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← CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$82,983,330
Total expenses
$79,663,432
Contributions and grants received
$20,440,002
Grants paid
$14,094,079
Program service revenue
$54,059,331
Investment income
$6,392,079
Other revenue
$2,091,918
Total assets, end of year
$312,250,759
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,233,142
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$256,017,617
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$64,437,992
Management and general expenses
$13,577,137
Fundraising expenses
$1,648,303
Program service expenses (Part III)
$64,437,992

Program services were 80.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,440,002

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $209,595

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and fees

    total $47,475,423 · related or exempt $47,475,423

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Fed grants & contracts

    total $2,904,044 · related or exempt $2,904,044

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Conference Revenue

    total $1,584,332 · related or exempt $1,584,332

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Private Contract

    total $1,531,903 · related or exempt $1,531,903

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Auxiliary services

    total $295,040 · related or exempt $295,040

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $268,589 · related or exempt $268,589

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,024,543 · excluded $14,024,543

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $189,711 · excluded $189,711

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $291,187

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $92,105

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $199,082

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $199,082 · excluded $199,082

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $51,416,959 · other assets $166,714

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

    securities $59,171,899 · other assets $44,238

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$7,754,940 · other assets $122,476

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7,632,464 · excluded -$7,632,464

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other sources

    total $1,685,050 · excluded $1,685,050

  • 11b · Other revenue: Transcript Fees

    total $18,075 · excluded $18,075

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,703,125

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,094,079 · program services $14,094,079

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,078,310 · program services $1,050,939 · management and general $562,239 · fundraising $465,132

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $263,410 · program services $263,410

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $31,965,399 · program services $28,169,811 · management and general $3,121,449 · fundraising $674,139

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,411,822 · program services $1,033,020 · management and general $319,417 · fundraising $59,385

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,372,900 · program services $2,000,902 · management and general $305,069 · fundraising $66,929

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,099,306 · program services $1,508,437 · management and general $479,051 · fundraising $111,818

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $200,412 · program services $173,876 · management and general $26,536

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $247,959 · program services $124,851 · management and general $123,108

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $254,437 · program services $47,775 · management and general $206,662

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $491,757 · management and general $491,757

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,235,117 · program services $2,812,392 · management and general $384,944 · fundraising $37,781

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,026,486 · program services $422,390 · management and general $563,298 · fundraising $40,798

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,038,147 · program services $494,742 · management and general $518,823 · fundraising $24,582

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,387,374 · program services $358,632 · management and general $1,006,309 · fundraising $22,433

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,312,245 · program services $1,943,142 · management and general $1,300,880 · fundraising $68,223

  • 17 · Travel

    total $715,772 · program services $696,429 · management and general $17,955 · fundraising $1,388

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $614,230 · program services $516,517 · management and general $87,435 · fundraising $10,278

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,971,967 · program services $1,425,732 · management and general $516,462 · fundraising $29,773

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,083,885 · program services $1,699,612 · management and general $369,355 · fundraising $14,918

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $405,262 · program services -$29,349 · management and general $435,808 · fundraising -$1,197

  • 24a · Other expenses: Payments to Affiliates

    total $5,455,066 · program services $2,724,632 · management and general $2,714,789 · fundraising $15,645

  • 24b · Other expenses: Books

    total $60,785 · program services $60,555 · management and general $230 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Non-Capital Equipment

    total $15,162 · program services $8,231 · management and general $5,619 · fundraising $1,312

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,862,143 · program services $2,837,235 · management and general $19,942 · fundraising $4,966

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,392,351 · end of year $5,813,516

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,580,057 · end of year $1,625,086

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $38,463,200 · end of year $42,935,313

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,472,792 · end of year $3,835,088

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $226,403 · end of year $134,148

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

    $96,233,943

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

    $36,375,461

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $58,252,980 · end of year $59,858,482

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $152,432,044 · end of year $157,541,005

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $40,469,402 · end of year $40,234,413

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $319,125 · end of year $273,708

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,097,997 · end of year $4,885,252

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,383,687 · end of year $4,679,629

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $33,281,764 · end of year $33,297,046

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,820,000 · end of year $6,320,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,063,954 · end of year $1,914,627

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,670,179 · end of year $5,136,588

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,643,281 · end of year $17,735,092

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $222,647,492 · end of year $238,282,525

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The University's mission is to prepare a diverse group of outstanding individuals to assume leadership roles in the worldwide community through research, teaching, and practice in selected fields.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A private, independent, nonprofit institution of higher learning that is a high research activity university awarding master's and doctoral degrees within its five schools and three independent departments.

  • Claremont Graduate University (the "University") is a private, nonprofit, exclusively graduate and professional RU/H research university (high research activity). Its five schools and three independent departments offer Master's degrees in over 40 fields and doctoral degrees in over 20 fields. Founded in 1925, the University offers programs in the arts and humanities, social science, education, management, public health, and botany, the latter in conjunction with the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. It serves a student population of approximately 2,000. The University's mission is to prepare a diverse group of outstanding individuals to assume leadership roles in the worldwide community through research, teaching, and practice in selected fields. In carrying out its mission, the University is increasingly practice based, transdisciplinary, and student-centered.

