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← KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,201,534
Total expenses
$30,127,232
Contributions and grants received
$17,153,117
Grants paid
$26,327,681
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,711,824
Other revenue
$1,336,593
Total assets, end of year
$333,642,018
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,551,331
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$309,090,687
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$26,327,681
Management and general expenses
$3,427,456
Fundraising expenses
$372,095
Program service expenses (Part III)
$26,327,681

Program services were 87.4% 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

    $17,153,117

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $894,648

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,726,770 · related or exempt $1,726,770

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,432,607

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $3,805,474

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$372,867

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$372,867 · related or exempt -$372,867

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $44,265,848 · other assets $135,929

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

    securities $43,363,710 · other assets $53,013

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $902,138 · other assets $82,916

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $985,054 · related or exempt $985,054

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $1,709,460 · related or exempt $1,709,460

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,709,460

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $26,327,681 · program services $26,327,681

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,378 · management and general $14,378

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,731 · management and general $44,731

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,058,635 · management and general $2,058,635

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $915,664 · management and general $915,664

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,415 · management and general $4,415

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50 · management and general $50

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $46,433 · management and general $46,433

  • 20 · Interest

    total $200,666 · management and general $33,912 · fundraising $166,754

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $247,101 · management and general $41,760 · fundraising $205,341

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,895 · management and general $15,895

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $100,650 · management and general $100,650

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROF FEES

    total $119,400 · management and general $119,400

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAXES

    total $19,944 · management and general $19,944

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,589 · management and general $11,589

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $12,924,126 · end of year $16,011,337

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $36,358,506 · end of year $31,246,610

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $81,312 · end of year $135,442

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $164,404 · end of year $319,254

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

    $18,621,660

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

    $2,243,922

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,568,612 · end of year $16,377,738

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,555,300 · end of year $15,562,972

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $236,150,104 · end of year $253,988,665

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $347,534 · end of year $420,748

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,526,763 · end of year $24,130,583

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,574,503 · end of year $27,262,004

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $269,353,564 · end of year $281,828,683

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING AND STEWARDSHIP OF GIFTS TO SUPPORT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, MEET ITS NEEDS AND ACHIEVE ITS PRIORITES.

  • THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PROVIDED GRANTS TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY TO FURTHER THE UNIVERSITYS ACADEMIC, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $26,327,681 · Grants $26,327,681

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Risman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melody Tankersley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Strongosky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott McKinney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steffany Matticola Larkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Polatajko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Milkovich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Wolfe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roxia Boykin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Virginia Addicott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Bobst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vicki Haywood Doe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nora Jacobs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Elliot

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Patton George

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Petrella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Diacon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Eippert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Fetterman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Cerbone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raj Aggarwal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawrence Armstrong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Brahler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Frenchie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dale Leppo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judie Fall Lasser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Krumel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Lucas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy Hemming

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Candice Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Vargo

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Bailey

    BOARD CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Holway

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michelle Thomas

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Inna

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Valoree Vargo

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gregory Long

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

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.

  • DOWNTOWN KENT HOTEL LLC

    HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER · OH · income $3,432,607 · assets $9,943,825

    Directly controlled by KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
18 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510779349300311

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