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← CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,784,103
Total expenses
$4,875,880
Contributions and grants received
$6,122,731
Grants paid
$1,867,309
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,647,994
Other revenue
$13,378
Total assets, end of year
$75,261,770
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,055,482
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$72,206,288
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,474,113
Management and general expenses
$861,674
Fundraising expenses
$540,093
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,474,113

Program services were 71.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $173,233

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,949,498

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,215,302

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,880,036 · excluded $1,880,036

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,194,684

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

    securities $6,426,726

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,767,958

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,767,958 · excluded $1,767,958

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $103,975

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $173,233

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $109,170

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$5,195 · excluded -$5,195

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $16,199 · related or exempt $16,199

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADMIN FEE

    total $2,314 · related or exempt $2,314

  • 11c · Other revenue: GIFT FEE

    total $60 · related or exempt $60

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,573

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,867,309 · program services $1,867,309

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $734,706 · program services $516,204 · management and general $116,011 · fundraising $102,491

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,701 · management and general $5,701

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,115 · management and general $41,115

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $176,490 · management and general $176,490

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $475,772 · program services $109,903 · management and general $139,592 · fundraising $226,277

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,145 · program services $16,424 · management and general $5,828 · fundraising $3,893

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $182,972 · program services $155,746 · management and general $4,153 · fundraising $23,073

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $165,634 · program services $39,702 · management and general $109,186 · fundraising $16,746

  • 17 · Travel

    total $298,693 · program services $228,859 · management and general $22,342 · fundraising $47,492

  • 20 · Interest

    total $51,525 · management and general $51,525

  • 24a · Other expenses: UNIVERSITY SUPPORT

    total $806,363 · program services $506,557 · management and general $179,739 · fundraising $120,067

  • 24b · Other expenses: WRITE-OFF OF PLEDGES

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $18,455 · program services $8,409 · management and general $9,992 · fundraising $54

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $596,942 · end of year $626,765

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,158,010 · end of year $3,900,882

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $62,482,238 · end of year $70,734,123

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $462,295 · end of year $654,209

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $836,320 · end of year $735,283

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,663,170 · end of year $1,665,990

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,198,923 · end of year $11,263,372

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,076,482 · end of year $60,942,916

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CWU AND OUR DONORS, OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS BY DEVELOPING AND STEWARDING RESOURCES THAT PROVIDE ACCESS, OPPORTUNITY, AND HOPE.

  • SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS: MAJORITY IS ALLOCATED TO CWU TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $3,474,113 · Grants $1,867,309

  • PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS: SEMINARS, COLLOQUIUMS, TRAVEL, WORKSHOPS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORARIUMS, PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES.

    Revenue $18,573

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul Elstone

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $131,424
    From this org
    $108,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,156
    Hours/week
    16
  • Wendy Iwaszuk

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Backus

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Fisher

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Hatlestad

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Hanson

    SECRETARY (THRU 05/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Remak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donald Gibson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Nomura

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey O'Donnell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Richards

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jodi Daly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonard Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leticia Yellam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Conquergood

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noreen Reis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Barlow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott McCammant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Brace

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teri Bariquit

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Christophersen

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Nicklaus

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Bengston

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph Conner

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2024)

    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.

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)

PART I, LINE 3
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS AN EMPLOYEE OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. THE UNIVERSITY BASES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY ON A MARKET-BASED SALARY SURVEY. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT PAY THE WAGES. THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION REPORTED ON PART VII OF FORM 990 IS THE FOUNDATION'S ALLOCABLE SHARE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION.

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

  • CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

    $1,807,743

    SCHOLARSHIPS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620159349301432

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