NonprofitsClemson University Foundation

Education

Clemson University Foundation

CLEMSON, SC

Total revenue

$75.3M

Total expenses

$58.9M

Net assets

$1.0B

Grants received

$58.6M

794 grants

EIN

570426335

Tax year

2023

Mission

The clemson university foundation is organized to promote the welfare and future development of clemson university in its educational and scientific purposes; to seek and receive gifts or public funds for the benefit of clemson university through endowment giving, fund-raising, or other programs; and to manage prudently such funds and the disbursement of such with a policy that encourages the enhancement of resources.

Programs

1 program

Capital projects: funding provided in support of the educational, research, and public service mission of clemson university through fundraising efforts for physical plant needs. This includes funding in support of prioritized capital projects and expenditures including renovation of existing facilities, construction of new facilities, and large dollar equipment expenditures related to research and academic programming. The sources for funding for these capital expenditures is through donor giving.

Expenses: $4.2MGrants: $4.2M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$48.0M
Program service revenue$4.6M
Investment income$22.7M
Other revenue$3K
Total revenue$75.3M

Expenses

Grants paid$36.7M
Salaries & benefits$3.7M
Fundraising$6.6M
Other expenses$17.4M
Total expenses$58.9M
Total assets$1.4B
Net assets$1.0B

People

28 listed

NameRoleCompensation

M KAREN MCCAULEY

PRESIDENT & CEO

Board

$351K

32.5 hrs/wk

APRIL PURVIS

SECRETARY TO 11/2023

Board

$227K

35.5 hrs/wk

REGINA STEELE

TREASURER & CFO

Board

$181K

33.5 hrs/wk

LAURA MOONEY

SECRETARY FROM 11/2023

Board

$57K

37.5 hrs/wk

NOEL GEOFFROY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANITA HARGETT

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

AUBREY HARRELL

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ERNEST D HAYNES III

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JIM HENDRIX

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

CAROLS HILL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHERYL HOLLAND

VICE-CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

RAYMOND E JONES

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MATTHEW BRENNAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BILLY MILAM

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID L MORROW

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHERI M PHYFER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KENNETH L SMITH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROBERT J STANZIONE

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

EMILY P WALLACE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARK D WASSERMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANTHONY L MATHIS

CHAIR

Board

3 hrs/wk

JEFFREY BROWN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARSHALL BROWN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ALLISSA EAST

