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WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

EIN 61-1251555 BOWLING GREEN, KY

Revenue 2023
$0
Expenses 2023
$0

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B110
Classification
1000
Street
1703 CHESTNUT ST

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 MISSION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (WKUF) IS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY THAT WILL ADVANCE THE GOALS OF WKU THROUGH PRUDENT AND TRUSTED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT OF RESOURCES GIVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF WKU AND IN KEEPING WITH THE WISHES OF DONORS. THE WKUF WILL MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF BEST PRACTICES IN ALL ASPECTS OF ITS OPERATION.

  • EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC. (WKUF) WAS MERGED INTO COLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION ("FOUNDATION") FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A PART OF THE FOUNDATION'S STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE DONOR CONFUSION, STREAMLINE EFFORTS, AND CREATE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCIES. WKUF WILL CONTINUE TO FILE A RETURN WITH NO ACTIVITY.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • MR GARRY WATKINS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MS MICHELLE WELLS

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MR TOM HART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MS BELLE LADY HUNT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MR DAVID WISEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR DONALD SMITH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $297,731
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $237,058
    Other
    $60,673
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $237,058 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $37,609 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,064 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $297,731 related

  • DR TIMOTHY CABONI

    WKU PRESIDENT (EX-OFFICIO BOARD)

    Total calculated
    $671,846
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $613,995
    Other
    $57,851
    Hours/week
    2 + 35.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $529,723 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $84,272 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $28,842 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,009 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $671,846 related

  • MRS CYNTHIA WILKERSON

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,771
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,996
    Other
    $45,775
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $156,996 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,907 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,868 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $202,771 related

  • MS SUE MILLER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $4,127
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,816
    Other
    $311
    Hours/week
    2 + 35.5 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
    $0
    Expenses
    $0
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,960,231
    Expenses
    $8,533,662
    Contributions
    $6,301,566
    Grants paid
    $3,092,611

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
    $12,431,849
    Expenses
    $7,131,771
    Assets (EOY)
    $138,269,164

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,943,190
    Expenses
    $6,232,530
    Assets (EOY)
    $121,116,558

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,850,066
    Expenses
    $12,509,591
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,073,920

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,719,759
    Expenses
    $6,504,475
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,615,533

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,882,857
    Expenses
    $8,731,350
    Assets (EOY)
    $116,617,297

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,567,208
    Expenses
    $18,553,404
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,463,373

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,712,487
    Expenses
    $8,042,334
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,963,925

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,236,831
    Expenses
    $6,624,452
    Assets (EOY)
    $101,355,114

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,276,756
    Expenses
    $8,153,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,843,407

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $8,553,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $86,175,162

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2025

Tax period
1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
Principal officer
DONALD SMITH
Mailing address
1703 CHESTNUT STREETBOWLING GREEN KY 42101
Website
WWW.WKUFOUNDATION.COM

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

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 2022 return

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.