NonprofitsArizona State University Foundation For A New American University

Education

Arizona State University Foundation For A New American University

TEMPE, AZ

Total revenue

$276.1M

Total expenses

$213.7M

Net assets

$1.5B

Grants received

$256.6M

790 grants

EIN

866051042

Tax year

2023

Mission

The asu foundation for a new american university is a private, nonprofit organization that raises and manages private contributions to support the work of arizona state university.

Programs

3 programs

Specific university programs - the asu foundation provided more than $39 million in support of sustainability and education activities, entrepreneurial activities, and programming activities. Asu foundation received over $40 million in contributions to support these activities.

Expenses: $39.0MGrants: $35.7M

Student and faculty support - the asu foundation provided over $43 million for asu programs that assist undergraduate and graduate students. Asu foundation received over $44 million of contributions to support faculty recognition and professorships and for student support.

Expenses: $43.3MGrants: $39.6M

The asu foundation provded over $27.9 million to support the education, research, public service, and other activities of arizona state university. In addition to the more than $4 million of program revenue, asu foundation provided over $28 million of contributions in support of these activities.

Expenses: $28.0MGrants: $25.6M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$211.5M
Program service revenue$1.0M
Investment income$60.0M
Other revenue$3.7M
Total revenue$276.1M

Expenses

Grants paid$171.1M
Salaries & benefits$20.2M
Fundraising$25.2M
Other expenses$20.6M
Total expenses$213.7M
Total assets$2.0B
Net assets$1.5B

People

37 listed

NameRoleCompensation

GRETCHEN BUHLIG

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ASUF

Board

$611K

49 hrs/wk

NICOLE COLYER

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

MACKENZIE WOODS

INTERIM SECRETARY (1/24 THRU 5/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

DENISE RESNIK

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ROGER WITTLIN

SENIOR INVESTMENT ADVISOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KEITH WIRTZ

DIRECTOR (THRU 5/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

LISA URIAS

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

TONY SARSAM

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

CHRIS HOWARD

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

HARRY PAPP

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MORGAN OLSEN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANNE MARIUCCI

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LISA LOO

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAZMIN MEDINA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

HIROSHI HAMADA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAY HEILER

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

LAUREN BAILEY

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

STEVE BETTS

DIRECTOR (THRU 5/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

IRA FULTON

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DOUG FULTON

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARY HENTGES

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

STEVE EVANS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL CROW

ASU PRESIDENT

Board

1 hrs/wk

SATJIV CHAHIL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MALISSIA CLINTON

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DANIEL DILLON DIRECTOR ASUF

(THRU 3/24)/CEO ASUEP (THRU 12/23)

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL AGUIRRE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

VIRGINIA DESANTO

VICE PRESIDENT, CFO & TREASURER

Board

10 hrs/wk

HOPE SHARETT

SECRETARY/GENERAL COUNSEL (THRU 12/23)

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARK SEARLE DIRECTOR ASUF

CEO (ASUEP) (3/24 THRU 6/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN GRAHAM

