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← ETH ZURICH FOUNDATION USA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ETH ZURICH FOUNDATION USA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$655,784
Total expenses
$1,955,718
Contributions and grants received
$655,784
Grants paid
$1,928,349
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$323,020
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,800
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$303,220
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,955,718
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,955,718

Program services were 100.0% 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

    $655,784

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,928,349 · program services $1,928,349

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,459 · program services $7,459

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,800 · program services $19,800

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $110 · program services $110 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,603,154 · end of year $323,020

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $19,800

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,603,154 · end of year $303,220

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PRIMARY PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE FOUNDATION IS FORMED ARE (1) TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHMETICS, AS CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ZURICH ("SFIT") AND OTHER LEADING INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES FOR TECHNOLOGY AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES; AND (2) TO FINANCE, IN WHOLE OR PART, PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES OF SFIT AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE DEEMED BY THE FOUNDATION TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE FOUNDATION'S CHARITABLE EFFORTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PRIMARY PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE FOUNDATION IS FORMED ARE (1) TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS, AS CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE IN ZURICH ("SFIT") AND OTHER LEADING INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES FOR TECHNOLOGY AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES; AND (2) TO FINANCE, IN WHOLE OR PART, PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES OF SFIT AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE DEEMED BY THE FOUNDATION TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE FOUNDATION'S CHARITABLE EFFORTS.

  • TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS, AND TO FINANCE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES OF ETH ZURICH AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS.

    Expenses $1,955,718 · Grants $1,928,349 · Revenue $655,783

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shana Sturla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Chris Luebkeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Daniel Wuersch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Donald Tillman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Remo Spuhler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Alex Hochuli

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543089349300739

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