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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

EIN 61-6033693 LEXINGTON, KY

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Revenue 2024
$496,128,536
Expenses 2024
$482,869,232

Program services were 98.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B110
Classification
2100
Street
301 PETERSON SERVICE BUILDING

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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O.

  • TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

    Expenses $477,484,005 · Grants $52,044,209 · Revenue $478,974,111

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Eli Capilouto

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $2,220,088
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,813,011
    Other
    $407,077
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,082,845 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $525,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $205,166 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $390,427 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,650 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,220,088 related
  • Ilhem Messaoudi

    VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $386,804
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $342,886
    Other
    $43,918
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $342,301 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $50 related
    Other
    $0 + $535 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,381 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,537 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $386,804 related
  • Eric N Monday

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,989,626
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,593,939
    Other
    $395,687
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,218,559 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $368,890 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,490 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $372,712 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,975 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,989,626 related
  • Eugene Krentsel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Supplee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janie Greer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca McCulley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $304,240
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $264,293
    Other
    $39,947
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $255,002 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $8,713 related
    Other
    $0 + $578 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $25,821 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,126 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $304,240 related
  • Robert Dipaola

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,984,219
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,696,209
    Other
    $288,010
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,344,169 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $331,890 related
    Other
    $0 + $20,150 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $270,022 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,988 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,984,219 related
  • Ron Geoghegan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sidney Whiteheart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $251,051
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $211,167
    Other
    $39,884
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $209,756 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,411 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,518 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,366 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $251,051 related
  • Penny Cox

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $371,363
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $329,991
    Other
    $41,372
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $321,308 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $8,683 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $32,275 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,097 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $371,363 related
  • Toni Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $131,451
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $96,689
    Other
    $34,762
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Lisa Cassis

    FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $663,784
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $597,237
    Other
    $66,547
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $588,206 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $9,031 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $57,486 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,061 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $663,784 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $496,128,536
    Expenses
    $482,869,232
    Contributions
    $7,242,330
    Grants paid
    $52,044,209
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $486,683,815
    Expenses
    $460,782,302
    Contributions
    $8,797,823
    Grants paid
    $39,352,202
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $462,956,333
    Expenses
    $447,136,661
    Contributions
    $7,107,443
    Grants paid
    $47,678,406

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $445,323,168
    Expenses
    $424,187,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $216,100,001
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $369,852,057
    Expenses
    $366,833,702
    Assets (EOY)
    $188,775,172
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $346,768,656
    Expenses
    $332,809,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $180,100,323
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $342,151,289
    Expenses
    $321,193,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $164,539,234
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $315,790,010
    Expenses
    $302,313,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $144,756,748
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $298,775,573
    Expenses
    $285,627,835
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,887,623
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $283,076,058
    Expenses
    $273,013,296
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,303,682

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.

Grants made

  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

    $52,044,209

    2024 SCHOLARSHIPS AND CAPITAL PURCHASES

  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

    $47,678,406

    2022 SCHOLARSHIPS AND CAPITAL PURCHASE

  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

    $39,352,202

    2023 SCHOLARSHIPS AND CAPITAL PURCHASES

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 2024 return

  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

    HIGHER ED · KY

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

  • KENTUCKY TECHNOLOGY INC

    C Corporation · SEE PART VII · KY · 100% owned · share of income $403,549 · share of assets $10,948,016 · controlled entity

  • SECAT INC

    C Corporation · SALES · KY · 100% owned · share of income -$35,167 · share of assets $2,920,737 · controlled entity

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 SOUNK.

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.