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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,066,436
Total expenses
$25,813,028
Contributions and grants received
$9,300,079
Grants paid
$16,393,671
Program service revenue
$2,094,102
Investment income
$593,151
Other revenue
$79,104
Total assets, end of year
$187,907,508
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,983,156
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$168,924,352
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$22,853,029
Management and general expenses
$1,383,609
Fundraising expenses
$1,576,390
Program service expenses (Part III)
$22,853,029

Program services were 88.5% 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

    $114,008

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,186,071

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $344,600

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ENDOWMENT MGMT FEES

    total $1,961,281 · related or exempt $1,961,281

  • 2b · Program service revenue: UNIV. SUPPORTED EVENTS

    total $128,121 · related or exempt $128,121

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ALUMNI EVENTS

    total $4,700 · related or exempt $4,700

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $391,787 · excluded $391,787

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,000 · excluded $1,000

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $71,945

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $41,534

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $30,411

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $30,411 · excluded $30,411

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $89,311,150

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

    securities $89,109,786

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $201,364

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $201,364 · excluded $201,364

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $95,387

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $47,694

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $47,693 · excluded $47,693

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $11,241,908 · program services $11,241,908

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,151,763 · program services $5,151,763

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,067,593 · program services $1,387,091 · fundraising $680,502

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $40,566 · management and general $39,961 · fundraising $605

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,205 · program services $3,520 · management and general $63,685

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $444,730 · fundraising $444,730

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $679,674 · management and general $679,674

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $641,062 · program services $326,998 · management and general $85,097 · fundraising $228,967

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $111,581 · program services $32,561 · management and general $77,110 · fundraising $1,910

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $628,616 · program services $560,313 · management and general $46,340 · fundraising $21,963

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $500 · program services $500

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,400 · program services $37,225 · fundraising $11,175

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,208,213 · program services $1,029,284 · management and general $81,530 · fundraising $97,399

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $240,053 · program services $126,959 · management and general $91,053 · fundraising $22,041

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,248 · program services $13,248

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,839 · management and general $19,839

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    total $1,732,378 · program services $1,732,378

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $482,595 · program services $480,945 · management and general $1,315 · fundraising $335

  • 24c · Other expenses: GOODS AND SERVICES

    total $330,645 · program services $309,321 · management and general $21,324

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $287,520 · program services $184,311 · management and general $58,656 · fundraising $44,553

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $374,939 · program services $234,704 · management and general $118,025 · fundraising $22,210

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,067,835 · end of year $1,404,051

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $28,554 · end of year $48,189

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,595,349 · end of year $6,744,083

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,351 · end of year $0

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

    $7,565,805

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

    $164,284

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,881,211 · end of year $7,401,521

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $151,250,878 · end of year $157,884,359

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $11,567,424 · end of year $14,425,305

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $415,287 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $292,679 · end of year $504,434

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $972,000 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $135,720 · end of year $120,640

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $15,090,614 · end of year $15,933,615

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $551,657 · end of year $2,424,467

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $38,183,565 · end of year $42,911,532

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $127,600,654 · end of year $126,012,820

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI IS A NON-PROFIT, PUBLIC 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY: "BY INSPIRING OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE, WE SECURE AND STEWARD PRIVATE RESOURCES TO ADVANCE SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY."THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1966 AS A VEHICLE TO RECEIVE AND ENCOURAGE PRIVATE GIVING TO WWU. THE FOUNDATION IS LED BY A GROUP OF DEDICATED BOARD MEMBERS WHO GROW AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVATE SUPPORT TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. THESE ALUMNI, PARENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS BRING THEIR EXPERIENCES IN BUSINESS, EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND NON-PROFITS AND SHARE THE COMMON MISSION OF ENGAGING NEW FRIENDS FOR WESTERN WHILE ALSO STEWARDING THE MORE THAN $175 MILLION IN ASSETS UNDER THE FOUNDATION'S MANAGEMENT. GIFTS FUND STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, AS WELL AS PROGRAM AND FACULTY MEMBER SUPPORT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI IS A NON-PROFIT, PUBLIC 501(C)(3) CORPORATION THAT EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE, SECURE AND STEWARD PRIVATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THE ACADEMIC MISSION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $5,151,763 · Grants $5,151,763

  • HIGHER EDUCATION: PROVIDE OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES TO WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY TO INCLUDE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, FACULTY AND STUDENT TRAVEL, CONFERENCES, HONORARIA, SUPPLIES, AND OTHER.

    Expenses $17,567,716 · Grants $11,108,358 · Revenue $2,094,102

  • HIGHER EDUCATION: GRANT GIFTS OF IN-KIND PROPERTY RECEIVED FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY TO INCLUDE COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT, ART COLLECTIONS AND GALLERY, LIBRARY ADDITIONS AND OTHER.

    Expenses $133,550 · Grants $133,550

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scot Studebaker

    BOARD CHAIR & VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Sydney Hunsdale

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Andrea Sturm

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Tony George

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Colette Taylor

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Michael Bayless

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nabeel Chowdhury

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Coe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brandy Corujo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carol Francisco

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hamraj Ghumman

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Grant

    STRATEGIC INITIATIVE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christy Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brett Jordan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Kutcher

    PHILANTHROPY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mason Luvera

    ENGAGEMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Warren Michelsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jody Mull

    PUBLIC ADVOCACY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paula Radloff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tasha Repp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vini Samuel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ingrid Sarapuu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brinton Scott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bart Shilvock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janis Velasquez-Farmer

    ADEI CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Reis

    BOARD MEMBER THRU 08/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Hill

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $356,897
    From this org
    $306,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,940
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,957
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,354
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,586
    Filer's total
    $356,897
  • Mark Brovak

    VICE PRESIDENT & CFO

    Total calculated
    $239,082
    From this org
    $192,643
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,439
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,643
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,505
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,934
    Filer's total
    $239,082
  • Mandy Hanousek

    ASST. VP ADVANCEMENT SERIES

    Total calculated
    $178,902
    From this org
    $165,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,595
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,307
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,421
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,174
    Filer's total
    $178,902
  • Mark Bagley

    ASST. VP GIFTS, DONOR RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $198,847
    From this org
    $180,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,475
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,372
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,888
    Nontaxable benefits
    $587
    Filer's total
    $198,847
  • Kerry Godes

    ASSOC. VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $244,808
    From this org
    $213,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,258
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,550
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,697
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,561
    Filer's total
    $244,808
  • Matthew Hammatt

    SR. DIRECTOR OF PLANNED GIVING

    Total calculated
    $145,187
    From this org
    $125,973
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,214
    Hours/week
    30
  • Barbara Folger

    DIRECTOR OF DATA OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $127,034
    From this org
    $105,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,498
    Hours/week
    30

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART II, COMPENSATION:
COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED AND PAID BY WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION.

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

  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

    $11,108,358

    ALL GRANTS ARE MADE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE UNITRUST(5)

    T · INVESTMENTS · WA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202631069349300838

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