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,652,690 · end of year $10,513,396

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $120,011,099 · end of year $136,756,341

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,507,288 · end of year $9,307,241

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,358,264 · end of year $3,472,174

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,326,763 · end of year $957,732

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,209,211 · end of year $3,065,372

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,633,260 · end of year $5,507,211

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $42,661,851 · end of year $48,183,039

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $3,998,163 · end of year $5,387,319

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $101,832,006 · end of year $119,127,440

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (ETSU) AND ITS STUDENTS.

  • ALL PROGRAM EXPENDITURES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ORGANIZATION'S STATEDPURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THESUPPORT OF ITS EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND TO ETSU STUDENTS.

    Expenses $12,555,081 · Grants $11,985,579 · Revenue $2,565,003

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Brian Noland

    UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $503,321
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $503,321
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $503,321 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $503,321 related
  • Ms Pam Ritter

    PRESIDENT/CEO, UNIVERSITY VP

    Total calculated
    $222,095
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $222,095
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $222,095 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $222,095 related
  • Ms Christina Graham

    CFO, VP BUSINESS/FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $259,464
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $259,464
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $259,464 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $259,464 related
  • Mr Richard K Storey

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Renee Bays Lockhart

    VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Tracy Fleenor

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Virginia Bieber

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Andy Hall

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr C Steven Kilgore

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Clarence Mabe

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Doug Martin

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Grant Summers

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Jeff Bedard

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Joe Trujillo

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Josh Gibbons

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Matt Wilhjelm

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Peter Raber

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Stephen Dixon

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Tommy Greer

    BOARD INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Margaret Ingram

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Jennifer Keller

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Kathy Mullins

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Kim Hall

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Sandy Thomas

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

    $7,909,338

    SUPPORT UNIVERSITY

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531329349301603

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