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

NITA FRANCIS

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JACQUELINE SMITH

VICE PRESIDENT

Staff

$355K

40 hrs/wk

PATRICK MCDERMOTT

CHIEF ENGAGEMENT OFFICER THUNDERBIRD

Staff

$340K

40 hrs/wk

ERIC SPICER

VICE PRESIDENT UNIT DEVELOPMENT

Staff

$327K

40 hrs/wk

BILL KAVAN

VICE PRESIDENT ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH

Staff

$316K

40 hrs/wk

SUZANNE RINKER

VICE PRESIDENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

Staff

$311K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

BLACKROCK

OUTSOURCED CI

$951K

TRUE SENSE MARKETING INC

CONSULTING

$709K

LAUREL STRATEGIES INC

CONSULTING

$607K

THE EUDY COMPANY LTD

PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISER

$285K

NJI MEDIA

CONSULTING

$265K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 790

FromAmountPurposeYear
$8M
To support School of Conservation Futures and related programs
2024
$1.5M
EDUCATION, PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTARISM & GRANTMAKING FOUNDATIONS, EDUCATION
2024
$1.2M
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$1.1M
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$1M
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$977K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$902K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$870K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$662K
Education
2024
$657K
OPERATING GRANT
2024
$648K
TO SUPPORT NEWSWELL, AN ASU PROJECT FOCUSED ON THE PROVISION OF NEWS AND INFORMATION THAT EDUCATES AND INFORMS THE PUBLIC THROUGH LOCAL JOURNALISM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES IN JOURNALISM THROUGH EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, EXPANDS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE NEWS, AND CARRIES ON RESEARCH AND ANALYSES ABOUT THE IMPACT AND REACH OF LOCAL JOURNALISM. NEWSWELL WILL PROVIDE WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT, SHARED BACKEND SERVICES AND ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES AND PARTNERS OF ASU TO TRANSFORM EXISTING SMALL AND MIDSIZE NEWS SITES INTO SUSTAINABLE FOR-COMMUNITY SITES.
2024
$626K
81687 SUPPORTING THE SOUTHWEST HEALTH AND REPORTING COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE
2024
$575K
EVALUATING COPS AS A VEHICLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLED INNOVATION FRAMEWORK
2024
$500K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$499K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$497K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$474K
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
2024
$452K
K-12 EDUCATION
2024
$366K
PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
2024
$350K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$310K
PROJECT SUPPORT TO IMPROVE ATTAINMENT RATES AT UIA AND OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
2024
$304K
TO DESIGN TWO NEW TRANSFORMATIVE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS AT ASU TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER PROGRAMS AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS SEEKING TO IMPROVE RETURN-ON-INVESTMENT FOR STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS, AND BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR A PILOT AND EVALUATION OF THOSE PROGRAMS.
2024
$293K
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH PROJECTS ON PITT HOPKINS SYNDROME
2024
$261K
TO EVALUATE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS AUTOMATED AUDITING ON MULTIPLE POLICE AGENCIES.
2024
$250K
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS
2024
$234K
UTILIZING EMPIRICAL ETHICS TO CONCEPTUALIZE RELIGION-BASED VACCINE HESITANCY IN THE US
2024
$230K
TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2024
$230K
TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2024
$200K
To support the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, a post-doctoral fellowship, and a lecture series
2024
$167K
82598 EMPLOYING THE DELPHI METHOD TO DEVELOP GUIDEPOSTS THAT ADVANCE EDITORIAL EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
2024
$156K
Scholarship Fund
2024
$156K
SUPPORT EARLY LITERACY FOR PRESCHOOLERS
2024
$150K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$150K
EDUCATIONAL
2024
$150K
ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF TUTORING PILOT AT OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
2024
$140K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$134K
University Innovation Alliance National Summit on Student Success Innovation Contribution Grant, Site-Specific Evaluation of Academic Recovery Innovations
2024
$125K
TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL
2024
$124K
FLEISCHER BRIDGE PROGRAM; ASU ENDOWED POSITION
2024
$121K
GOAL-DIRECTED OUTCOMES IN COMPLEX CHEMICAL SYSTEMS
2024
$118K
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS WITH SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN ARTS AND CULTURAL STUDIES.
2024
$114K
TO SUPPORT THE CONVENING OF EXPERTS TO STUDY ONLINE DISINFORMATION AND DEVELOP NONPARTISAN POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS IT.
2024
$102K
PROJECT SUPPORT - CHARITABLE
2024
$100K
Autism Research
2024
$100K
MISSION SUPPORT
2024
$100K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
2024
$100K
