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WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY

EIN 47-4365018 SALT LAKE CTY, UT

Revenue 2024
$1,684,644,684
Expenses 2024
$1,527,430,486

Program services were 93.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B03
Classification
2000
Street
4001 S 700 E STE 700

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).

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.

  • JOE FULLER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • LENNY MENDONCA

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • SCOTT PULSIPHER

    TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $2,131,084
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,064,774
    Other
    $66,310
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $847,019 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $675,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $542,755 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $35,810 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,131,084 related
  • APRIL CHOU

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • COLE CLARK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DAVID SIMMONS

    TRUSTEE (EMERITUS AS OF 11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DR HAROLD LEE MARTIN SR

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 4/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DR RUTH WATKINS

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DWANA FRANKLIN-DAVIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • ELOY ORTIZ OAKLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • GOV ERIC HOLCOMB

    TRUSTEE (THRU 11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GOV JARED POLIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JESSIE WOOLEY-WILSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JOHN W BLUFORD III

    TRUSTEE (THRU 11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • KERRY HEALY

    TRUSTEE (THRU 01/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • TALIA MILGROM-ELCOTT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • COURTNEY HILLS MCBETH

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER & PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $692,739
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $640,469
    Other
    $52,270
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $451,294 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $189,175 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $18,730 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $33,540 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $692,739 related
  • DAVID GROW

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,029,671
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $954,642
    Other
    $75,029
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $549,884 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $219,750 related
    Other
    $0 + $185,008 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $44,529 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,029,671 related
  • NADEEM SYED

    CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $850,850
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $796,190
    Other
    $54,660
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $514,209 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $197,125 related
    Other
    $0 + $84,856 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,660 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $850,850 related
  • ROBERT HUNT

    SR VP, GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $554,087
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $463,777
    Other
    $90,310
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $365,767 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $69,800 related
    Other
    $0 + $28,210 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $59,810 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $554,087 related
  • DAVID PERKINSON

    SR VP, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $534,704
    From this org
    $480,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,993
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $389,944
    Bonus
    $70,500
    Other
    $20,267
    Deferred
    $23,853
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,140
    Filer's total
    $534,704
  • DEBORAH FOWLER

    SR VP, ACADEMIC DELIVERY

    Total calculated
    $594,138
    From this org
    $526,828
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,310
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $402,129
    Bonus
    $90,000
    Other
    $34,699
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,810
    Filer's total
    $594,138
  • GENE HAYES

    SR VP, REGIONAL OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $495,151
    From this org
    $443,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,566
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $344,250
    Bonus
    $61,000
    Other
    $38,335
    Deferred
    $20,906
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,660
    Filer's total
    $495,151
  • KEITH SMITH

    SR VP, LEAVITT SCHOOL OF HEALTH (THRU 8/2024)

    Total calculated
    $638,662
    From this org
    $584,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,993
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $584,669
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,853
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,140
    Filer's total
    $638,662
  • MITSU FRAZIER

    SR VP, BUSINESS COLLEGE

    Total calculated
    $605,044
    From this org
    $533,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,140
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $433,475
    Bonus
    $73,200
    Other
    $27,229
    Deferred
    $20,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,640
    Filer's total
    $605,044

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 — 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
    $1,684,644,684
    Expenses
    $1,527,430,486
    Contributions
    $8,017,087
    Grants paid
    $57,233,590
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,462,468,978
    Expenses
    $1,280,651,233
    Contributions
    $5,627,367
    Grants paid
    $35,404,289
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $654,374,330
    Expenses
    $619,062,159
    Contributions
    $5,003,519
    Grants paid
    $13,457,390

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.