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← CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$85,102,160
Total expenses
$77,892,650
Contributions and grants received
$7,425,476
Grants paid
$14,152,345
Program service revenue
$50,665,919
Investment income
$25,972,669
Other revenue
$1,038,096
Total assets, end of year
$347,414,592
Total liabilities, end of year
$57,160,687
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$290,253,905
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$61,757,765
Management and general expenses
$14,552,523
Fundraising expenses
$1,582,362
Program service expenses (Part III)
$61,757,765

Program services were 79.3% 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

    $7,425,476

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $248,046

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and fees

    total $44,265,494 · related or exempt $44,265,494

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

    total $2,553,136 · related or exempt $2,553,136

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Private Contract

    total $1,759,399 · related or exempt $1,759,399

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Conference Revenue

    total $1,556,646 · related or exempt $1,556,646

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Auxiliary services

    total $309,261 · related or exempt $309,261

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $221,983 · related or exempt $221,983

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,021,711 · excluded $5,021,711

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $223,104 · excluded $223,104

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $309,261

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $91,345

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $217,916

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $217,916 · excluded $217,916

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $60,039,455 · other assets $31,905,919

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

    securities $69,060,522 · other assets $1,933,894

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$9,021,067 · other assets $29,972,025

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $20,950,958 · excluded $20,950,958

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other sources

    total $597,076 · excluded $597,076

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $597,076

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,152,345 · program services $14,152,345

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,089,579 · program services $772,511 · management and general $786,068 · fundraising $531,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $261,863 · program services $261,863

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $30,766,737 · program services $27,028,241 · management and general $3,105,456 · fundraising $633,040

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,234,721 · program services $897,413 · management and general $313,857 · fundraising $23,451

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,811,399 · program services $2,757,673 · management and general $53,726

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,078,945 · program services $1,423,916 · management and general $538,650 · fundraising $116,379

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $253,838 · program services $232,518 · management and general $21,270 · fundraising $50

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,111,511 · program services $110,587 · management and general $1,000,924

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $311,830 · program services $50,110 · management and general $261,720

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $500,563 · management and general $500,563

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,543,149 · program services $2,818,010 · management and general $657,401 · fundraising $67,738

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $855,648 · program services $280,758 · management and general $548,051 · fundraising $26,839

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,206,021 · program services $499,122 · management and general $690,192 · fundraising $16,707

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,392,756 · program services $252,611 · management and general $1,092,973 · fundraising $47,172

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,686,744 · program services $2,520,321 · management and general $1,111,154 · fundraising $55,269

  • 17 · Travel

    total $732,138 · program services $698,700 · management and general $28,528 · fundraising $4,910

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $513,789 · program services $407,968 · management and general $88,025 · fundraising $17,796

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,915,281 · program services $1,502,900 · management and general $391,846 · fundraising $20,535

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,034,015 · program services $1,708,500 · management and general $314,778 · fundraising $10,737

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $428,669 · program services $464 · management and general $428,205

  • 24a · Other expenses: Payments to Affiliates

    total $4,887,746 · program services $2,328,820 · management and general $2,550,960 · fundraising $7,966

  • 24b · Other expenses: Books

    total $59,069 · program services $58,278 · management and general $210 · fundraising $581

  • 24c · Other expenses: Non-Capital Equipment

    total $13,773 · program services $11,707 · management and general $1,968 · fundraising $98

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,050,521 · program services $982,429 · management and general $65,998 · fundraising $2,094

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,813,516 · end of year $15,684,106

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,625,086 · end of year $2,733,852

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $42,935,313 · end of year $38,967,674

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,835,088 · end of year $3,370,158

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $22,948,276

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $134,148 · end of year $183,530

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

    $93,577,273

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

    $35,719,872

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $59,858,482 · end of year $57,857,401

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $157,541,005 · end of year $147,940,157

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $40,234,413 · end of year $56,518,338

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $273,708 · end of year $186,771

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,024,329

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,885,252 · end of year $5,140,833

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,679,629 · end of year $4,851,867

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $33,297,046 · end of year $33,310,102

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $6,320,000 · end of year $5,295,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,914,627 · end of year $1,758,619

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,136,588 · end of year $6,804,266

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,735,092 · end of year $43,856,969

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $238,282,525 · end of year $246,396,936

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and diverse perspectives through research, practice, creative works, and community engagement.

