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METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC

EIN 84-0576459 DENVER, CO

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Revenue 2024
$22,870,824
Expenses 2024
$9,352,247

Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B42
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 173362

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

METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION, INC IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING, FUNDRAISING AND PROGRAMS SUPPORT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER.

  • FUNDS ARE RAISED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION, INC. FUNDS ARE ALSO USED TO PUBLICIZE, PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.

    Expenses $7,916,054 · Grants $7,916,054 · Revenue $41,654

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.

  • Christine Marquez-Hudson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $272,658
    From this org
    $211,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,793
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,865
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,948
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,845
    Filer's total
    $272,658
  • Earl Caleb

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $183,398
    From this org
    $160,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,478
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,920
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,121
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,357
    Filer's total
    $183,398
  • Ruth Rohs

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marti Awad

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Kelley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ashley Dimond

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roopesh Aggarwal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Ali

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ferd Belz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Bookhardt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Cortez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Darnall

    ALUMNI REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barb Grogan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rus Heise

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlie Kercheval

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon L Kinning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Kornfeld

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annie Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek Longwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donald Marshall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian O'Neil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Parsons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shane Portfolio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. 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
    $22,870,824
    Expenses
    $9,352,247
    Contributions
    $17,700,849
    Grants paid
    $7,916,054
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,805,911
    Expenses
    $9,373,595
    Contributions
    $13,148,865
    Grants paid
    $8,203,061
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,343,630
    Expenses
    $8,473,992
    Contributions
    $14,955,026
    Grants paid
    $7,483,300

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 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
    $17,885,889
    Expenses
    $6,127,503
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,016,557
  • 2021 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $8,404,522
    Expenses
    $5,475,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,509,608
  • 2020 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $7,397,816
    Expenses
    $5,113,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,401,200
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,283,779
    Expenses
    $4,898,063
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,838,431
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,150,122
    Expenses
    $4,006,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,088,091

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

  • METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

    $8,186,361

    2023 THE FUNDS ARE USED BY THE UNIVERSITY TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

  • METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

    $7,899,654

    2024 THE FUNDS ARE USED BY THE UNIVERSITY TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

  • METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

    $7,466,300

    2022 THE FUNDS ARE USED BY THE UNIVERSITY TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.

  • 2022 MSU DENVER FOUNDATION HAS AN MOU WITH THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WHERE THE FOUNDATION CREDITS THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 50% OF THEIR ADMIN FEES FROM ALL ALUMNI GIFTS. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION REBATES THE FULL ADMIN FEE CHARGED TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

  • 2023 MSU DENVER FOUNDATION HAS AN MOU WITH THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WHERE THE FOUNDATION CREDITS THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 50% OF THEIR ADMIN FEES FROM ALL ALUMNI GIFTS. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION REBATES THE FULL ADMIN FEE CHARGED TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

  • 2024 MSU DENVER FOUNDATION HAS AN MOU WITH THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WHERE THE FOUNDATION CREDITS THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 50% OF THEIR ADMIN FEES FROM ALL ALUMNI GIFTS. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION REBATES THE FULL ADMIN FEE CHARGED TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • 965 SANTA FE LLC

    RENT THE CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS TO THE METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY · CO · income $162,735 · assets $3,413,211

  • 800 KALAMATH STREET LLC

    RENT THE PROPERTY TO THE METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY. · CO · income $287,274 · assets $4,326,188

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.