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WGU ACADEMY

EIN 85-2768979 SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Revenue 2023
$16,297,273
Expenses 2023
$16,232,878

Program services were 86.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Street
4001 SOUTH 700 EAST Suite 700

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).

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.

  • Scott Pulsipher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $2,268,117
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,205,837
    Other
    $62,280
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $804,934 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $650,000 related
    Other
    not reported + $750,903 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $30,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $32,280 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $2,268,117 related
  • Chris Lee

    President

    Total calculated
    $474,676
    From this org
    $411,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,030
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $335,496
    Bonus
    $76,150
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,030
    Filer's total
    $474,676
  • Curt Defriez

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $316,207
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $263,400
    Other
    $52,807
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $226,865 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $36,535 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $26,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $26,807 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $316,207 related
  • Chelsea Barnett

    VP - Product and Programs

    Total calculated
    $247,847
    From this org
    $230,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,580
    Bonus
    $21,540
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $17,727
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $247,847
  • Yashima White Azilove

    Senior Director. Business Dev.

    Total calculated
    $191,969
    From this org
    $180,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,779
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,180
    Bonus
    $10,010
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,779
    Filer's total
    $191,969
  • Reshma Gouravajhala

    Sr.Manager Research & Analytic

    Total calculated
    $179,831
    From this org
    $149,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,711
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,870
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,570
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,141
    Filer's total
    $179,831
  • Rachael Marangu

    Manager, Product Strategy

    Total calculated
    $170,988
    From this org
    $161,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,634
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,604
    Bonus
    $5,750
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,634
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $170,988
  • Bonnie Budd

    Sr. Manager, Design & Dev.

    Total calculated
    $120,534
    From this org
    $120,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tammy Johns Until 10723

    Director (Chair)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 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 — 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
    $16,297,273
    Expenses
    $16,232,878
    Contributions
    $10,716,862
    Grants paid
    $139,694
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,310,646
    Expenses
    $17,310,646
    Contributions
    $11,122,559
    Grants paid
    $316,748

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 2023 return

Declared as related by

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.