Skip to main content
Filing year 2023

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Clemson, South Carolina·EIN 57-0750000·NTEE B110 · Education·3
Total revenue
$2M
Total assets
$9.2M
Total expenses
$2.3M
Reported officers
12
Mission

TO GENERATE RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLEMSON UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT RESEARCH INITIATIVES THAT ADVANCE UNIVERSITY DISCOVERIES TO CREATE NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Director
board member
$103k
$112k
Director/faculty Rep
board member
$56k
$61k
Senior Deputy Director
highest compensated employee
$54k
$59k
$50k
$55k
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$34k
$38k
Executive Director
$32k
$35k
Director/dean Rep
board member
$26k
$29k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, 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

Up 21%
from 2022

From $85k in 2022 to $103k in 2023.

$85k
2022
$103k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 15% in real terms$97k to $112k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, 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

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.9M
$2.5M
2022
$2M
$2.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in South Carolina

Comparable education organizations in South Carolina pay their highest-earning executive a median of $105,693.

25th percentile
$56k
Median
$105,693
75th percentile
$170k
90th percentile
$287k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 167 organizations across 167 filings (2022 – 2023).

See full Education pay data for South Carolina
Free, forever
Build lists. Save your benchmarks.
A free Lucido account lets you build lists of nonprofits and save your search filters. No credit card.
Create free account
Already a member? Sign in
Build a benchmark

Compare any role, sector, or revenue band

Build your own benchmark from millions of reported positions.