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WEST VIRGINIA UNIV FOUNDATION INC

EIN 55-6017181 MORGANTOWN, WV

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Revenue 2024
$152,277,981
Expenses 2024
$144,767,225

Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B110
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 1650

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 mission of the WVU Foundation is to enrich the lives of those touched by West Virginia University by maximizing charitable support and providing services to the University, its students and affiliated organizations.

  • THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZES PRIVATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND DEPARTMENTS IMPACTING ALL LEVELS OF THE CAMPUS. AMOUNTS FUNDED IN THIS AREA ARE PRIMARILY UTILIZED TO ENHANCE SALARY LEVELS THEREBY POSITIONING WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENTED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE ACADEMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND RESEARCH FIELDS. THE HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS WAS THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARY OF FUNDED SALARIES; HOWEVER, VIRTUALLY EVERY ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THIS CRITICAL FUNCTION.

    Expenses $29,943,437

  • THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZES PRIVATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT CAPITAL PROJECT INITIATIVES ACROSS CAMPUS. FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT A VARIETY OF CAPITAL INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $29,296,637

  • THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZES PRIVATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITHIN MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND DEPARTMENTS ACROSS CAMPUS; THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF WHICH WERE THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, THE EBERLY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND DESIGN, AND THE STATLER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MINERAL RESOURCES. SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS INCLUDE TUITION, BOOKS, AND ROOM AND BOARD. SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS ARE UTILIZED ACROSS CAMPUS TO HELP RECRUIT NATIONALLY PROMINENT STUDENTS AS WELL AS PROVIDE FUNDING SUPPORT TO GIVE OTHER STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE AN ACADEMIC CAREER AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

    Expenses $18,546,927 · Grants $18,546,927

  • THE ORGANIZATION HAS OTHER DISBURSEMENTS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING FACULTY AND STAFF TRAVEL FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, CLASSROOM, LABORATORY, AND OFFICE SUPPLIES, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, ETC.

    Expenses $42,541,281

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.

  • Cynthia L Roth

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $960,453
    From this org
    $815,430
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $145,023
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $550,106
    Bonus
    $260,128
    Other
    $5,196
    Deferred
    $131,804
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,219
    Filer's total
    $960,453
  • J Wayne Richards

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Brewer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Sheedy

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan J Zuccari

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alexis Pugh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bradford Ritchie

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christine Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dave Gruver

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erika Cramer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George Bicher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George S Weaver III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jane McNeer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jo Ann Shaw

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kerri Knotts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin Given

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin K Sidow

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Craig

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael John

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael T Escue

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Natalie Bush

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ola Adekunle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Penelope F Roll

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert O Orders Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $152,277,981
    Expenses
    $144,767,225
    Contributions
    $88,880,676
    Grants paid
    $18,546,927
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $242,493,810
    Expenses
    $153,932,427
    Contributions
    $169,237,554
    Grants paid
    $21,030,449
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $137,168,472
    Expenses
    $153,381,241
    Contributions
    $77,015,608
    Grants paid
    $21,453,699

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
    $221,489,920
    Expenses
    $104,681,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,666,942,947
  • 2021 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $183,335,188
    Expenses
    $97,989,488
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,549,094,162
  • 2020 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $155,430,683
    Expenses
    $106,328,976
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,952,164,791
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $141,620,282
    Expenses
    $106,620,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,825,758,750
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $131,813,965
    Expenses
    $124,715,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,783,345,224

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

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 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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • Charitable Remainder Trust (46)

    Trust · Financial Support · WV · controlled entity

  • Perpetual Trusts (13)

    Trust · Financial Support · WV · controlled entity

  • Charitable Lead Trust (5)

    Trust · Financial Support · WV · 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 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.