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← WGU CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WGU CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$264,706,475
Total expenses
$272,803,792
Contributions and grants received
$503,776
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$243,064,538
Management and general expenses
$25,714,685
Fundraising expenses
$4,024,569
Program service expenses (Part III)
$243,064,538

Program services were 89.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • SCOTT PULSIPHER

    TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $2,268,117
    From this org
    $2,205,837
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,280
    Hours/week
    41 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $804,934
    Bonus
    $650,000
    Other
    $750,903
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,280
    Filer's total
    $2,268,117

  • DAVID GROW

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $883,610
    From this org
    $810,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,690
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $482,903
    Bonus
    $215,000
    Other
    $113,017
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,690
    Filer's total
    $883,610

  • NADEEM SYED

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $671,701
    From this org
    $619,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,930
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $475,771
    Bonus
    $144,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,430
    Filer's total
    $671,701

  • DAVID MORALES

    SR VP, TECHNOLOGY & CIO

    Total calculated
    $650,456
    From this org
    $616,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,848
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $440,745
    Bonus
    $113,895
    Other
    $61,968
    Deferred
    $4,466
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,382
    Filer's total
    $650,456

  • BONNIE PATTEE

    SR VP, PEOPLE & TALENT

    Total calculated
    $575,503
    From this org
    $519,496
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,007
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $395,064
    Bonus
    $82,800
    Other
    $41,632
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,007
    Filer's total
    $575,503

  • JASON LEVIN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LABS

    Total calculated
    $515,150
    From this org
    $458,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,530
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $335,084
    Bonus
    $85,730
    Other
    $37,806
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,030
    Filer's total
    $515,150

  • ROBERT HUNT

    SR VP, GENERAL COUNSEL, SECR.

    Total calculated
    $481,863
    From this org
    $395,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,530
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $325,791
    Bonus
    $58,855
    Other
    $10,687
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56,530
    Filer's total
    $481,863

  • ANNALISA HOLCOMBE

    PRESIDENT, WGU ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $447,127
    From this org
    $388,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,266
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,889
    Bonus
    $55,515
    Other
    $25,457
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,266
    Filer's total
    $447,127

  • PATRICIA MOORE

    VICE PRESIDENT, ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $424,465
    From this org
    $382,886
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,579
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $336,531
    Bonus
    $46,355
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,579
    Filer's total
    $424,465

  • PAUL DROUBAY

    VICE PRESIDENT, TOTAL REWARDS

    Total calculated
    $421,017
    From this org
    $364,531
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,486
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $309,371
    Bonus
    $55,160
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,456
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,030
    Filer's total
    $421,017

  • HENRY HUMPHREYS

    VP, PRODUCT & PORTF. MANAG.

    Total calculated
    $381,451
    From this org
    $334,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,486
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,045
    Bonus
    $32,920
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,904
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,582
    Filer's total
    $381,451

  • DR CHARLES SORENSON

    CHAIR (THRU 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOE FULLER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • LENNY MENDONCA

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOHN W BLUFORD III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • APRIL CHOU

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • COLE CLARK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DWANA FRANKLIN-DAVIS

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TALIA MILGROM-ELCOTT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • THE HONORABLE JIM GERINGER

    TRUSTEE (EMERITUS AS OF 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KERRY HEALY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ELOY ORTIZ OAKLEY

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID SIMMONS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DR SAMUEL H SMITH

    TRUSTEE (EMERITUS AS OF 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JESSIE WOOLEY-WILSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • COURTNEY HILLS MCBETH

    CAO & PROVOST (AS OF 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 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 — 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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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 I, LINE 1A:
The organization paid for its president to fly first-class on certain flights longer than 3 hours. The cost of these flights is not considered taxable to the employee, since the trips are business-related.
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1B:
The organization's written policy is that first-class flights are not allowed, except when they are for a justifiable reason and are pre-approved by the CFO or President.

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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
2023
Filed
5 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501329349303525

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