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← WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,711,369
Total expenses
$26,385,001
Contributions and grants received
$14,002,863
Grants paid
$19,912,528
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,912,528
Management and general expenses
$1,482,185
Fundraising expenses
$4,990,288
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,912,528

Program services were 75.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Ripple

    DIRECTOR/FOUNDATION PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $422,806
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $360,956
    Other
    $61,850
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $337,601 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $8,355 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $32,212 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,638 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $422,806 related
  • James A Anderson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Kimberly Andrews Espy

    DIRECTOR/UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $362,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $328,506
    Other
    $33,494
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $288,506 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $40,000 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,880 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,614 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $362,000 related
  • Angelo Vitale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Bryan C Barnhill III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Denise J Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Elizabeth Goldsberry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Kolleen T Kennedy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Linda Beale

    Director/WSU Law Professor & President of Academic Senate

    Total calculated
    $211,866
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $186,610
    Other
    $25,256
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $186,610 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,161 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,095 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $211,866 related
  • Marilyn Kelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Matthew J Simoncini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • QUINCY ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Sean Werdlow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Susan Telang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Terri Lynn Land

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Tosha Padgett Brown

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT WSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Alana Askew

    ASST VP TREASURY

    Total calculated
    $139,127
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $121,066
    Other
    $18,061
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related
  • Bethany Gielczyk

    SR VP, CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $280,454
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $255,840
    Other
    $24,614
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $244,640 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,200 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,464 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,150 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $280,454 related
  • David Massaron

    SR VP, CFO & TREASURER (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $376,597
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $341,039
    Other
    $35,558
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $340,259 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $780 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,358 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $376,597 related
  • Neco T Walker

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $121,335
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $94,623
    Other
    $26,712
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related
  • M Roy Wilson MD MS

    UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $1,059,378
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $888,993
    Other
    $170,385
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $883,131 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,862 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $152,691 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,694 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,059,378 related
  • ROBERT REAVES

    DIRECTOR (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $113,659
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $109,831
    Other
    $3,828
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $109,831 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,828 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $113,659 related
  • Susan E Burns

    PRESIDENT (FORMER)

    Total calculated
    $185,360
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $165,238
    Other
    $20,122
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $161,638 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $3,600 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,547 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,575 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $185,360 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

  • 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATES IN A NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. THE UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTED $150,000 ON BEHALF OF M. ROY WILSON, $10,000 ON BEHALF OF DAVID RIPPLE, AND $15,000 ON BEHALF OF DAVID MASSARON.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT IS ALSO A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY. THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT RECEIVES COMPENSATION FROM THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, BUT NOT FROM THE ORGANIZATION. THE COMPENSATION IS ESTABLISHED BY THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THAT ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY, THE WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

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
2023
Filed
8 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202512209349301666

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