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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,791,452
Total expenses
$8,553,645
Contributions and grants received
$14,059,888
Grants paid
$6,844,471
Program service revenue
$2,215,043
Investment income
$1,278,455
Other revenue
$1,238,066
Total assets, end of year
$98,571,399
Total liabilities, end of year
$35,147,875
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$63,423,524
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,772,890
Management and general expenses
$583,952
Fundraising expenses
$196,803
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,772,890

Program services were 90.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $172,659

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $13,887,229

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,461,209

  • 2a · Program service revenue: INTEREST ON LEASING

    total $1,288,873 · related or exempt $1,288,873

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LEASING INCOME

    total $475,520 · related or exempt $475,520

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ALUMNI TRAVEL PROGRAM

    total $448,193 · related or exempt $448,193

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ALL OTHER PROGRAM INCOME

    total $2,457 · related or exempt $2,457

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,100,130 · excluded $1,100,130

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $178,325

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $178,325

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $178,325 · excluded $178,325

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $60,229

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $172,659

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $151,033

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$90,804 · excluded -$90,804

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $4,710

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $4,710 · excluded $4,710

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $1,324,160 · excluded $1,324,160

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,324,160

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,713,327 · program services $6,713,327

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $131,144 · program services $131,144

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $562 · management and general $562

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,820 · management and general $40,820

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $112,239 · management and general $112,239

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $144,999 · management and general $74,118 · fundraising $70,881

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,922 · management and general $49,144 · fundraising $2,778

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,500 · management and general $7,500

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,718 · management and general $9,822 · fundraising $4,896

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $57,393 · management and general $3,603 · fundraising $53,790

  • 20 · Interest

    total $877,358 · program services $874,498 · management and general $2,860

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $65,838 · management and general $65,838

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $89,449 · program services $53,921 · management and general $35,528

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $157,412 · management and general $157,412

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $75,652 · management and general $13,892 · fundraising $61,760

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP AND DUES

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

    total $4,971 · management and general $2,273 · fundraising $2,698

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,341 · management and general $2,341

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,195,030 · end of year $4,748,258

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,722,389 · end of year $2,138

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,316,781 · end of year $11,311,121

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $19,414

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,247 · end of year $9,577

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

    $329,190

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

    $329,190

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $117,671 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $35,334,536 · end of year $43,184,137

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $32,451,052 · end of year $30,122,695

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,992,235 · end of year $9,174,059

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $150,640 · end of year $1,809,688

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,430 · end of year $19,445

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $33,476,079 · end of year $30,985,275

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,717,509 · end of year $2,333,467

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,725,402 · end of year $11,095,584

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $40,064,881 · end of year $52,327,940

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

IT IS THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION, INC. TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA IN ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT HIGHER EDUCATION TO IT CONSTITUENCIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM MISSIONS:1 - STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUPPORT2 - PROGRAMMATIC AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT3 - STUDENT HOUSING SUPPORT

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION PROVIDES STUDENT HOUSING ON CAMPUS FOR UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA STUDENTS.

    Expenses $3,739,637 · Grants $2,865,139 · Revenue $1,764,393

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION RAISES PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS TO FUND MERIT AND/OR NEEDS-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA STUDENTS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTAL, SCHOLASTIC AWARDS.

    Expenses $2,164,576 · Grants $2,164,576

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION RAISES PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS TO FUND DEPARTMENTAL, PROGRAMMATIC AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA.

    Expenses $1,868,677 · Grants $1,814,756 · Revenue $450,650

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Holly Sailers

    CFO UWG FOUNDATIONS

    Total calculated
    $53,610
    From this org
    $41,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,722
    Hours/week
    16
  • Dr Meredith Brunen

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $50,562
    From this org
    $43,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,309
    Hours/week
    8
  • Ms Ann Newman

    TRUSTEE/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Mr Gary Kinard

    TRUSTEE/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Mr Luis A Planas

    TRUSTEE/PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Mr Tim Martin

    TRUSTEE/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Mr David R Edwards Invfin Com Ch

    TRUSTEE/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Dr Brendan Kelly

    EX-OFFICIA UWG PRES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Bruce Bobick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Ms Tonya Byrd Bdc Chair

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Josh Chapman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr David B Dennis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Brian Dill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Dr Richard Ingle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mrs Vicki Kaiser

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Scott Kauffman Ref Ch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Mr Gerald Kemp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mrs Amanda Lucey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Dennis McEntire

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Fred O'Neal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr John Paulk III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Ms Christa L Pitts Rdc Ch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Mr L Richard Plunkett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mrs Honey Shackleford

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Zach Steed

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Michael Stone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr Steve Swope

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Dr Jason Thogmartim Audit Com Ch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Mr David Ware

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mr James Jim Gill

    LIFE TIME MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Phillip Kauffman

    LIFE TIME MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Robert J Stone

    LIFE TIME MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Dr Beheruz N Sethna

    HONORARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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)

FORM 990, PART VII
THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY W-2 EMPLOYEES. ALL PERSONNEL ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUNDATION ARE EMPLOYED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA, EIN 58-6002055, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION. THE FOUNDATION REIMBURSES THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE COMPENSATION OF TWO STAFF PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE ASSOCIATION. OTHER UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES, WORKING FOR THE FOUNDATION, HAVE THEIR COMPENSATED SERVICES DONATED TO THE FOUNDATION BY THE UNIVERSITY. DR. MEREDITH BRUNEN, CEO, SPENDS 20% OF HER TIME WITH THE UWG FOUNDATION AND RECEIVED $50,562 OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA, FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO UWG FOUNDATION. HOLLY SAILERS, CFO OF UWG FOUNDATIONS, SPENDS 40% OF HER TIME WITH THE UWG FOUNDATION AND RECEIVED $53,610 OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA, FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE UWG FOUNDATION.

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

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.

  • UWG VILLAGE LLC

    REAL ESTATE LESSORS · GA · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC

  • UWG HOUSING LLC (FKA EVERGREEN COMPLEX LLC)

    REAL ESTATE LESSORS · GA · income $3,221,841 · assets $37,537,039

    Directly controlled by UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • SPLIT-INTEREST TRUSTS (2)

    T · TRUST · GA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
25 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431209349300238

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