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHAN EVELAND

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN DAN GARRISON

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JAMES CLEMENTS

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Staff

$756K

10 hrs/wk

JOHN C ALEXANDER

CIO

Staff

$183K

7.5 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

ARAMARK EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LLC

CATERING/FOOD SERVICE

$1.5M

CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES LLC

INVESTMENT

$1.2M

JACK PORTER INC

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

$409K

AETOS ALTERNATIVES MGMT LP

INVESTMENT

$341K

SMG - DBA GREENVILLE CONVENTION CENTER

EVENT VENUE

$271K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 794

FromAmountPurposeYear
$2.1M
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$615K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$444K
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
2024
$440K
THE SNOW FAMILY CHALLENGE
2024
$339K
Education
2024
$300K
Pelham Foundation Endowment for Architecture Scholars fund
2024
$250K
To support the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
2024
$230K
to help save and grow the university
2024
$200K
GUANACASTE VENTURES ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS
2024
$200K
Support for a Clare Boothe Luce STEM professorship
2024
$167K
General operating support
2024
$137K
For nursing scholarships.
2024
$120K
PUBLIC EDUCATION
2024
$111K
NATURE & WILDLIFE PROGRAMS FOR CONSERVATION, PROTECTION & EDUCATION
2024
$108K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$100K
CLEMSON INSTITUTE LYCEUM SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2024
$97K
General Support
2024
$67K
TO SUPPORT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
2024
$66K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$60K
TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$48K
NATURE RESERVE
2024
$45K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$40K
EMERGING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2024
$33K
RESEARCH
2024
$31K
TEACH Center Contribution
2024
$30K
SCHOLARSHIPS IN HONOR OF JEFFREY J. BROWN
2024
$30K
COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT
2024
$30K
ECONOMIC MOBILITY
2024
$28K
ENHANCING GOLDEN CAMELLIA'S ACCESSIBILITY AND PROFITABILITY BY IMPROVING STEM-CUTTING ROOTING RATE AND UNDERSTANDING ITS GENETIC DIVERSITY IN USA
2024
$25K
Program funds for ClemsonLIFE
2024
$25K
MAPPING WATER RISK FOR US NURSERY AND GREENHOUSE GROWERS
2024
$25K
MEDICAL & HEALTH
2024
$23K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$20K
IMAGINE UPSTATE STEAM FESTIVAL
2024
$18K
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHPS
2024
$17K
APPLICATIONS OF DISCRETE MATHEMATICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2024
$15K
TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2024
$11K
DEBORAH B. DUBOSE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
2024
$11K
Men of color Sponsorship
2024
$10K
THE KLINGMAN AND KONKEL FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT
2024
$10K
for the Lyceum Program
2024
$10K
PROGRAMS
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$10K
FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.
2024
$10K
General Support
2024
$10K
SUPPORT OF DAILY OPERATIONS
2024
$10K
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN, TO HELP THEM GROW UP
2024
$10K
Sponsor / Donor
2024
$10K
HURRICANE HELENE RESTORATION AT CAMP LONG, AIKEN, SC
2024
$10K
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN, TO HELP THEM GROW UP
2024
$10K
RESTRICTED TO FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS @ WILBUR O AND ANN POWERS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
2024
$10K
THIS GRANT IS RESTRICTED TO BROOK T. SMITH LAUNCH PAD AT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FUND
2024
$9K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$9K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$8K
PROBLEMS IN MODULAR FORMS
2024
$7K
General Support
2024
$6K
General Fund
2024
$5K
SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
2024
$5K
Nieri Department of Construction, Development and Planning CSM Corporate Partner Program
2024
$2K
SUPPORTING FUNDS FOR MUSIC PROGRAMS
2024
$2K
SUPPORT OF DAILY OPERATIONS
2024
$2K
CHARITABLE ACTIVTITIES
2024
$1K
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$1K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$1K
EDUCATION
2024
$300
FIDELITY MATCHING GIFTS TO EDUCATION
2024
$250
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$225
Financial Assistance
2024
$200
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$200
FIDELITY MATCHING GIFTS TO EDUCATION
2024
$100
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$100
FIDELITY MATCHING GIFTS TO EDUCATION
2024
$50
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
2024
High Education
2024
$1.5M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$1.2M
General operating support
2023
$620K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2023
$480K
THE SNOW FAMILY CHALLENGE
2023
$386K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$300K
Endowment for Architecture Scholars fund
2023
$262K
To help save and grow the university
2023
$251K
To support corrugated packaging program
2023
$250K
To support the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
2023
$200K
GUANACASTE VENTURES ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
$191K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION TO ASSIST IN ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$155K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$137K
For nursing scholarships.
2023
$120K
GOLF PROGRAM
2023
$120K
PUBLIC EDUCATION
2023
$118K
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
2023
$111K
NATURE & WILDLIFE PROGRAMS FOR CONSERVATION, PROTECTION & EDUCATION
2023
$108K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$100K
SUBCONTRACT GRANT AWARD
2023
$100K
NO RESTRICTIONS
2023
$100K
CLEMSON INSTITUTE FOR STUDY OF CAPITALISM FUND
2023
$89K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$75K
CHARTIABLE
2023
$67K
TO SUPPORT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
2023
$65K
General Support
2023
$55K
To study the response of cells from individuals with Phelan-McDermid syndrome to candidate therapeutics/treatments (such as Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and human growth hormone) and identify subgroups in the Phelan-McDermid syndrome population that will potentially respond better or worse to the selected compounds.
2023
$53K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
BLACK HERITAGE RESILIENCE THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED COLLECTIONS RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT
2023
$50K
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
2023
$50K
Endowment for Emerging Scholars fund
2023
$45K
Annual Companion for Architecture scholars of 2023 fund
2023
$41K
EDUCATION
2023
$38K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$36K
SUPPORT OF CLEMSON UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
2023
$32K
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$30K
SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID
2023
$30K
General Operations
2023
$26K
EDUCATION
2023
$25K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$25K
TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$23K
AAH Dean's Leadership Circle fund
2023
$20K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
2023
$20K
Contribution to Men of Color National Summit
2023
$20K
Emerging Scholars fund
2023
$20K
IMAGINE UPSTATE STEAM FESTIVAL
2023
$18K
NATURE AS TEACHER PR
2023
$17K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$15K
TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2023
$15K
DEV FO CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
2023
$15K
GEN/OPER SUPPORT
2023
$14K
GRANTEE
2023
$14K
RESEARCH
2023
$14K
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHPS
2023
$11K
DEBORAH B. DUBOSE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$11K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$11K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
op/community engagement
2023
$10K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$10K
GRANTEE
2023
$10K
EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH MOBILE HEALTH UNITS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
2023
$10K
SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
2023
$10K
Endowment for Emerging Scholars companion annual fund
2023
$10K
ENTITY SUPPORT
2023
$10K
CLEMENTS FAMILY LYCEUM SCHOLARS ENDOWMENT & CLEMENTS FAMILY ENDOWMENT FOR CLEMSON LIFE
2023
$10K
PROGRAMS
2023
$10K
General Support
2023
$10K
FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.
2023
$10K
Mission Support
2023
$10K
RESTRICTED TO FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS @ WILBUR O. AND ANN POWERS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
2023
$10K
FUNDS USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR SOLE PROGRAM, WHICH IS TO HELP HOST REFUGEE FAMILIES ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. WE HELP COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PARTNER WITH THEIR LOCAL REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES TO HOUSE REFUGEES ON CAMPUS GROUNDS AND WE ASSIST THEM IN RESETTLEMENT.
2023
$8K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$7K
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$7K
EDUCATION
2023
$6K
Contribution for charity's use in its programs & activities
2023
$5K
Men of color Sponsorship
2023
$5K
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY AGRONOMY AND SOILS ENDOWMENT
2023
$5K
Department of Geological Sciences Endowment
2023
$5K
Support the students in the Turfgrass program and research
2023
$4K
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$4K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$4K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$3K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023

Funded by

$58.6M from 251 funders · 794 grants · 2017–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$7.3M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$7.2M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

$5.5M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Clemson University Real Estate

$3.3M · 6 grants · 2017–2022

Charles Koch Foundation

$2.8M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

$2.6M · 5 grants · 2019–2024

Foundation For The Carolinas

$2.0M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation

$1.8M · 25 grants · 2018–2024

Details

EIN570426335
NTEE codeB11
Subsection03
Ruling date1968-06
Formed1933
Employees28
Volunteers144
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo