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NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC

EIN 20-1787893 HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY

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Revenue 2024
$3,651,035
Expenses 2024
$3,545,875

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B11
Classification
2100
Street
NUNN DRIVE UC405

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

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO SUPPORT NKU'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS INVLOLVING INSTRUCTION, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND RESEARCH. THIS INCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT FURTHER THE MISSION OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE AND IMPLEMENT SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE COORDINATION OF EXTRAMURALLY SPONSORED AND NKU FOUNDATION, INC. SUPPORTED PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.

  • PUBLIC SERVICE GRANTS PROVIDED FUNDING FOR A NUMBER OF PROGRAMSINCLUDING: UPDWARD BOUND PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH, KHEAACOLLEGE COACHES AND FEDERAL COLLEGE COACHES, KENTUCKY COLLEGECOACHES ON CAMPUS AND HOST SITES, VISTA PROGRAM, CHASE COLLEGE OFLAW FELLOWS, MAYERSON PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM, AND EW SCRIPPSPHILANTHROPY AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $3,351,029 · Grants $3,351,029

  • IN THE AREAS OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND STUDENT SERVICES,FUNDING PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR THE FEDERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, STUDENTSUPPORT SERVICES, FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS INCLUDING FUNDING FORPROJECT SOAR STUDENTS, UPWARD BOUND STUDENTS, AND PARTICIPANTS INTRAINEESHIP IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

    Expenses $56,270 · Grants $56,270

  • PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE AREAS OF BASIC AND APPLIEDRESEARCH INCLUDED PROJECTS SUCH AS THE NASA FUNDED HELIX PROJECT,STUDY OF COSMIC RAYS AND WORK WITH NASA ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACESTATION. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SPONSORED RESEARCH INCLUDED ASTUDY OF STELLAR COMPANIONS, TIM CONSORTIUM OF MOLECULAR RESEARCH,TECHNOLOGY-CENTERED MATHEMATICAL NOTICING, FSML PLANNING GRANT,HETEROARYLATION OF KETONES, AND SEARCH FOR VERIFIABLE COMPLEXDIFFUSION MECHANISMS.

    Expenses $1,124 · Grants $1,124

  • NON-CAPITAL TRANSFERS

    Expenses $125,256 · Grants $125,256

  • INSTRUCTION

    Expenses $12,196 · Grants $12,196

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Chris Calvert

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $220,920
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $183,865
    Other
    $37,055
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $183,519 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $346 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $18,623 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,432 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $220,920 related
  • Dr David Tataw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,662
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,139
    Other
    $49,523
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $120,441 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $3,698 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,726 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $38,797 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $173,662 related
  • Mr Matthew Delaney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Maureen Doyle

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $135,286
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $112,936
    Other
    $22,350
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related
  • Mr Hawkins Warner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,496
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $68,400
    Other
    $17,096
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related
  • Mr Craig Holloman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,622
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $92,573
    Other
    $28,049
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related
  • Dr Amanda Kool

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Samantha Langley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $157,214
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $125,361
    Other
    $31,853
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $117,192 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $8,169 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,974 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,879 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $157,214 related
  • Dr Diana McGill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $313,165
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $258,639
    Other
    $54,526
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $257,562 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,077 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,848 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,678 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $313,165 related
  • Dr Dekuwmini Mornah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,529
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $123,861
    Other
    $41,668
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $123,171 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $690 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,545 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,123 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $165,529 related
  • Dr Bethany Bowling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $197,599
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $153,951
    Other
    $43,648
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $130,479 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $23,472 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,455 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,193 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $197,599 related
  • Mr Dov Rosenberg

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Sean Rugless

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Larry Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Koors

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Kim Banham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $3,651,035
    Expenses
    $3,545,875
    Contributions
    $3,651,035
    Grants paid
    $3,545,875
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,652,870
    Expenses
    $3,608,121
    Contributions
    $3,652,870
    Grants paid
    $3,608,121
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,231,014
    Expenses
    $3,241,686
    Contributions
    $3,231,014
    Grants paid
    $3,241,686

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
    $2,632,236
    Expenses
    $2,388,520
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,687,929
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,339,516
    Expenses
    $3,856,010
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,172,069
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,359,425
    Expenses
    $2,204,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,426,112
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,338,286
    Expenses
    $2,257,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,969,153
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,072,721
    Expenses
    $2,013,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,474,433
  • 2009 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,231,264
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,881,137

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

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $3,440,143

    2023 PUBLIC SERVICES

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $3,029,438

    2022 PUBLIC SERVICES

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $167,134

    2022 GENERAL - NONMANDATORY

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $155,994

    2023 GENERAL - NONMANDATORY

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $31,774

    2022 RESEARCH

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $13,340

    2022 ACADEMIC SUPPORT

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $8,417

    2023 ACADEMIC SUPPORT

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $3,567

    2023 RESEARCH

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $0

    2024 PUBLIC SERVICES

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    $0

    2024 RESEARCH

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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

  • NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

    115(1) · EDUCATION · KY

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.