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 2,500. 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 $61,757,765 · Grants $14,152,345 · Revenue $50,665,919

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Timothy J Kirley - Trustee Ch

    (thru 6/24), Int. Pres. (as of 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rudolph I Estrada - Trustee Ch

    Strat Planning, Int Ch (as of 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donald P Baker - Trustee

    Vice Chair, Student Success

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lorenzo di Bonaventura - Trust

    (thru 05/24), Ch Adv (thru 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jared Franz

    Trustee, Chair, Investments

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanne Holm - Trustee Chair

    Acad. Affairs, Vice Ch. of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Chapin Johnson - Trustee

    Chair, Advancement (as of 12/23)

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

    Chair, Facilities & Infrastructure

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deron Marquez

    Trustee, Chair, Business & Finance

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy B Rapoport - Trustee

    Chair, Audit & Risk Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Staudt - Trustee

    Chair, Student Success (thru 05/24)

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

    Trustee, Chair, Trusteeship

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Stephens - Trustee

    Chair, Information Technology

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mukesh Aghi

    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
  • Martin Basuki Hartono

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tom Hsieh

    Trustee

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

    Trustee (thru 01/24)

    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
  • Vanessa Okwuraiwe - Trustee

    Chair, Investments (thru 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mashi Rahmani

    Trustee

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

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Beverly P Ryder

    Trustee (thru 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Garry Stiffelman

    Trustee (Thru 02/24)

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

    Trustee

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

    Trustee (Thru 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ken Yamaguchi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Len Jessup

    President (thru 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $873,954
    From this org
    $787,359
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,595
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $501,588
    Bonus
    $125,000
    Other
    $160,771
    Deferred
    $53,196
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,399
    Filer's total
    $873,954
  • Mary Ann Rodriguez

    VP/Treasurer/CFO (thru 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $375,863
    From this org
    $349,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,571
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,904
    Bonus
    $25,188
    Other
    $22,200
    Deferred
    $21,419
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,152
    Filer's total
    $375,863
  • Michelle Bligh

    EVP & Provost

    Total calculated
    $373,779
    From this org
    $341,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,230
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,549
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,196
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,034
    Filer's total
    $373,779
  • Chris Armstrong

    Secretary to the Board of Trustees

    Total calculated
    $83,292
    From this org
    $60,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,305
    Hours/week
    40
  • Karen Sisson

    Interim CFO (as of 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mia Alonzo

    Assistant VP/Controller

    Total calculated
    $235,239
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $189,001
    Other
    $46,238
    Hours/week
    4 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $189,001 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,237 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,001 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $235,239 related
  • Kristen Andersen Daley

    Vice President of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $316,926
    From this org
    $243,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,432
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,494
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,823
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,609
    Filer's total
    $316,926
  • David Sprott

    Dean - Drucker School of Management

    Total calculated
    $465,122
    From this org
    $399,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,191
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $376,921
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,010
    Deferred
    $23,196
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,995
    Filer's total
    $465,122
  • Gregory J DeAngelo

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $421,815
    From this org
    $384,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,445
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $384,370
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,885
    Filer's total
    $421,815
  • Stephen Gilliland

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $349,254
    From this org
    $319,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,891
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $319,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,178
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,713
    Filer's total
    $349,254
  • Jason Siegel

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $348,623
    From this org
    $303,606
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,606
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,930
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,087
    Filer's total
    $348,623
  • Stewart Donaldson

    Faculty

    Total calculated
    $339,284
    From this org
    $303,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,763
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,521
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,746
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,017
    Filer's total
    $339,284
  • Patricia Andre De St Amant

    Former EVP/Provost, Faculty

    Total calculated
    $325,119
    From this org
    $286,866
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,253
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,407
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $38,459
    Deferred
    $18,684
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,569
    Filer's total
    $325,119

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 college also provides housing to two other individuals listed on Part VII that is included as a taxable benefit. 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. In 2023, distributions and contributions from the plan were made in the amount of $156,064 and $30,000, respectively.
Part I, Line 7
Certain Individuals received non-fixed bonus/incentive compensation payments for 2023 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 (7)

    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
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531339349305048

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