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Filing year 2023

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION

San Marcos, California·EIN 33-0397688·NTEE B114 · Education·3
Total revenue
$35.3M
Total assets
$137.5M
Total expenses
$33.2M
Reported officers
16
Mission

THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS, CORPORATION IS A NON-PROFIT TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER BUSINESS SERVICES TO CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS.SERVICES INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATION OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING GRANT AWARDS TO CAMPUS FACULTY, AND OPERATION OF VARIOUS CAMPUS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS INCLUDING THE BOOKSTORE AND FOOD SERVICES. OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO OTHER CAMPUS ENTITIES AND PROGRAMS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director-interim
director (operational)
$158k
$175k
Base
$125k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$23k
Secretary
board secretary
$139k
$154k
Base
$80k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director
board member
$95k
$105k
Director
officer (unspecified)
$94k
$104k
Director
board member
$72k
$80k
Director
board member
$69k
$77k
Base
$14k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director
board member
$66k
$73k
Chair
board chair
$57k
$63k
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$49k
$54k
Director
board member
$8k
$9k
Director
board member
$8k
$9k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 5 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 38%
from 2022

From $254k in 2022 to $158k in 2023.

$254k
2022
$158k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 41% in real terms$297k to $175k

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$28.3M
$26.8M
2022
$35.3M
$33.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in California

Comparable education organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $148,506.

25th percentile
$76k
Median
$148,506
75th percentile
$230k
90th percentile
$390k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,455 organizations across 1,455 filings (2021 – 2023).

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