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Filing year 2022

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Winstonsalem, North Carolina·EIN 56-0532138·NTEE B430 · Education·3
Total revenue
$686.9M
Total assets
$2.7B
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
63
Mission

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake Forest College; the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; the School of Law; the School of Medicine; the School of Business; the School of Divinity; and the School of Professional Studies. It seeks to honor the ideals of liberal learning, which entail commitment to transmission of cultural heritages; teaching the modes of learning in the basic disciplines of human knowledge; developing critical appreciation of moral, aesthetic and religious values; advancing the frontiers of knowledge through in-depth study and research; and applying knowledge in the service of humanity.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 16 reported individuals · Filing year 2022

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Football Coach
highest compensated employee
$4.8M
Men's Bktball Co
highest compensated employee
$3.1M
President & Trustee
board member
$1.7M
F'ball Offensive COOrdinator
highest compensated employee
$1.1M
Director of Athletics
key employee
$1.1M
Former President
former officer/director/trustee
$1M
$996k
Provost
officer (unspecified)
$938k
Former Provost
former officer/director/trustee
$930k
F'ball Defensive COOrdinator
highest compensated employee
$839k
Vp - Advancement
vice president
$818k
S.vp, Sec, G.c.
vice president
$790k
EVP Health Aff.
executive vice president
$668k
Dean, School of Professional Studies
former officer/director/trustee
$634k
Interim Dean, Wake Forest College
key employee
$345k
Asst Secretary
secretary (operational)
$245k

Plus 47 unpaid individuals.

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