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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$34,589,377
Total expenses
$23,480,054
Contributions and grants received
$18,572,532
Grants paid
$15,850,177
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,016,845
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$313,781,272
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,849,417
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$304,931,855
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,850,177
Management and general expenses
$6,701,025
Fundraising expenses
$928,852
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,850,177

Program services were 67.5% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $62,231

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $18,510,301

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,135,055

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,546,423 · unrelated business -$182,589 · excluded $5,729,012

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $18,812,425

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

    securities $8,342,003

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $10,470,422

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $10,470,422 · excluded $10,470,422

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,850,177 · program services $15,850,177

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,313,000 · management and general $795,047 · fundraising $517,953

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,289 · management and general $9,289

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,853 · management and general $37,853

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,432,034 · management and general $4,432,034

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $290,642 · management and general $290,642

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,550 · management and general $5,503 · fundraising $1,047

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $172,525 · management and general $144,955 · fundraising $27,570

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $57,872 · management and general $57,872

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,733 · management and general $14,733

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYMENTS TO ANNUITANTS

    total $765,718 · management and general $765,718

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS & TRAV

    total $472,123 · management and general $89,841 · fundraising $382,282

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $57,538 · management and general $57,538

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,074,570 · end of year $2,138,361

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,042,254 · end of year $20,267,812

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,563,598 · end of year $11,110,735

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $640,640 · end of year $1,913,318

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2,203,263 · end of year $1,630,000

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

    $1,332,423

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,332,423 · end of year $1,332,423

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $98,940,648 · end of year $84,831,969

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $147,180,099 · end of year $190,210,664

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $347,028 · end of year $345,990

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $613,622 · end of year $76,916

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $28,500 · end of year $28,500

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,705,909 · end of year $8,739,001

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,763,677 · end of year $16,941,906

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $256,207,815 · end of year $287,989,949

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION EXISTS TO STRENGTHEN THE UNIVERSITY'S FUTURE BY SECURING AND MANAGING PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS THAT FUND SCHOLARSHIPS, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

UAF EXISTS TO STRENGTHEN UA'S FUTURE BY SECURING/MANAGING PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS THAT BENEFIT UA.

  • A CORNERSTONE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS THE DEDICATED STEWARDSHIP OF DONOR-ESTABLISHED ENDOWMENTS. BY CAREFULLY HONORING THE PHILANTHROPIC INTENT OF OUR DONORS, THE FOUNDATION PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN EXPANDING STUDENT ACCESS THROUGH VITAL FINANCIAL AID. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, THIS COMMITMENT TRANSLATED INTO SUPPORT FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,000 SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY, ENSURING THAT DONOR LEGACIES CONTINUE TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS.

    Expenses $4,656,723 · Grants $4,656,723

  • ACADEMIC/ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT:: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION PROVIDES MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO GROW AND EXCEL THROUGH ACADEMIC SUPPORT. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, THE FOUNDATION HELPED FUND APPROXIMATELY 100 COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS, 14 ACADEMIC CHAIR ACCOUNTS, 19 LECTURESHIP ACCOUNTS, 30 FELLOWSHIP ACCOUNTS, 12 INTERNSHIP ACCOUNTS, 10 PROFESSORSHIP ACCOUNTS, 8 CENTER ACCOUNTS, AND 4 INSTITUTE ACCOUNTS.

    Expenses $4,407,178 · Grants $4,407,178

  • PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON CAMPUS ENHANCEMENTS BY FUNDING OR HELPING TO FUND PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS. IN 2024-25, THE SPENDING FOR THE THREE LARGEST FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS WERE THE FOLLOWING:1) $1,555,361 POLSKY BUILDING RENOVATION2) $392,0527 HOWER HOUSE OPERATIONS3) $147,500 ATHLETICS TRACK RENOVATION

    Expenses $4,342,589 · Grants $4,342,589

  • AUXILIARY PROGRAMS: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION PROVIDED DONOR-DESIGNATED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR A BROAD RANGE OF UNIVERSITY FUNCTIONS AND FACILITIES. SOME OF THESE INCLUDED INTERNSHIPS, LECTURESHIPS, AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE ITEMS.

    Expenses $2,443,687 · Grants $2,443,687

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Philip A Lloyd

    DIRECTOR AND CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.4
  • Pamela S Williams

    DIRECTOR AND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Kathryn W Dindo

    DIRECTOR AND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Irvin J Musson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John R Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Lewis W Adkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Anthony J Alexander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Larry W Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Roland H Bauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Frank P Bevilacqua

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Christopher J Burnham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Keith A Cline

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Steven S Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Michael D Crome

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Samuel D Deshazior

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Duriya A Dhinojwala

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Carina S Diamond

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Laura Duda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Naomi D Ganoe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Joseph M Gingo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christopher V Goff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • David M Grubb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Halle G Jones Capers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Brian C Layman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Raymond K Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Rajkumar Makam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • James D McCool

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Jenifer Meade

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Theodora Musson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Sandra Pianalto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Joseph E Reece

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • William H Skeeles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Rebecca Slayman-Gallagher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Glen L Stephens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Christopher T Teodosio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Marlene K Toot

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Ernest Vargo II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Misty Villers

    EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $224,966
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $167,807
    Other
    $57,159
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 39.6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $165,929 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,878 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,264 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,895 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $224,966 related
  • John Wiencek

    EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR - LEFT MAY 2025

    Total calculated
    $429,100
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $351,214
    Other
    $77,886
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 39.6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $351,214 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,862 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,024 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $429,100 related
  • Rj Nemer

    EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $472,806
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $411,629
    Other
    $61,177
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 39.6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $403,860 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $7,769 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $38,501 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,676 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $472,806 related
  • Gwyneth Price

    EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 39.6 related
  • Kimberly M Cole

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $229,999
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $181,510
    Other
    $48,489
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $177,027 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $4,483 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $25,418 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,071 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $229,999 related
  • Barry Just

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $120,258
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $105,258
    Other
    $15,000
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

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
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4B
IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024, GARY MILLER CONTRIBUTED $ $30,500, JOHN WINCEK CONTRIBUTED $ $30,500 TO THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON'S 457(B) PLAN. NO DISTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON'S 457(B) PLAN DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
PART I, LINE 2
THE FOUNDATION DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED IN 1A TO OR FOR A PERSON LISTED ON FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 1A. HOWEVER, IF THERE WERE SUCH EXPENSES, THE FOUNDATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL REQUIRES SUBSTANTIATION PRIOR TO ANY DISBURSEMENTS.
PART I, LINE 3
THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT PROVIDE NOR FUND ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS TO ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR ANY OTHER OFFICER OR DIRECTOR.

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

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

    $15,850,177

    SEE PART IV

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 AKRON

    501(C)(3) · HIGHER EDUCATION · OH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601209349300225

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