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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$456,087,334
Total expenses
$294,501,134
Contributions and grants received
$301,813,626
Grants paid
$230,728,441
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$230,728,441
Management and general expenses
$25,374,078
Fundraising expenses
$38,398,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$230,728,441

Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JACK FINLAW

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $526,064
    From this org
    $489,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,093
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $445,681
    Bonus
    $44,290
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,393
    Filer's total
    $526,064

  • ANNIE BACCARY

    VP FOR ADVANCEMENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN DOLAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL DONNELLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ILANA DUBIN-SPIEGEL

    UNIVERSITY REGENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NAN EKLUND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM K FISHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD FREDRICKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA KETTERING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT KINGDOM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATTY IMHOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BECKY L MEDVED

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD SALIMAN

    UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEIDI WAGNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA WINTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLE YALEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELINDA H YEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SALLY HYBL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VANCE KNAPP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULA SANDOVAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY SULLIVAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID TRYBA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • A KELLER YOUNG ESQ

    SVP, GENERAL COUNSEL, CAO

    Total calculated
    $367,405
    From this org
    $326,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,147
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $296,487
    Bonus
    $29,771
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,896
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,251
    Filer's total
    $367,405

  • CHARLENE LAUS

    VP & CFO

    Total calculated
    $339,767
    From this org
    $312,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,615
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $284,152
    Bonus
    $28,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,713
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,902
    Filer's total
    $339,767

  • LYNNEA HUTTON

    VP, PEOPLE & CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $250,848
    From this org
    $216,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,617
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,231
    Bonus
    $23,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,154
    Filer's total
    $250,848

  • ELIZABETH SAYER

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $191,159
    From this org
    $172,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,125
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,465
    Bonus
    $15,569
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,405
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,720
    Filer's total
    $191,159

  • SHANNON KNAPP

    DIRECTOR, GIFT SERVICES - TERM ENDED 11/22/24

    Total calculated
    $162,633
    From this org
    $142,209
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,424
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,287
    Bonus
    $11,922
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,489
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,935
    Filer's total
    $162,633

  • SASKIA SAWYER

    AVP GIFT SERVICES - TERM END 6/14/24

    Total calculated
    $159,380
    From this org
    $144,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,264
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $102,295
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $41,821
    Deferred
    $6,356
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,908
    Filer's total
    $159,380

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 — 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
SASKIA SAWYER - $41,821

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

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.

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO UK FOUNDATION LIMITED

    501(C)(3) · REAL ESTATE · CO · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CU FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503159349302315

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