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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC

EIN 58-1845423 ATLANTA, GA

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Revenue 2023
$152,054,428
Expenses 2023
$150,300,267

Program services were 97.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B05
Classification
2000
Street
58 EDGEWOOD AVE 3RD FLOOR

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 · 2023

Mission

THE CORPORATION HAS BEEN ORGANIZED TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES AND PURSUITS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE FUNCTIONS OF GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY. THUS, THE CORPORATION WILL ATTEMPT TO SECURE GIFTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND GRANTS FROM INDIVIDUALS, INDUSTRIAL OR OTHER PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OR OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES AND OBTAIN AND/OR ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH SUCH INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, OR OTHER PROGRAMS TO BE PERFORMED UNDER SUBCONTRACT BY GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $136,406,523 · Grants $135,941,901 · Revenue $384,643

  • THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE LEARNING ENGINEERING TOOLS COMPETITION IN 2023, A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE CHALLENGE TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY, DATA, AND LEARNING SCIENCE TO MEET THE URGENT NEEDS OF LEARNERS ACROSS GENERATIONS. THE COMPETITION INVITED TECHNOLOGISTS, DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORMS, RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS, AND TEACHERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE TO PROPOSE INNOVATIVE TOOLS OR TECHNOLOGIES TARGETING ONE OF THE FOUR FOLLOWING AREAS IN EDUCATION: ACCELERATION OF LEARNING IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LITERACY AND MATH; TRANSFORMATION OF K-12 ASSESSMENTS IN BOTH COST AND QUALITY; FACILIATION OF FASTER, BETTER, AND CHEAPER LEARNING SCIENCE RESEARCH; OR DRIVING IMPROVEMENTS IN ADULT LEARNING THAT BOOSTS WAGES.

    Expenses $9,502,713 · Revenue $1,673,800

As filed on the 2023 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 · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Donald Hamelberg

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $257,534
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $217,702
    Other
    $39,832
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $217,702 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $39,832 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $257,534 related
  • Jared Abramson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $469,563
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $420,240
    Other
    $49,323
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $420,240 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $49,323 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $469,563 related
  • Kerry Heyward

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $332,582
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $287,119
    Other
    $45,463
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $287,119 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $45,463 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $332,582 related
  • M Brian Blake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $981,722
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $867,110
    Other
    $114,612
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $867,110 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $66,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $48,612 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $981,722 related
  • Margo Brinton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $224,402
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $199,150
    Other
    $25,252
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $199,150 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,252 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $224,402 related
  • Candace Kemp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $182,903
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $161,324
    Other
    $21,579
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $161,324 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,579 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $182,903 related
  • Nicolle Parsons-Pollard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $487,640
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $446,176
    Other
    $41,464
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $446,176 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $41,464 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $487,640 related
  • Sara Rosen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $392,804
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $349,569
    Other
    $43,235
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $349,569 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $43,235 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $392,804 related
  • Rose Sevcik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,238
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $145,234
    Other
    $20,004
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $145,234 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,004 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $165,238 related
  • Jack Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,210
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $159,202
    Other
    $28,008
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $159,202 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,008 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $187,210 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $152,054,428
    Expenses
    $150,300,267
    Contributions
    $148,600,674
    Grants paid
    $135,941,901
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $136,485,742
    Expenses
    $132,252,224
    Contributions
    $129,606,494
    Grants paid
    $123,305,282

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $122,526,995
    Expenses
    $115,755,633
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,517,140
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $103,292,235
    Expenses
    $100,554,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $169,670,407
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $107,272,421
    Expenses
    $104,932,866
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,714,005
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $97,613,634
    Expenses
    $95,309,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $145,302,546
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $99,010,916
    Expenses
    $97,682,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,015,394
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $98,119,829
    Expenses
    $97,154,946
    Assets (EOY)
    $147,810,905

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

  • GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $135,941,901

    2023 RESEARCH

  • GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $123,305,282

    2022 RESEARCH

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

  • GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

    170(C)(1) · EDUCATION · GA

Declared as related by

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • GSU RESEARCH CENTER LLC

    RESEARCH · GA · income $5,480 · assets -$249,539

  • PANTHER BOOKSTORE LLC

    RESEARCH · GA · income $55,571 · assets $108,447

  • SCIENCE PARK LLC

    HOLD FACILITY · GA · income $541,248 · assets $2,771,396

  • GSU MTM STANDARD LLC

    MUSIC DISTRIBUTION & LICENSING · GA · income $0 · assets $0

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.