TO PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT TO STOCKTONIA, A NONPROFIT NEWS OUTLET RUN BY NEWSWELL, AN ARIZONA NONPROFIT.
2024
$100K
Human Rights
2024
$100K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$90K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2024
$83K
79556 ENGAGING AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO EXPLORE BARRIERS TO AND FACILITATORS OF THEIR PREPROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
2024
$81K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$81K
MACARTHUR FOUNDATION SAFETY AND JUSTICE CHALLENGE PASS THROUGH GRANT
2024
$75K
SCHOOL OF CIVIC AND ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND LEADERSHIP, PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$60K
IN SUPPORT OF ADVANCING THE NATIONAL OCEAN BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY.
2024
$55K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$55K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$50K
PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT
2024
$50K
Support first generation 1st yr humanities student
2024
$50K
General Operating Support
2024
$50K
PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT
2024
$50K
TO PROVIDE A THREE-YEAR SPONSORSHIP FOR THE MCCAIN INSTITUTE'S SEDONA FORUM.
2024
$43K
BOARD SERVICE DONATION, EVENT SPONSORSHIP, YEARS OF SERVICE INCENTIVE PROGRAM
2024
$35K
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEXTGEN SERVICE CORPS
2024
$35K
YOUTH EDUCATION - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
2024
$34K
IN SUPPORT OF USING HIGH-THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, AND AN OPEN-SOURCE DATA LIBRARY TO HELP SCIENTISTS MORE QUICKLY DESIGN AND DISCOVER SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS.
2024
$34K
SUMMER PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY LITER
2024
$32K
Scholarship
2024
$25K
TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.
2024
$25K
Sparky's Stoop: Development of a Friendship Bench Initiative at Arizona State University
2024
$25K
TO SUPPORT A MULTI-DAY IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RETREAT FOR THE CHILDRENS EQUITY PROJECT
2024
$24K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$21K
MEDIA AND PUBLISHING
2024
$21K
Support program TRUST
2024
$20K
ASU Latino Partnership Scholars
2024
$20K
INN SUPPORT - LABS
2024
$19K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$17K
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & ADVOCACY
2024
$16K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$15K
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
2024
$15K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$14K
OPERATIONS
2024
$13K
Operating support
2024
$12K
TO SUPPORT A CONVENING BY MACARTHUR FELLOWS ALEX RIVERA (2021) AND AHILAN ARULANANTHAM (2016) TO CENTER THE STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DEPORTATION AND PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR LEGAL AND U.S. DEPORTATION POLICY
2024
$12K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$11K
SUPPORT SPEECH SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
2024
$11K
for the Institute of Human Origins
2024
$10K
To support general operations
2024
$10K
FOR THE 1946 FUND IN HONOR OF OUTGOING DEAN DR. SANJEEV KHAGRAM
2024
$10K
SUPPORT FOR ARIZONA PBS TV
2024
$10K
Scholarships
2024
$10K
STEP OUTSIDE-SPROUTS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
Program operations
2024
$10K
PUBLIC SUPPORT
2024
$9K
Educational Institutions
2024
$8K
Program Grant
2024
$8K
SCHOLARSHIPS.
2024
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$8K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2024
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$6K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT; FOR AN HONORARIUM IN HONOR OF MARIA ANGUIANO.
2024
$5K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$500
BARRETT PARENTS SCHOLARSHIP DONATION
2024
$300
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$100
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2024
$75
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$3.7M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$3.6M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$2.3M
To support the Center on Reinventing Public Education, housed within Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, to execute multi-year research and thought leadership projects and to design and run a new innovative grants program.
2023
$2.2M
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2023
$2.2M
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2023
$1.9M
PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
2023
$1.8M
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$1.7M
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2023
$1.7M
IMPLEMENTING PRINCIPLED INNOVATION AS THE 9TH DESIGN PRINCIPLE AT ASU; EMBEDDING EM INSTITUTIONALLY
2023
$1.7M
To support the School System Innovation Fund, a multi-year grants program to provide school districts with funding and resources to design and implement innovative solutions that tackle big educational problems related to such issues as learning loss, serving the needs of diverse populations or implementing adaptive educational programming.
2023
$1.3M
Scaling Academic Recovery Interventions Site-Specific Evaluation of Academic Recovery Innovations
