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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,272,931
Total expenses
$14,754,902
Contributions and grants received
$12,397,165
Grants paid
$6,705,508
Program service revenue
$2,155,817
Investment income
$660,479
Other revenue
$59,470
Total assets, end of year
$182,826,889
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,042,670
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$165,784,219
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,738,612
Management and general expenses
$2,088,789
Fundraising expenses
$927,501
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,738,612

Program services were 79.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,397,165

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $793,913

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ENDOWMENT MGMT FEES

    total $1,991,854 · related or exempt $1,991,854

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

    total $134,080 · related or exempt $134,080

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ALUMNI EVENTS

    total $29,883 · related or exempt $29,883

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $426,800 · excluded $426,800

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $800 · excluded $800

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $74,175

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $50,188

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $23,987

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $23,987 · excluded $23,987

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,183,911 · other assets $400,000

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

    securities $7,190,232 · other assets $160,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,321 · other assets $240,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $233,679 · excluded $233,679

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $15,178

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,946

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $9,232 · excluded $9,232

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $25,060 · excluded $25,060

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $391 · excluded $391

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25,451

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $402,313 · program services $402,313

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,303,195 · program services $6,303,195

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,714,896 · program services $1,396,921 · fundraising $317,975

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $51,534 · management and general $42,533 · fundraising $9,001

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,435 · management and general $73,435

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $398,772 · fundraising $398,772

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $816,618 · management and general $816,618

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $142,847 · program services $32,546 · management and general $103,787 · fundraising $6,514

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $419,186 · program services $288,006 · management and general $78,419 · fundraising $52,761

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $122,517 · program services $80,154 · management and general $17,527 · fundraising $24,836

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,601 · program services $50,947 · fundraising $4,654

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,310,046 · program services $1,098,564 · management and general $109,955 · fundraising $101,527

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $192,811 · program services $134,683 · management and general $51,701 · fundraising $6,427

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,246 · management and general $14,246

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,917 · program services $6,684 · management and general $2,233

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    total $2,282,201 · program services $1,609,154 · management and general $673,047

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $251,818 · program services $244,152 · management and general $7,666

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENTAL

    total $101,606 · program services $55,898 · management and general $44,177 · fundraising $1,531

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $92,343 · program services $35,395 · management and general $53,445 · fundraising $3,503

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,103,747 · end of year $6,067,835

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $31,945 · end of year $28,554

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,076,686 · end of year $6,595,349

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,300 · end of year $20,351

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

    $7,032,247

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

    $151,036

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,488,357 · end of year $6,881,211

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $138,626,338 · end of year $151,250,878

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,020,420 · end of year $11,567,424

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $772,177 · end of year $415,287

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $182,446 · end of year $292,679

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,500,000 · end of year $972,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $150,800 · end of year $135,720

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $14,146,474 · end of year $15,090,614

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $288,092 · end of year $551,657

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,438,221 · end of year $38,183,565

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $117,426,937 · end of year $127,600,654

Mission and programs · 2023

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 $6,304,838 · Grants $6,303,195

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

    Expenses $5,031,461 · Revenue $2,155,817

  • 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 $402,313 · Grants $402,313

As filed on the 2023 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

  • Andrea Sturm

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Scot Studebaker

    VICE CHAIR & GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Sydney Hunsdale

    PAST CHAIR & FINANCE 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
  • Rick Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deb Atwood

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Bayless

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carol Francisco

    EC AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Greg Grant

    SI CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christy Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Kutcher

    PHILANTHROPY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Warren Michelsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paula Radloff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Reis

    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

    EC AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brett Jordan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jody Mull

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nabeel Chowdhury

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edward Coe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brandy Corujo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hamraj Ghumman

    EC AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Corey Spears

    BOARD MEMBER

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

    ADEI CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mason Luvera

    ENGAGEMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim O'Neill

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $342,511
    From this org
    $302,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,431
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,397
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,034
    Filer's total
    $342,511
  • Mark Brovak

    VICE PRESIDENT & CFO

    Total calculated
    $213,924
    From this org
    $167,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,380
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,544
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,521
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,859
    Filer's total
    $213,924
  • Mandy Hanousek

    ASST VP ADVANCEMENT SERIES

    Total calculated
    $167,469
    From this org
    $153,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,606
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,863
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,441
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,165
    Filer's total
    $167,469
  • Mark Bagley

    ASST VP GIFTS, DONOR RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $163,945
    From this org
    $147,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,258
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,687
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $583
    Filer's total
    $163,945
  • Matt Hammatt

    SR DIRECTOR PLANNED GIVING

    Total calculated
    $147,291
    From this org
    $108,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,780
    Hours/week
    40
  • Victoria Martinsen

    SR DIRECTOR ALUMNI CONSTITUENTS

    Total calculated
    $122,193
    From this org
    $101,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,961
    Hours/week
    40

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

    $0

    ALL GRANTS ARE MADE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. GRANTS ARE MADE TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AT THE 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
2023
Filed
29 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541199349302344

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