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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by KENNESAW STATE UNVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,968,599
Total expenses
$14,626,860
Contributions and grants received
$840,965
Grants paid
$12,989,336
Program service revenue
$13,670,202
Investment income
$306,209
Other revenue
$1,151,223
Total assets, end of year
$9,552,328
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,156,963
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,395,365
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,322,263
Management and general expenses
$304,597
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,322,263

Program services were 97.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $40,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $800,965

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RESEARCH FEES

    total $10,857,578 · related or exempt $10,857,578

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT

    total $2,311,705 · related or exempt $2,311,705

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE

    total $2,890 · related or exempt $2,890

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $498,029 · related or exempt $498,029

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $306,209 · excluded $306,209

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,150,873 · excluded $1,150,873

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE

    total $350 · unrelated business $350

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $350

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,989,336 · program services $12,989,336

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $7,587 · program services $7,587

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $153,038 · management and general $153,038

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $80,396 · management and general $80,396

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $44,800 · program services $34,500 · management and general $10,300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,427 · program services $3,427

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,700 · program services $20,361 · management and general $8,339

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $1,159,947 · program services $1,159,947

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,874 · program services $1,042 · management and general $3,832

  • 17 · Travel

    total $940 · management and general $940

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $56,296 · program services $33,329 · management and general $22,967

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,331 · management and general $3,331

  • 24a · Other expenses: FINANCING AND CONTRACTS

    total $72,356 · program services $59,970 · management and general $12,386

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $18,187 · program services $12,764 · management and general $5,423

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,645 · management and general $3,645

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,227,557 · end of year $5,789,289

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,856,663 · end of year $1,959,160

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,027,007 · end of year $1,803,879

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $53,038 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,508,447 · end of year $4,344,612

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,602,192 · end of year $1,812,351

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,820,283 · end of year $3,262,499

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $233,343 · end of year $132,866

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF KSURF IS TO SERVE KSU AS A COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

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

    Expenses $14,322,263 · Grants $12,989,336 · Revenue $13,670,202

As filed on the 2023 return. 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

  • Kathy Schwaig

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $460,675
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $408,982
    Other
    $51,693
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $408,982 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $40,016 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,677 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $460,675 related
  • Ivan Pulinkala

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $329,891
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $292,938
    Other
    $36,953
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $292,938 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,492 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,461 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $329,891 related
  • Karin Scarpinato

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $196,186
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $158,610
    Other
    $37,576
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $158,610 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,170 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,406 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $196,186 related
  • Sumanth Yenduri

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $267,732
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $237,366
    Other
    $30,366
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $237,366 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,654 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,712 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $267,732 related
  • Aaron Howell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $277,173
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $234,937
    Other
    $42,236
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $234,937 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,116 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,120 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $277,173 related
  • Nwakaego Nkumeh Walker

    LEGAL AFFAIRS/BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $226,450
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $187,970
    Other
    $38,480
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $187,970 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,649 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,831 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $226,450 related
  • Yusun Chang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $204,395
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $175,278
    Other
    $29,117
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $175,278 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,440 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,677 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $204,395 related
  • Nicole Ferguson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $115,099
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $88,809
    Other
    $26,290
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Jordyn Upton

    STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $36,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $36,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Maria Thacker Goethe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dana Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth Kc Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Reinagle

    COO (MARCH - JUNE 2023)

    Total calculated
    $167,050
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $132,376
    Other
    $34,674
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $132,351 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $25 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,962 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,712 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $167,050 related
  • Aimee Roper

    BOARD SECRETARY (NON-VOTING)

    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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART II
TYLER REINAGEL RECEIVED COMPENATION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023 FROM A RELATED ORGANIZATION, KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY ("KSU"), FOR SERVICES AS AVP OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT KSU. COMPENSATION SHOWN ON SCHEDULE J AND FORM 990, PART VII IS NOT RELATED TO HIS ROLE AS INTERIM COO, WHICH CEASED AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023. KSU RSF DOES NOT DIRECTLY EMPLOY ANY INDIVIDUALS AND THEREFORE HAS NO W-2 EMPLOYEES. FOUNDATION STAFF ARE EMPLOYED BY THE REPORTING AGENT, KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY (EIN 58-0968786), A RELATED ORGANIZATION. THE SALARIES AND ASSOCIATED COMPENSATION COSTS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR AS NONFINANCIAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOUNDATION.

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

  • KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY

    $12,989,336

    TO CARRY OUT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND RESEARCH FOR PROJECTS AWARDED TO KSURSF.

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.

  • KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY

    SECTION 115 · STATE UNIVERSITY · GA

    Directly controlled by GA BOARD OF REGENTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349305571

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