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← FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$56,013,371
Total expenses
$56,920,547
Contributions and grants received
$43,251,576
Grants paid
$48,120,863
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$48,868,642
Management and general expenses
$2,498,922
Fundraising expenses
$5,552,983
Program service expenses (Part III)
$48,868,642

Program services were 85.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • ELIZABETH M BEJAR

    EX-OFFICIO/ FIU PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $599,567
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $527,513
    Other
    $72,054
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $527,513 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $50,005 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,049 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $599,567 related
  • YOLANGEL HERNANDEZ SUAREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $374,022
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $345,597
    Other
    $28,425
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $345,597 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $28,389 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $374,022 related
  • SNEH GULATI

    EX-OFFICIO, AS OF 9/2023

    Total calculated
    $247,683
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $209,698
    Other
    $37,985
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $209,698 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,946 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,039 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $247,683 related
  • SANTANA WAY

    EX-OFFICIO/FIU SGA, UNTIL 5/2024

    Total calculated
    $9,780
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $9,780
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • ADALIO T SANCHEZ

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HUMBERTO CABANAS

    ALUMNI CENTER STEERING COMM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDRE L TEIXEIRA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CANDIDO J VIYELLA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • T GENE PRESCOTT

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CARMEL J BARRAU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CLAUDIA PUIG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CRISTINA DI MAURO

    INVESTMENT SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID M ZINN

    FIU VENTURES SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • FRANCIS A HONDAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GERALD C GRANT JR

    DEVELOPMENT MGMT CHAIR/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NOEL J GUILLAMA-ALVAREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • IRA D GILLER

    REAL ESTATE SUB-COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES LOEWENHERZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JEFFREY L HORSTMYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JILL M GRANAT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JUAN CARLOS ALEXANDER

    EX-OFFICIO/FIU ALUMNI, UNTIL 4/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JUAN J MARTINEZ

    FOUNDATION ENTERPRISE GROWTH VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JUAN R FIGUEREO

    FOUNDATION ENTERPRISE GROWTH CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LATESSA DOTSON HALL

    MEMBERSHIP & BOARD MGMT CO-VC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALBERT R TANO

    MEMBERSHIP & BOARD GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ELLIOT N STONE

    REAL ESTATE SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CARLOS A SABATER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • THOMAS C RAGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ORLANDO ROCHE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RAKESH AND RACHANEE SARNA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD BRILLIANT

    LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD P TONKINSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT M NAMOFF

    DIRECTOR, UNTIL 3/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SERGIO ABREU JR

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEWART A APPELROUTH

    AUDIT SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT A BAER SR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARCEL L NAVARRO

    FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WALTER B GONZALEZ JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MALCOLM BROWN

    DIRECTOR, AS OF 10/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALBERT LORENZO

    DIRECTOR, AS OF 10/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HUGO MANTILLA

    DIRECTOR, AS OF 2/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CARLOS A SOMOZA

    DIRECTOR, AS OF 2/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID ALMANSA

    EX-OFFICIO/FIU SGA, AS OF 5/2024

    Total calculated
    $8,239
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $8,239
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • SEAN GAZITUA

    EX-OFFICIO/FIU ALUMNI, AS OF 4/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TINA M VIDAL-DUART

    ATHLETICS SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ADRIANNE N PERDOMO

    ASST TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $195,444
    From this org
    $16,663
    From related orgs
    $138,113
    Other
    $40,668
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $16,663 + $138,113 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,221 + $18,408 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,157 + $17,882 related
    Filer's total
    $21,041 + $174,403 related
  • KENNETH C HALL

    CEO, AS OF 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $693,712
    From this org
    $286,279
    From related orgs
    $224,277
    Other
    $183,156
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,279 + $224,277 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $91,357 + $71,571 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,342 + $8,886 related
    Filer's total
    $388,978 + $304,734 related
  • LINDA LEE MENAGE

    CHIEF CAMPAIGN OFFICER/INTERIM CDO

    Total calculated
    $300,837
    From this org
    $255,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,191
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,646
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,152
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,039
    Filer's total
    $300,837
  • MELISSA HERNANDEZ

    CAO UNTIL 06/30/2025

    Total calculated
    $244,296
    From this org
    $214,005
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,291
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,005
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,005
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,286
    Filer's total
    $244,296
  • SHIVANI JOSHI

    INTERIM AVP, UNTIL 8/2024

    Total calculated
    $199,751
    From this org
    $108,091
    From related orgs
    $59,674
    Other
    $31,986
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,091 + $59,674 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,485 + $5,789 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,123 + $5,589 related
    Filer's total
    $128,699 + $71,052 related
  • MICHAEL MARTINEZ

    SENIOR DIRECTOR INFO SYSTEMS & DATA INTELLIGENCE

    Total calculated
    $185,443
    From this org
    $17,376
    From related orgs
    $133,324
    Other
    $34,743
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $17,376 + $133,324 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,695 + $13,008 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,311 + $17,729 related
    Filer's total
    $21,382 + $164,061 related
  • CHRISTY MARTINEZ

    ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, ADVANCEMENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $164,894
    From this org
    $79,423
    From related orgs
    $70,813
    Other
    $14,658
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $79,423 + $70,813 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,749 + $6,909 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $87,172 + $77,722 related
  • PABLO ORTIZ

    FORMER OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $235,547
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $187,112
    Other
    $48,435
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $187,112 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $39,362 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,073 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $235,547 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

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 ORGANIZATION RELIED ON FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU), A RELATED ORGANIZATION, TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO. THE PROCESS TO HIRE THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO INCLUDES A WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. THE PROCESS TO HIRE OTHER OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES INCLUDES A DETAILED REVIEW OF FIU'S COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES AN ANALYSIS OF COMPARABLE SALARIES WITHIN FIU AND THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.

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 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630839349301668

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