    Expenses $64,437,992 · Grants $14,094,079 · Revenue $54,059,331

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Len Jessup

    President

    Total calculated
    $616,521
    From this org
    $534,698
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,823
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $479,991
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $4,707
    Deferred
    $51,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,363
    Filer's total
    $616,521
  • David Sprott

    Dean

    Total calculated
    $454,319
    From this org
    $389,146
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,173
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $377,296
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,850
    Deferred
    $21,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,713
    Filer's total
    $454,319
  • Bernard Jaworski

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $405,733
    From this org
    $377,815
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,918
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $377,815
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,176
    Filer's total
    $405,733
  • Gregory J DeAngelo

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $352,773
    From this org
    $309,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,716
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $309,057
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,028
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,688
    Filer's total
    $352,773
  • Patricia Andre De St Amant

    EVP/Provost (thru 6/30/22)/Faculty

    Total calculated
    $342,201
    From this org
    $298,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,575
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,126
    Bonus
    $37,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,984
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,591
    Filer's total
    $342,201
  • Stewart Donaldson

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $335,768
    From this org
    $301,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,787
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,981
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,447
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,340
    Filer's total
    $335,768
  • Stephen Gilliland

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $322,908
    From this org
    $295,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,748
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,160
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,356
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,392
    Filer's total
    $322,908
  • Mary Ann Rodriguez

    Vice President/Treasurer/CFO

    Total calculated
    $293,537
    From this org
    $272,941
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,596
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,603
    Bonus
    $238
    Other
    $26,100
    Deferred
    $16,853
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,743
    Filer's total
    $293,537
  • Kristen Andersen Daly

    Vice President of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $276,775
    From this org
    $216,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,796
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,979
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,305
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,491
    Filer's total
    $276,775
  • Jacob Adams

    Faculty/Former President

    Total calculated
    $263,089
    From this org
    $219,209
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,880
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,209
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,983
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,897
    Filer's total
    $263,089
  • Michelle Bligh

    Interim EVP & Provost

    Total calculated
    $261,314
    From this org
    $237,756
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,558
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,756
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,057
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,501
    Filer's total
    $261,314
  • Mia Alonzo

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $241,337
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $183,403
    Other
    $57,934
    Hours/week
    4 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $177,443 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $960 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $31,372 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,562 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $241,337 related
  • Chris Armstrong

    Secretary of the Board

    Total calculated
    $78,022
    From this org
    $56,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,659
    Hours/week
    40
  • Timothy J Kirley

    Trustee, Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1 related
  • Donald P Baker

    Trustee, V. Chair/Chair Student Succ

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lorenzo di Bonaventura

    Trustee, Chair, Advancement

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rudolph I Estrada

    Trustee, Chair, Strategic Planning

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanne Holm

    Trustee, Chair, Academic Affairs

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mohannad S Malas

    Truastee, Chair, Fac./Infrastructure

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deron Marquez

    Trustee, Chair, Business & Finance

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vanessa Okwuraiwe

    Trustee, Chair, Investments

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elliot H Stein Jr

    Trustee, Chair, Trusteeship

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Stephens

    Trustee, Chair, Info Technology

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Taylor

    Trustee, Chair, Audit

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beverly P Ryder

    Trustee, Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Mukesh Aghi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Martin Basuki Hartono

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alfred Balitzer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Juanita Dawson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jared Franz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tom Hsieh

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark Chapin Johnson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael J Johnston

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Terry McGann

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Prakash Mehta

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mashi Rahmani

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nancy B Rapoport

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steven R Ross

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nancy Staudt

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gary Stiffelman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Marshall W Taylor

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Geoffrey P Wharton

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ken Yamaguchi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a
Housing is provided for the President as a condition of employment for the convenience of the University. The President's written contract includes monthly dues for one social club membership for the purpose of conducting college business. They are included in taxable compensation.
Part I, Line 4b
CGU established a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under section 457(f) of the Internal Revenue Code for the President's benefit. CGU shall credit the 457(f) Plan with $30,000 per year at the end of each year of employment service from the President. Amounts will be unvested and will be contingent upon the completion by the President of five years of active employment service in the position of President in compliance with the agreement.
Part I, Line 7
Len Jessup, Mary Ann Rodriguez, and Patricia Andre De St. Amant received non-fixed bonus/incentive compensation payments for 2022 reported on Schedule J, Part II, Column B (ii).

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CGU Student Housing LLC

    Student Housing · CA · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by CGU

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Charitable Remainder Trusts (4)

    Holdings · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Claremont Graduate University

  • Pooled Income Funds (1)

    Holdings · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Claremont Graduate University

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431349349308953

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