MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

EIN 61-6053844 MURRAY, KY

Revenue 2024: $13,974,160
Expenses 2024: $7,361,139

Program services were 90.7% 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: 100 NASH HOUSE

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

ENHANCEMENT OF MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY BY ASSISTING IN FUNDRAISING, COLLECTING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, FACULTY SUPPORT, AND SPECIAL PROJECTS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO ASSISTS IN MANAGING SCHOLARSHIP DISBURSEMENTS AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.

IMPROVEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY BY ASSISTING IN FUNDRAISING, COLLECTING CONTRIBUTIONS, AIDING DONORS WITH ESTATE AND PLANNED GIVING AND ESTABLISHING ENDOWMENTS, DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS TO BE USED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS, FACULTY SUPPORT, AND OTHER EXPENDITURES ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY.

Expenses $5,825,594 · Grants $5,552,373 · Revenue $25,003
PROVIDING RECREATION FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND ALUMNI OF MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AND REGION. THROUGH THE OPERATION OF MILLER MEMORIAL GOLF COURSE, THE UNIVERSITY GOLF TEAM UTILIZES THE COURSE AS ITS PRACTICE FACILITY AND HOME COURSE.

Expenses $854,541 · Revenue $145,992

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.

JERRY T SHROAT

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MICHAEL S HAMILTON

VICE-CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
C STEVE STORY

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
TIMOTHY M ADAMS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RICHARD A DICK ANDERSON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MARY RHEAETTA RHEA ASHBY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CARRIE A BROWN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MELANIE G CULVER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID M DILL

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GARY THOMAS DRAFFEN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CAMISHA DUFFY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LUCINDA K GRINER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KATHY HARRIS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GEORGE E LONG II

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOE A OWEN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MICHAEL M PITMAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LANA G PORTER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JESSICA REED

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SHAWN L REYNOLDS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROY C RILEY JR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DENNIS W SMITH

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALAN C STOUT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MICHAEL THORNE

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TIMOTHY S TODD

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DR DAVID W DURR

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$97,560

From this org

$83,877

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,683

Hours/week

20

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$13,974,160

Expenses

$7,361,139

Contributions

$6,032,594

Grants paid

$5,552,373
2023

Revenue

$15,739,804

Expenses

$7,420,608

Contributions

$7,356,389

Grants paid

$5,555,152
2022

Revenue

$10,185,709

Expenses

$6,973,783

Contributions

$4,121,425

Grants paid

$5,579,807

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$13,974,160	$7,361,139	$6,032,594	$5,552,373
2023	$15,739,804	$7,420,608	$7,356,389	$5,555,152
2022	$10,185,709	$6,973,783	$4,121,425	$5,579,807

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

$13,383,107

Expenses

$5,465,613

Assets (EOY)

$158,062,479
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$13,646,404

Expenses

$5,530,455

Assets (EOY)

$179,089,446
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$8,079,153

Expenses

$4,740,360

Assets (EOY)

$141,577,757
2018 · 990

Revenue

$8,162,194

Expenses

$4,434,297

Assets (EOY)

$138,054,243
2017 · 990

Revenue

$10,203,910

Expenses

$4,183,562

Assets (EOY)

$133,042,562

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$13,383,107	$5,465,613	$158,062,479
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$13,646,404	$5,530,455	$179,089,446
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$8,079,153	$4,740,360	$141,577,757
2018	990	$8,162,194	$4,434,297	$138,054,243
2017	990	$10,203,910	$4,183,562	$133,042,562

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

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY

$5,579,807

2022 FUND SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS AT MSU AND GENERAL UNIVERSITY SUPPORT
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY

$5,555,152

2023 FUND SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS AT MSU AND GENERAL UNIVERSITY SUPPORT
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY

$5,552,373

2024 FUND SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS AT MSU AND GENERAL UNIVERSITY SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$344,525

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$181,575

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
NATURE CONSERVANCY

$127,659

2022 CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$107,034

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC

$50,649

2023 B11 SINGLE ORGANIZATION SUPPORT
NATURE CONSERVANCY

$49,698

2023 CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC

$46,429

2024 B11 SINGLE ORGANIZATION SUPPORT
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$31,650

2023 EDUCATION
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC

$29,654

2022 B11 SINGLE ORGANIZATION SUPPORT
BCSP FOUNDATION INC

$25,000

2023 TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE

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 2024 return

MURRAY STATE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION

501(C)(3) · TO PERFORM FUNCTIONS OF OR CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION · KY · controlled entity

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 UNITRUSTS (5)

INVESTMENTS · KY
CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUSTS (3)

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