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Filing year 2023

Ross Ade Foundation

West Lafayette, Indiana·EIN 35-6026021·NTEE B800 · Education·3
Total revenue
$3.5M
Total assets
$157.7M
Total expenses
$3.6M
Reported officers
11
Mission

Support and assist the educational purposes of Purdue University by obtaining, acquiring, constructing, or otherwise providing buildings, grounds, or other suitable facilities, improvements, or equipment by providing funds, property, or by assisting in any other manner or by any other means.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$596k
$658k
Director
board member
$57k
$63k
Vice President & Treasurer
vice president
$47k
$52k
Former President
former officer/director/trustee
$43k
$48k
Assistant Secretary (through Feb 2024)
officer (unspecified)
$17k
$19k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 6 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Top compensation, year by year

From $64k in 2022 to $596k in 2023.

$64k
2022
$596k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 793% in real terms$74k to $658k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest 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

Ross Ade Foundation reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.9M
$3.9M
2022
$3.5M
$3.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Indiana

Comparable education organizations in Indiana pay their highest-earning executive a median of $90,147.

25th percentile
$17k
Median
$90,147
75th percentile
$168k
90th percentile
$296k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 216 organizations across 216 filings (2021 – 2023).

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