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← OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$348,297,593
Total expenses
$294,953,508
Contributions and grants received
$303,890,143
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$38,619,138
Other revenue
$5,788,312
Total assets, end of year
$1,952,395,539
Total liabilities, end of year
$62,973,037
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,889,422,502
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$272,589,929
Management and general expenses
$22,363,579
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$272,589,929

Program services were 92.4% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $303,890,143

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $22,328,262

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,619,138 · related or exempt $38,619,138 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Income from irrevocable split-interest agreements

    total $5,663,544 · related or exempt $5,663,544 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $124,768 · related or exempt $124,768 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,788,312

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $110,700 · program services $0 · management and general $110,700 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $40,393 · program services $0 · management and general $40,393 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,188 · program services $0 · management and general $26,188 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $85,440 · program services $0 · management and general $85,440 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $21,786,300 · program services $0 · management and general $21,786,300

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $705 · program services $0 · management and general $705

  • 24a · Other expenses: Distributions to The Ohio State University

    total $272,589,929 · program services $272,589,929 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expenses

    total $313,853 · program services $0 · management and general $313,853 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $343,904 · end of year $257,804

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $264,769,955 · end of year $282,561,925

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $4,215

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

    $3,550,000

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,550,000 · end of year $3,550,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $728,969,534 · end of year $795,866,766

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $759,357,801 · end of year $870,152,430

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $848 · end of year $2,399

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $201,386

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $10,591,769 · end of year $18,763,327

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $44,236,918 · end of year $44,008,324

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,702,163,355 · end of year $1,889,422,502

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Foundation raises funds and manages endowments and planned gifts for the benefit of The Ohio State University.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Ohio State University Foundation is The Ohio State University's primary fundraising and gift-receiving organization. Its purpose is to advance the mission of Ohio State by pursuing and securing private support to benefit Ohio State students, faculty, programs, and/or facilities.

  • Distributions to The Ohio State University.

    Expenses $272,589,929

  • Not Applicable

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jacinto Beard

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Joe Borgo

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Gay Su Pinnell

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • G Gilbert Cloyd

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Caryn Covelli

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jack Cowart

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Tanny Crane

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Phyllis A Cummins

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • James F Dietz

    Board of Directors and Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Elizabeth B Germain

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Bonita D Griffin

    Board of Directors and Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cynthia Hilsheimer

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Lisa Hinson

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Linda S Kass

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Maryann Kennedy

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Keith B Key

    Board of Directors and Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anne E Klamar

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • John C Lindberg

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Matthew D Magee

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Frank D Mauceri

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Stephen G Mehallis

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Stephen D Milligan

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Keith D Monda

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Nanette Nardi Triplett

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jennifer J Ostenson

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Marnette Perry

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • W Ray Persons

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Carter G Phillips

    Board of Directors and Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Corbett A Price

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Stanley D Ross

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Robert W Savage

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Robert H Schottenstein

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Lee Shackelford

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Georganne Shockey

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Timothy P Smucker

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Ratmir V Timashev

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Kara Trott

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Daniel J Wampler

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Gifford Weary

    Board of Directors and Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alec Wightman

    Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Molly Ranz Calhoun

    Ex Officio Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Kristine G Devine

    Ex Officio Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Michael C Eicher

    Ex Officio Director and Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Melissa S Shivers

    Ex Officio Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Peter J Mohler

    Ex Officio Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Walter Ted Carter Jr

    Ex Officio Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Michael Papadakis

    Ex 0fficio Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Brittany Cvetanovich

    Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jake Wozniak

    Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Clifton Holdings LLC

    Previous owner of real property located in Bexley, Ohio · OH · income $0 · assets $0

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510979349301236

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