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Filing year 2024

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION

Vermillion, South Dakota·EIN 46-6018891·NTEE B114 · Education·3
Total revenue
$38.2M
Total assets
$367.5M
Total expenses
$33.9M
Reported officers
31
Mission

TO PROVIDE PRIVATE RESOURCES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA TO INCREASE THE EXCELLENCE OF ITS STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Develop./president & CEO (mar-dec)
$235k
$253k
Base
$213k
Bonus
Other
$740
Benefits
$9k
Sec/treas; COO & General Counsel
$209k
$225k
Base
$187k
Bonus
$1k
Other
$7k
Benefits
$2k
Ed of Planned Giving
highest compensated employee
$196k
$211k
Base
$160k
Bonus
$1k
Other
$8k
Benefits
$17k
President and CEO (jan-feb)
$190k
$205k
Base
$50k
Bonus
Other
$136k
Benefits
$1k
VP of Finance
vice president
$162k
$174k
Base
$147k
Bonus
$1k
Other
$276
Benefits
$5k
VP of Corporate & Fdtn Relations
vice president
$162k
$174k
Base
$144k
Bonus
$1k
Other
$115
Benefits
$9k
Ed of Development
highest compensated employee
$162k
$174k
Base
$143k
Bonus
$1k
Other
$171
Benefits
$9k
Advancement Serv. & Communications
highest compensated employee
$136k
$146k
Of Development - Health Affairs
highest compensated employee
$134k
$144k

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 22 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 28%
from 2023

From $327k in 2023 to $235k in 2024.

$327k
2023
$235k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 30% in real terms$361k to $253k

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

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$28.2M
$31.7M
2023
$38.2M
$33.9M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn

Comparable education organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $104,040.

25th percentile
$40k
Median
$104,040
75th percentile
$200k
90th percentile
$385k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 10,663 organizations across 10,663 filings (2021 – 2023).

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