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Filing year 2023

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Kingston, Rhode Island·EIN 36-4644408·NTEE U99 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$11M
Total assets
$6.8M
Total expenses
$11.1M
Reported officers
25
Mission

BE A LEADING DRIVER OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR RHODE ISLAND BY PROVIDING A SCALABLE, FLEXIBLE SHARED-SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE PORTFOLIO ENTITIES AND ENGAGING URI AND RESEARCH, THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY, AND OTHER REGIONAL RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION, ADVANCEMENT, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RIS COMMERCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ECOSYSTEM, PARTICULARLY URI.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$257k
$287k
Base
$207k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$50k
Chief Business Development Officer
$236k
$263k
Base
$191k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$45k
Polaris Center Director
highest compensated employee
$227k
$254k
Base
$174k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$53k
Director for Defense Interactions
highest compensated employee
$210k
$235k
Base
$191k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$20k
Chief Financial Officer
$206k
$230k
Base
$187k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
Director of Workforce & Community Engagement
highest compensated employee
$161k
$180k
Base
$124k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$37k
Director of Special Projects
highest compensated employee
$142k
$158k
Base
$129k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Directr of Operations
highest compensated employee
$136k
$151k
Base
$124k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Director
highest compensated employee
$122k
$136k
Special Programs Manager
highest compensated employee
$121k
$135k
Base
$101k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$20k
Director
highest compensated employee
$121k
$135k
Base
$101k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$20k
Urirf Board Secretary
board secretary
$25k
$28k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 13%
from 2022

From $228k in 2022 to $257k in 2023.

$228k
2022
$257k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 9% in real terms$263k to $287k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast 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

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND RESEARCH FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$8.4M
$8.9M
2022
$11M
$11.1M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Science & Technology executives earn

Comparable science & technology organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $111,215.

25th percentile
$35k
Median
$111,215
75th percentile
$231k
90th percentile
$443k

These are science & technology sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 255 organizations across 255 filings (2022 – 2023).

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