Virginia Tech Foundation INC FY2021 filing

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Blacksburg, VA501(c)(3)Since 1948EducationEIN 54-0721690Revenue $338.7M in FY2021

On file with the IRSvtf.org902 Prices Fork Rd Ste 4400, 24060-6811 · Blacksburg, VATax-exempt since Feb 1949Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Virginia Tech Foundation, INC. (vtf) is a Virginia nonstock corporation established in 1948 for the sole purpose of managing Virginia tech's endowment to advance Virginia tech's mission and its strategic priorities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$2.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $117.3M a year · 42% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.1M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $210K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$975.9M
36% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 36% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
32
of 32 voting members
Looks good: 32 of 32 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$338.7M
+53% vs prior year
Spent
$114.6M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$1.7B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$338.7M
FY2021▲ +53%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$222.0M
FY2021$338.7M
FY2022$317.1M
FY2023$222.3M
FY2024$293.8M
FY2024$245.7M
Expenses
$114.6M
FY2021▼ -18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$139.2M
FY2021$114.6M
FY2022$201.5M
FY2023$169.5M
FY2024$182.6M
FY2024$205.7M
Net assets
$1.7B
FY2021▲ +23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4B
FY2021$1.7B
FY2022$1.7B
FY2023$1.8B
FY2024$2.0B
FY2024$2.1B

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1949.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $86.8M Management & general 14% · $16.4M Fundraising 10% · $11.3M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

44 people listed on the 990; $2.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
CIO Endowment
$525,136Pt VII · Sec A
CEO Through 5/31/21
$492,640Pt VII · Sec A
$235,300Pt VII · Sec A
Investment Manager
$224,260Pt VII · Sec A
Investment Manager
$223,467Pt VII · Sec A
Assoc VP/General Counsel
$216,500Pt VII · Sec A
Financial Analyst
$142,263Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mr David Greenberg’s $1.5M as Chief Investment Officer is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $100M+ education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mr David Greenberg$1,494,627$921,129————
Mr Daniel Ward—$1,359,544$1,203,824$508,178$525,136$554,552
Elizabeth a McClanahan$868,291$669,577$595,000$300,000——
Cyril R Clarke - Director$617,216—————
Ms Terri T Mitchell$521,952$269,127$270,149$244,388——
Dr John E Dooley————$492,640$452,140
Mr Louie Vuong$405,983—————
Ms Margaret Millhiser$370,378—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Manages and invests the university's endowment, real estate portfolio, and private donations to support and advance the mission of Virginia Tech.

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1 program · $86.8M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Virginia tech foundation supports the programs of virginia tech. The foundation does this by generating funding from private sources and aggressively managing its assets to supplement state appropriations, tuition, and other sources of funds.

$86.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 15 grants · $360.7M · 2019–2024
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2024$81,830,259
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2024$39,235,005
Community United Methodist ChurchFY2024$50,000
Azcms Cares FoundationFY2024$50,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2023$44,855,081
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2023$31,276,162
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2023$20,913,907
Community United Methodist ChurchFY2023$90,000
Azcms Cares FoundationFY2023$30,000
Fordham UniversityNY · FY2023$10,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2022$39,513,978
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2021$36,381,353
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2020$32,774,808
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityFY2019$33,633,985

