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.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$4.5M 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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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $104.4M a year · 38% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$4.5M
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
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.18B in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 7.9 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
$1.0B
34% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 34% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
32
of 36 voting members
Looks good: 32 of 36 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$293.8M
+32% vs prior year
Spent
$182.6M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$2.0B
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$293.8M
FY2024▲ +32%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$222.0M
FY2021$338.7M
FY2022$317.1M
FY2023$222.3M
FY2024$293.8M
FY2025$245.7M
Expenses
$182.6M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$139.2M
FY2021$114.6M
FY2022$201.5M
FY2023$169.5M
FY2024$182.6M
FY2025$205.7M
Net assets
$2.0B
FY2024▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4B
FY2021$1.7B
FY2022$1.7B
FY2023$1.8B
FY2024$2.0B
FY2025$2.1B

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1949.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $157.8M Management & general 9% · $15.9M Fundraising 5% · $9.0M

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

52 people listed on the 990; $4.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Former Avp/CIO Endowmment
$1,359,544Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Invesment Officer
$921,129Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Executive Officer
$669,577Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Secretary (as of 09/2023)
$269,127Pt VII · Sec A
CFO & Treasurer
$191,923Pt VII · Sec A
$178,108Pt VII · Sec A
Director of IT
$170,661Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Real Estate
$151,416Pt 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
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 · $157.8M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Guided by a strong commitment to fiduciary responsibility, the foundation receives, manages, and disburses private gifts to advance the missions of virginia tech. The foundation strives to be an exceptional steward of the assets provided by the university's many generous donors, and to grow and leverage those assets to the fullest extent…

$157.8Mprogram expense

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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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$293.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$179.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$88.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13.7M
Money outPt IX
$182.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$157.8M
Managementcol C$15.9M
Fundraisingcol D$9.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$120.1M
Total assetsLn 16$3.0B
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0B
PeoplePt VI, VII
52
listed · VII A
PaidVII A12
Voting boardVI 1a36
IndependentVI 1b32
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$179.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$315K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$33.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$88.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$12.9M
Gains on assetsLn 7$61.2M
Total revenueLn 12$293.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$120.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$120.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.18B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$238.0M
Other assetsLn 15$126.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.0B
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0B
Net assetsLn 32$2.0B
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$56.7M$120.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.02B$2.18B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$239.3M$238.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.85B$3.04B
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.01B$1.04B
Net assetsLn 32$1.84B$2.00B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$97.2M$97.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$4.0M$4.0M
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$147K$74K$74K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.7M$1.7M$835K$82K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$564K$174K$390K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$755K$117K$638K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.5M$1.5M
Legal feesLn 11b$136K$91K$45K
Accounting feesLn 11c$160K$160K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$4K$4K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2.7M$2.7M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6.5M$3.9M$490K$2.1M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.6M$1.4M$258$224K
Office expensesLn 13$3.7M$1.9M$291K$1.6M
Information technologyLn 14$474K$39K$43K$393K
OccupancyLn 16$1.7M$1.4M$188K$79K
TravelLn 17$4.3M$3.1M$83K$1.2M
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$355K$252K$26K$77K
InterestLn 20$6.9M$2.0M$5.0M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.8M$1.6M$148K$29K
InsuranceLn 23$641K$434K$206K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$37.4M$32.9M$2.4M$2.1M
All other expensesLn 24e$7.3M$9.7M−$3.4M$991K
Total functional expensesLn 25$182.6M$157.8M$15.9M$9.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $245.7M$205.7M$40.0M$2.1B 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $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 $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 R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $293,759,159 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $134,749,837$178,958,298
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,651,437$13,744,672
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $40,087,191$88,127,578
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $29,772,312$12,928,611
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $222,260,777$293,759,159
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $39,513,978$97,180,150
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,622,875$9,623,029
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $121,359,526$75,837,035
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $169,496,379$182,640,214
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $52,764,398$111,118,945
Part VI · Governance 32 of 36 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body36
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 $293,759,159 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,510,644 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$315,345
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$178,642,953
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$33,144,677
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$178,958,298
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $13,652,373$13,652,373
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $6,191,663 · Excluded from tax $20,603,287$26,794,950
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $1,000,605$1,000,605
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $1,116,254 · Excluded from tax $3,899,977$5,016,231
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business $1,288,308 · Excluded from tax $59,952,585$61,240,893
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $19,634 · Excluded from tax $5,565,531$5,585,165
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $13,744,672 · Unrelated business $8,615,859 · Excluded from tax $92,440,330$293,759,159
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $182,640,214 across 23 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $97,180,150$97,180,150
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $3,980,666$3,980,666
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsManagement $73,510 · Fundraising $73,510$147,020
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,743,502 · Management $835,339 · Fundraising $81,743$2,660,584
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $174,325 · Management $389,835$564,160
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $116,732 · Management $637,972$754,704
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $1,515,895$1,515,895
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $90,802 · Management $45,047$135,849
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $160,464$160,464
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $3,500$3,500
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,728,130$2,728,130
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,884,804 · Management $490,373 · Fundraising $2,145,220$6,520,397
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,405,245 · Management $258 · Fundraising $224,068$1,629,571
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,866,933 · Management $290,686 · Fundraising $1,566,943$3,724,562
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $38,537 · Management $43,253 · Fundraising $392,540$474,330
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,428,502 · Management $187,807 · Fundraising $78,535$1,694,844
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,061,652 · Management $83,144 · Fundraising $1,169,188$4,313,984
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $251,872 · Management $26,379 · Fundraising $77,077$355,328
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,978,752 · Management $4,963,339$6,942,091
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,611,843 · Management $148,240 · Fundraising $28,569$1,788,652
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $433,780 · Management $205,676 · Fundraising $1,746$641,202
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $32,850,345 · Management $2,428,413 · Fundraising $2,139,810$37,418,568
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,687,515 · Management −$3,372,954 · Fundraising $991,002$7,305,563
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $157,805,291 · Management $15,864,972 · Fundraising $8,969,951$182,640,214
Part X · Balance sheet $3,036,393,497 assets, 21 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $178,534,445; see the IRS return.
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $56,712,127$120,063,342
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $180,908,044$177,161,164
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,093,670$3,295,638
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $564,388$709,446
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,054,488$7,548,654
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $239,290,792$238,035,118
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $570,981,323$149,551,829
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,450,693,811$2,032,181,280
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $3,134,637$3,062,938
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $139,067,266$126,249,643
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,846,142,047$3,036,393,497
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,204,088$7,508,537
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $40,022,111$39,609,305
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $282,740,286$262,858,708
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$11,000,556
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $675,394,924$719,219,178
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,009,099,622$1,040,196,284
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $458,513,424$498,844,854
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,378,529,001$1,497,352,359
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,837,042,425$1,996,197,213
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,846,142,047$3,036,393,497
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,996,197,213 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$293,759,159
XI-2 Total expenses$182,640,214
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$111,118,945
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,837,042,425
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$47,357,768
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$11,354
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$666,721
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,996,197,213

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