FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI
EIN 91-6073519 BELLINGHAM, WA
- Revenue 2024
- $12,066,436
- Expenses 2024
- $25,813,028
Program services were 88.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B43
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- OLD MAIN 430 516 HIGH STREET
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI IS A NON-PROFIT, PUBLIC 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY: "BY INSPIRING OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE, WE SECURE AND STEWARD PRIVATE RESOURCES TO ADVANCE SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY."THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1966 AS A VEHICLE TO RECEIVE AND ENCOURAGE PRIVATE GIVING TO WWU. THE FOUNDATION IS LED BY A GROUP OF DEDICATED BOARD MEMBERS WHO GROW AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVATE SUPPORT TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. THESE ALUMNI, PARENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS BRING THEIR EXPERIENCES IN BUSINESS, EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND NON-PROFITS AND SHARE THE COMMON MISSION OF ENGAGING NEW FRIENDS FOR WESTERN WHILE ALSO STEWARDING THE MORE THAN $175 MILLION IN ASSETS UNDER THE FOUNDATION'S MANAGEMENT. GIFTS FUND STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, AS WELL AS PROGRAM AND FACULTY MEMBER SUPPORT.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI IS A NON-PROFIT, PUBLIC 501(C)(3) CORPORATION THAT EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE, SECURE AND STEWARD PRIVATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THE ACADEMIC MISSION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $5,151,763 · Grants $5,151,763
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HIGHER EDUCATION: PROVIDE OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES TO WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY TO INCLUDE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, FACULTY AND STUDENT TRAVEL, CONFERENCES, HONORARIA, SUPPLIES, AND OTHER.
Expenses $17,567,716 · Grants $11,108,358 · Revenue $2,094,102
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HIGHER EDUCATION: GRANT GIFTS OF IN-KIND PROPERTY RECEIVED FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY TO INCLUDE COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT, ART COLLECTIONS AND GALLERY, LIBRARY ADDITIONS AND OTHER.
Expenses $133,550 · Grants $133,550
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Scot StudebakerSCOT STUDEBAKER
BOARD CHAIR & VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Sydney HunsdaleSYDNEY HUNSDALE
PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Andrea SturmANDREA STURM
PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Tony GeorgeTONY GEORGE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Colette TaylorCOLETTE TAYLOR
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Michael BaylessMICHAEL BAYLESS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Nabeel ChowdhuryNABEEL CHOWDHURY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Edward CoeEDWARD COE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brandy CorujoBRANDY CORUJO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Carol FranciscoCAROL FRANCISCO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Hamraj GhummanHAMRAJ GHUMMAN
FINANCE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Greg GrantGREG GRANT
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Christy JohnsonCHRISTY JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brett JordanBRETT JORDAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jennifer KutcherJENNIFER KUTCHER
PHILANTHROPY CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mason LuveraMASON LUVERA
ENGAGEMENT CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Warren MichelsenWARREN MICHELSEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jody MullJODY MULL
PUBLIC ADVOCACY CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Paula RadloffPAULA RADLOFF
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tasha ReppTASHA REPP
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Vini SamuelVINI SAMUEL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ingrid SarapuuINGRID SARAPUU
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brinton ScottBRINTON SCOTT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Bart ShilvockBART SHILVOCK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Janis Velasquez-FarmerJANIS VELASQUEZ-FARMER
ADEI CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $12,066,436
- Expenses
- $25,813,028
- Contributions
- $9,300,079
- Grants paid
- $16,393,671
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2023
- Revenue
- $15,272,931
- Expenses
- $14,754,902
- Contributions
- $12,397,165
- Grants paid
- $6,705,508
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2022
- Revenue
- $24,719,929
- Expenses
- $12,632,077
- Contributions
- $22,781,724
- Grants paid
- $5,478,795
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,946,101
- Expenses
- $12,000,042
- Assets (EOY)
- $143,878,599
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,863,334
- Expenses
- $9,291,319
- Assets (EOY)
- $158,845,828
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $18,847,568
- Expenses
- $9,043,316
- Assets (EOY)
- $129,729,214
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $14,601,658
- Expenses
- $9,639,000
- Assets (EOY)
- $118,951,397
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $24,966,853
- Expenses
- $21,816,235
- Assets (EOY)
- $109,796,166
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$11,108,358
2024 ALL GRANTS ARE MADE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
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WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$0
2022 ALL GRANTS ARE MADE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. GRANTS ARE MADE TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
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WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$0
2023 ALL GRANTS ARE MADE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. GRANTS ARE MADE TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
Grants received
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$5,097,150
2022 EDUCATION
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
$300,000
2023 PROVIDE SUPPORT TO O
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WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
$300,000
2024 PROVIDE SUPPORT TO O
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2024 EDUCATION
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$228,426
2024 EDUCATION
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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CHARITABLE UNITRUST(5)
T · INVESTMENTS · WA
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.