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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,322,513
Total expenses
$2,262,665
Contributions and grants received
$1,322,513
Grants paid
$2,123,131
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$14,208,159
Total liabilities, end of year
$199,359
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,008,800
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,133,261
Management and general expenses
$86,096
Fundraising expenses
$43,308
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,133,261

Program services were 94.3% 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)

    $1,139,927

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $182,586

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,123,131 · program services $2,123,131

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $10,000 · program services $7,500 · fundraising $2,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,315 · management and general $2,088 · fundraising $1,227

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,000 · management and general $24,570 · fundraising $14,430

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,611 · management and general $5,611

  • 17 · Travel

    total $65,607 · management and general $41,332 · fundraising $24,275

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,145 · management and general $7,145

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $5,350 · management and general $5,350

  • 24b · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP

    total $3,506 · program services $2,630 · fundraising $876

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $725,543 · end of year $637,797

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $872,482 · end of year $675,838

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,103 · end of year $9,777

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

    $5,625

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

    $5,625

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,843,146 · end of year $12,884,747

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $878 · end of year $3,052

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $40,303 · end of year $196,307

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,235,039 · end of year $13,137,106

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,176,054 · end of year $871,694

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, A DIVISION OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

  • DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, A DIVISION OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS TO THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSION IN AN ENDOWMENT FUND BENEFITING THE WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $2,133,261 · Grants $2,123,131

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leslie H Wexner

    CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Lambert

    PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David M Aronowitz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Asmo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Bauer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Hatcher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joyce Shenk

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Shumate

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam R Flatto

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Lane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lachelle Thigpen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paige Crane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Scantland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Judge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gaetane Verna

    TRUSTEE/ E.D. OF WCA

    Total calculated
    $373,281
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $304,566
    Other
    $68,715
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $266,570 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $37,996 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $42,489 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,226 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $373,281 related

  • Nici Workman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Horn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $492,890
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $413,662
    Other
    $79,228
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $353,023 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $60,639 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $58,445 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,783 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $492,890 related

  • Bruce A Soll

    TREASURER/EX-OFFICIO TRUST

    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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600289349301010

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