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Filing year 2023

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION

San Diego, California·EIN 95-6042721·NTEE B111 · Education·3
Total revenue
$226.2M
Total assets
$298.7M
Total expenses
$226.4M
Reported officers
30
Mission

TO SUPPORT AND FURTHER THE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OBJECTIVES OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 24 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Coach
highest compensated employee
$1.5M
$1.6M
Base
$1M
Bonus
$305k
Other
Benefits
Coach
highest compensated employee
$1.1M
$1.2M
Base
$893k
Bonus
$73k
Other
Benefits
Athletic Director
highest compensated employee
$346k
$384k
Base
$118k
Bonus
$80k
Other
$18k
Benefits
Researcher - Faculty
highest compensated employee
$277k
$307k
Base
$164k
Bonus
Other
$22k
Benefits
News Director, Kpbs
board member
$248k
$275k
Base
$189k
Bonus
Other
$41k
Benefits
$1k
Chief Information Officer
chief information officer
$226k
$251k
Base
$185k
Bonus
Other
$369
Benefits
$22k
Director of People and Culture, Kpbs
board member
$223k
$247k
Base
$204k
Bonus
Other
$74
Benefits
$9k
Community Liason
highest compensated employee
$213k
$237k
Base
$200k
Bonus
Other
$3k
Benefits
Vice President (sdsu Employee)
vice president
$190k
$211k
Base
$53k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
President (sdsu Employee)
$188k
$208k
Director (sdsu Emp)
board member
$186k
$207k
Base
$110k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director (sdsu Emp)
board member
$156k
$173k
Base
$81k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Kpbs-general Manager (sdsu Emp)
board member
$123k
$137k
Treasurer (sdsu Employee)
officer (unspecified)
$116k
$129k
Director (sdsu Emp)
board member
$102k
$113k
Base
$7k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director (sdsu Emp)
board member
$98k
$109k
Director/principal Inv. (sdsu Emp)
board member
$92k
$102k
Base
$24k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Director (sdsu Emp)
board member
$83k
$93k
Base
$8k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Chief Executive Officer (sdsu Emp)
$76k
$85k
Director (sdsu Emp)
board member
$76k
$84k
Base
$4k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Chief Financial Officer
$74k
$82k
Chief HR Officer (sdsu Emp)
key employee
$68k
$75k
Director (sdsu Employee)
board member
$56k
$62k
Secretary/principal Inv. (sdsu Emp)
officer (unspecified)
$29k
$33k

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 6 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 26%
from 2022

From $1.2M in 2022 to $1.5M in 2023.

$1.2M
2022
$1.5M
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 20% in real terms$1.4M to $1.6M

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

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$212.4M
$202M
2022
$226.2M
$226.4M
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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