2023
$1.1M
TO DEVELOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRETRIAL ASSESSMENTS.
2023
$1M
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2023
$850K
K-12 EDUCATION
2023
$716K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$695K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2023
$667K
ACADEMIC RECOVERY FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
2023
$600K
K-12 EDUCATION
2023
$549K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$541K
EVALUATING COPS AS A VEHICLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLED INNOVATION FRAMEWORK
2023
$500K
TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT
2023
$500K
IN SUPPORT OF USING HIGH-THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, AND AN OPEN-SOURCE DATA LIBRARY TO HELP SCIENTISTS MORE QUICKLY DESIGN AND DISCOVER SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS.
2023
$500K
FOR THE CHILDREN'S EQUITY PROJECT
2023
$453K
TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THEORY AND NEW HYPOTHESES ON THE EVOLUTION OF MUTUALISMS BASED ON POPULATION GENETIC MODELS.
2023
$408K
For core support of the Center for Whole-Child Education
2023
$363K
GOAL-DIRECTED OUTCOMES IN COMPLEX CHEMICAL SYSTEMS
2023
$353K
Planning phase for the new Arts initiative Community Orientation Study
2023
$332K
FOR RESEARCH ON THE OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES OF QUANTUM GRAVITY
2023
$329K
IN SUPPORT OF SCALING, SUPPORTING, AND SUSTAINING A NETWORK OF LIBRARIES AS HUBS FOR ENGAGING YOUTH AND COMMUNITY IN SCIENCE.
2023
$300K
For core support of the Center on Reinventing Public Education
2023
$285K
To support research and design of a global conservation leadership initiative at Arizona State University.
2023
$250K
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS
2023
$250K
Mental Health Solutions Research
2023
$250K
OCEAN STEWARDSHIP AND RESEARCH
2023
$250K
HOMELESSNESS ACTION NEXUS
2023
$243K
EYEPlay ADAPT:Expanding A University - Theater - School District Partnership to Support Early Literacy for Preschoolers with Diverse Abilities through Drama
2023
$225K
MEDICAL RESEARCH
2023
$208K
FOR COLLEGE ASSISTANCE MIGRANT PROGRAM
2023
$200K
To support the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, a post-doctoral fellowship, and a lecture series
2023
$200K
To support the Center for American Institutions
2023
$195K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$192K
FLEISCHER BRIDGE PROGRAM; ASU ENDOWED POSITION
2023
$191K
As a final grant for the McCain Institute's fellowship program for emerging African peacebuilding leaders
2023
$185K
To provide operational support to the Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership.
2023
$163K
DELOITTE FOUNDATION ACCOUNTING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2023
$154K
EDUCATIONAL
2023
$132K
SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$125K
TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE INNOVATION PROGRAM
2023
$121K
SEE PART IV
2023
$106K
SUB-AWARD
2023
$105K
TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2023
$100K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100K
Mobile Simulation Training Unit
2023
$95K
Autism Research
2023
$95K
QUALITY EDUCATION
2023
$90K
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
2023
$85K
PUBLIC SUPPORT
2023
$85K
Cancer Research
2023
$80K
SUPPORT FOR ASU SPARKS SUCCESS EVENT AND FIRST STAR ASU ACADEMY
2023
$80K
TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
2023
$78K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$75K
TO SUPPORT ARES REGIONAL CHALLENGE
2023
$75K
Legacies of Racialization and Sociopolitical Tensions: Sociolinguistic Consequences for Iranian Immigrant/Refugee Families with Children in K-12 Schools and Heritage Language Programs
2023
$67K
TEACH AG ACADEMY, SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, CULLISON SCHOLAR PROGRAM, TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
2023
$65K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$60K
Human Rights
2023
$60K
Black Muslim Worldmaking: Race, Religion, and Gender in the Lives of Black Muslim College Students
2023
$58K
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$50K
CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN AT THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW,CONFERENCE SUPPORT
2023
$50K
ASU GAMMAGE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
2023
$50K
Ethnoracial Disparities in Intergenerational Financial Support Exchanges and Young Adults Fulfillment of Bachelors Degree Expectations
2023

Funded by

$256.6M from 281 funders · 790 grants · 2017–2024

Asu Enterprise Partners

$38.3M · 5 grants · 2018–2023

Gates Foundation

$29.0M · 42 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$19.0M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Arizona Community Foundation

$13.8M · 16 grants · 2017–2023

Helios Education Foundation

$10.2M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

The Rob Walton Foundation

$9.9M · 8 grants · 2020–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$8.5M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

The Robert D And Patricia E Kern

$7.6M · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN866051042
NTEE codeB110
Subsection03
Ruling date1958-05
Formed1955
Employees212
Volunteers27
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