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Filing year 2024

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Fort Collins, Colorado·EIN 84-0600653·NTEE K26E · Food, Agriculture & Nutrition·3
Total revenue
$23.3M
Total assets
$159.9M
Total expenses
$17.4M
Reported officers
20
Mission

CSU STRATA WAS ORGANIZED IN 1941 TO AID THE UNIVERSITIES GOVERNED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (CSUS, INCLUDING COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY PUEBLO, AND CSU GLOBAL) IN THEIR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS. CSU STRATA PROVIDES PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT LEASING, PATENT AND LICENSING MANAGEMENT, DEBT FINANCING THROUGH MORTGAGE DEBT SERVICE, AND LAND ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President/ Chief Executive Officer
$611k
$650k
CFO & Secretary/treasurer
$300k
$320k
Vice President - Technology Transfer
vice president
$256k
$272k
Director - Ventures Creations
highest compensated employee
$225k
$240k
Director - Human Resources
highest compensated employee
$188k
$200k
Director - Licensing
highest compensated employee
$185k
$197k
Director - Technology
highest compensated employee
$166k
$176k
Controller
highest compensated employee
$141k
$151k
Senior Manager Finance & Accounting
former officer/director/trustee
$135k
$144k
Advanced Laser (thru 03/15/25)
officer (unspecified)
$102k
$108k
Estate Services (from 11/18/24)
officer (unspecified)
$26k
$28k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Up 24%
from 2023

From $493k in 2023 to $611k in 2024.

$493k
2023
$611k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 21% in real terms$539k to $650k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West 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

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

RevenueExpenses
$17.9M
$16.3M
2023
$23.3M
$17.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Food, Agriculture & Nutrition executives earn in Colorado

Comparable food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in Colorado pay their highest-earning executive a median of $65,866.

25th percentile
$32k
Median
$65,866
75th percentile
$112k
90th percentile
$181k

These are food, agriculture & nutrition sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 84 organizations across 84 filings (2022 – 2024).

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