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Western Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc

EIN 61-1358086 Bowling Green, KY

Revenue 2024
$307,047
Expenses 2024
$957,617

Program services were 96.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Street
1906 College Heights Blvd 11016

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 WKURF is to promote scholarly research and to serve as Western Kentucky University's agent in the receipt of intellectual property income, and in the protection, development, and commercialization of intellectual properties.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. IS TO PROMOTE SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND TO SERVE AS WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY'S AGENT IN THE RECEIPT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INCOME, AND IN THE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES.

  • THE MISSION OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. IS TO PROMOTE SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND TO SERVE AS WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY'S AGENT IN THE RECEIPT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INCOME, AND IN THE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES.

    Expenses $920,973 · Grants $919,237 · Revenue $124,038

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.

  • Laura Hagan

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Cowles

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Hook

    Director

    Total calculated
    $166,174
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,346
    Other
    $43,828
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $122,346 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,972 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,856 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $166,174 related

  • Michael Minter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Bunch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vijay Kamenini

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Whitney Peake

    Director

    Total calculated
    $273,733
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $215,124
    Other
    $58,609
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $215,124 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $35,230 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,379 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $273,733 related

  • Henry Steen

    President

    Total calculated
    $186,508
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $150,048
    Other
    $36,460
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $150,048 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,144 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,316 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $186,508 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $307,047
    Expenses
    $957,617
    Contributions
    $4,901
    Grants paid
    $919,237
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $361,293
    Expenses
    $160,470
    Contributions
    $75,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $108,692
    Expenses
    $71,138
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $15,907

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
    $129,074
    Expenses
    $60,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,012,514

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $215,262
    Expenses
    $45,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $657,530

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $85,263
    Expenses
    $23,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $362,017

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $107,727
    Expenses
    $89,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $192,918

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,459,112
    Expenses
    $14,448,815
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,151,863

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,633,388
    Expenses
    $12,659,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,359,877

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,876,305
    Expenses
    $13,880,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,829,786

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,520,519
    Expenses
    $14,595,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,817,077

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,997,926
    Expenses
    $14,954,141
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,456,242

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.