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$338.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$177.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$129.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.1M
Money outPt IX
$114.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$86.8M
Managementcol C$16.4M
Fundraisingcol D$11.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$128.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.7B
LiabilitiesLn 26$975.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
44
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a32
IndependentVI 1b32
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$177.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$22.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$129.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$15.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7$110.4M
Total revenueLn 12$338.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$128.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$128.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.86B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$220.9M
Other assetsLn 15$115.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.7B
LiabilitiesLn 26$975.9M
Net assetsLn 32$1.7B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 593
VolunteersI 636
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$144.7M$128.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.51B$1.86B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$180.7M$220.9M
Total assetsLn 16$2.25B$2.71B
LiabilitiesLn 26$844.4M$975.9M
Net assetsLn 32$1.41B$1.73B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$32.8M$32.8M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$1.4M
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$1.6M$223K$1.4M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$474K$27K$448K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$706K$50K$656K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.8M$52K$1.8M
Legal feesLn 11b$102K$87K$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$20K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$48K$48K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$733K$671K$2K$61K
Office expensesLn 13$2.8M$1.8M$124K$833K
Information technologyLn 14$302K$66K$63K$173K
OccupancyLn 16$937K$851K$78K$8K
TravelLn 17$216K$163K$6K$46K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$177K$168K$6K$3K
InterestLn 20$7.1M$1.1M$6.0M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.5M$1.4M$168K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$907K$792K$113K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$53.1M$43.0M$2.2M$7.8M
All other expensesLn 24e$7.9M$3.6M$1.9M$2.4M
Total functional expensesLn 25$114.6M$86.8M$16.4M$11.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $293.8M$182.6M$111.1M$2.0B 990 PDF
FY2023 $222.3M$169.5M$52.8M$1.8B 990 PDF
FY2022 $317.1M$201.5M$115.6M$1.7B 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $338.7M$114.6M$224.1M$1.7B 990 PDF
FY2020 $222.0M$139.2M$82.8M$1.4B 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $338,678,106 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $163,472,809$176,951,316
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $15,323,203$17,075,178
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23,338,575$129,580,147
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $19,865,099$15,071,465
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $221,999,686$338,678,106
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $33,633,985$32,774,808
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,962,790$5,996,312
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $99,617,322$75,820,501
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $139,214,097$114,591,621
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $82,785,589$224,086,485
Part VI · Governance 32 of 32 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body32
VI-1b Independent voting members32
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $338,678,106 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$1,349,663 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$176,951,316
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$22,427,895
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$176,951,316
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $15,660,666$15,660,666
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$22,413,625 · Excluded from tax $41,496,298$19,082,673
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax −$25,649−$25,649
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $7,081,686$7,081,686
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $110,435,639$110,435,639
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $1,493,752 · Excluded from tax $9,347,686$10,841,438
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $17,075,178 · Unrelated business −$20,919,873 · Excluded from tax $165,571,485$338,678,106
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $114,591,621 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $32,774,808$32,774,808
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $1,395,123$1,395,123
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $222,836 · Management $1,372,597$1,595,433
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $26,557 · Management $447,521$474,078
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $49,809 · Management $655,846$705,655
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $51,784 · Management $1,774,239$1,826,023
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $86,944 · Management $15,526$102,470
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $19,980$19,980
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $48,425$48,425
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $670,890 · Management $2,006 · Fundraising $60,588$733,484
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,829,379 · Management $123,726 · Fundraising $832,696$2,785,801
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $65,777 · Management $62,959 · Fundraising $173,393$302,129
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $851,086 · Management $77,637 · Fundraising $7,855$936,578
IX-17 TravelPrograms $163,349 · Management $6,306 · Fundraising $45,865$215,520
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $167,902 · Management $6,492 · Fundraising $2,548$176,942
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,058,742 · Management $6,047,640$7,106,382
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,364,722 · Management $168,458 · Fundraising $4,762$1,537,942
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $791,930 · Management $113,260 · Fundraising $2,205$907,395
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $43,020,167 · Management $2,238,831 · Fundraising $7,814,940$53,073,938
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,595,148 · Management $1,908,740 · Fundraising $2,369,627$7,873,515
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $86,840,255 · Management $16,436,887 · Fundraising $11,314,479$114,591,621
Part X · Balance sheet $2,705,348,340 assets, 20 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $170,333,584; see the IRS return.
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $144,677,583$128,433,451
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $151,363,780$183,436,039
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,759,908$14,497,687
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,422,165$1,118,807
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,954,303$7,279,894
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $180,683,622$220,892,114
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $664,209,034$669,183,985
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $844,838,582$1,191,991,872
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $2,004,691$3,228,508
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $96,469,467$114,952,399
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,253,132,781$2,705,348,340
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,750,026$5,170,995
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $8,554,773$43,003,435
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $336,217,172$320,148,233
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $488,043,264$603,211,552
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $844,377,394$975,869,416
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $301,266,339$358,751,563
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,107,489,048$1,370,727,361
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,408,755,387$1,729,478,924
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,253,132,781$2,705,348,340
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,729,478,924 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$338,678,106
XI-2 Total expenses$114,591,621
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$224,086,485
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,408,755,387
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$88,812,455
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$318,049
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$8,142,646
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,729,478,924

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