TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION (EIN 74-1238434)
Tax period: 2019-09-01 to 2020-08-31
Filed: 2021-05-21
IRS object ID: 202101419349300240
Schema version: 2019v5.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-05-21T16:07:46-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	742073801	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Ingram Wallis & Company PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2100 East Villa Maria Rd Ste 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	Bryan	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77802	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	741238434	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	TEXA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9798458600	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	400 HARVEY MITCHELL PKWY S No 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLLEGE STATION	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77845	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DR MARK A BARTEAU	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9798458600	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-05-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	James D Ingram IV	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00163299	PTIN
Phone	9797762600	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	DR MARK A BARTEAU	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	400 HARVEY MITCHELL PKWY S No 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLLEGE STATION	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77845	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$62,840,385	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	rf.tamu.edu	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1944	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To facilitate research and development within the Texas A&M University System and selected other entities.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	3	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$64,726,057	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$61,642,575	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$70,785	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$11,694	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$94,382	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$1,032,025	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$64,891,224	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$62,662,906	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$7,570,221	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$8,656,451	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$59,430,435	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$54,390,678	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$67,000,656	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$63,047,129	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$2,109,432	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$384,223	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$16,021,713	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$16,510,908	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$4,695,515	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$5,568,933	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$11,326,198	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$10,941,975	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To facilitate research and development within the Texas A&M University System and selected other entities.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$62,917,013	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$61,487,077	RevenueAmt
Desc	To facilitate research and development within the Texas A&M University System and selected other entities.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$62,917,013	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	29	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	3	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Dana Thomas	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9798453806	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	400 Harvey Mitchell Parkway S Ste	AddressLine1Txt
City	College Station	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77845	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
MARK A BARTEAU
President & CEO, Director	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jon Mogford
Director - Chairman of the	0.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kristi Billinger
Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Steven Garrett
Vice President, General Counsel, Corp. Sec	5.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dana Thomas
Vice President, CFO and Tr	13.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	REV SPONSORED RESEARCH	Desc
Business	541900	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$61,642,575	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$61,642,575	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$61,642,575	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$143,804	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$143,804	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$21,981	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$177,479	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-$155,498	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$155,498	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$155,498	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
NET UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENT	541900	$588,488	$588,488
NET GAIN ON SALE OF INVESTMENTS	541900	$327,819	$327,819
OTHER REVENUE	541900	$115,316	$115,316

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$402	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$402	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,032,025	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$62,662,906	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$61,487,077	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,175,829	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,656,451	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,655,568	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$883	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$329	TotalAmt
Management And General	$329	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$59,400	TotalAmt
Management And General	$59,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,185,222	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,035,827	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$149,395	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$563,766	TotalAmt
Program Services	$563,362	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$404	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,621	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,621	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,308,661	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,308,661	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE	$5,503,769	$5,651,868	-$148,099
PAYROLL RELATED COSTS	$2,167,155	$2,167,020	$135
MATERIALS & SUPPLIES	$2,153,353	$2,148,613	$4,740
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	$688,569	$654,388	$34,181

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$758,833	TotalAmt
Program Services	$731,706	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,127	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,047,129	TotalAmt
Program Services	$62,917,013	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$130,116	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,166,328	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,145,313	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,352,993	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,647,712	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$50,677	BOYAmt
EOY	$96,402	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$21,627,062	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$17,709,359	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,268,547	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,917,703	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$83,145	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,258	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,100,023	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,639,520	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,021,713	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,510,908	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,324,733	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,115,097	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$370,782	BOYAmt
EOY	$453,836	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,695,515	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,568,933	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,176,554	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,806,898	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$149,644	BOYAmt
EOY	$135,077	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,326,198	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,941,975	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,021,713	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,510,908	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$384,223	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	0	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,956	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$5,956	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$84,254,481	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$77,447,957	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$70,594,651	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$64,726,057	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$61,642,575	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$358,665,721	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$84,260,437	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$77,447,957	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$70,594,651	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$64,726,057	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$61,642,575	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$358,671,677	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$358,671,677	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$413,236	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$684,325	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$599,261	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$279,293	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,175,829	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,151,944	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$413,236	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$684,325	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$599,261	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$279,293	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,175,829	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,151,944	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$84,673,673	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$78,132,282	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$71,193,912	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$65,005,350	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$62,818,404	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$361,823,621	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99130	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.98900	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00870	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00510	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$70,444	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$375	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$70,819	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$71,942	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,498	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$70,444	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$72,084	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$142	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$71,942	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$69,295	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,789	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$72,084	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$63,243	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,956	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$96	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$69,295	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$82,657	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$82,657	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,170,563	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,651,343	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$519,220	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$19,368,842	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$16,053,016	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,315,826	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$5,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$5,000	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$3,917,703	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
Investment in Mutual Funds	$70,816	F
ASSETS HELD BY TAMU SYSTEM OFFICE	$8,568,704	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$8,639,520	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$62,840,385	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$62,840,385	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$177,479	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$177,479	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$62,662,906	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$63,224,608	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$177,479	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$177,479	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$63,047,129	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$63,047,129	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part X, Line 2:	The Foundation is a tax-exempt non-profit organization under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) for federal income taxes. Therefore, no provision or liability for federal income taxes has been included in the financial statements. The Foundation believes that its tax position regarding its status as a tax-exempt organization will remain significantly unchanged within the next twelve months. While the Foundation is not aware of any tax examinations being conducted, tax years 2017 - 2019 remain subject to examination by the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments:	Basis of Disposed Equipment -177,479.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Basis of Disposed Equipment 177,479.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	2	Program Services	Research	$494
Europe	7	Program Services	Research	$36,482,791
North America	2	Program Services	Research	$40,000
Sub-Saharan Africa	1	Program Services	Research	$1,725

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	12	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	12	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$36,525,010	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$36,525,010	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Part III Accounting Method:

SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 2

EXPENDITURE RECORDS AND REPORTING - THE RF IS NOT A GRANTMAKER, AND WHILE IT DOES NOT MAKE GRANTS TO FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS OR TO FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS, IT DOES ADMINISTER GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND OTHER SPONSORED PROGRAMS FUNDED BY OTHERS, INCLUDING GRANTS WITH ACTIVITY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE RF COMPLIES WITH SPONSOR REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS 2 CFR CHAPTER II, PART 200 IN ITS COSTING, ADMINISTRATION, AND RECORD-KEEPING PRACTICES INCLUDING RECORDS OF ALL DISBURSEMENTS AND REPORTS ON THE USAGE OF THE SPONSORS' FUNDS.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a	There are four members of the Board consisting of the Vice Chancellor for Research, TAMUS; the Executive Director, Sponsored Research Services, TAMU; the Vice President of Research, TAMU and the President and CEO of the Foundation.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	Copies of the Form 990 are provided to the Board. The Board reviews the form and discusses it with the CPAs responsible for preparing the return.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	New trustees, officers, and key personnel must complete and sign the conflict of interest disclosure form. Any change in circumstances that alters the information on a form that was previously submitted must be reported in a timely fashion. At a minimum, each trustee, officer, or key person must submit a new or updated form (with signature) each year. All completed and signed forms are retained by the Corporate Secretary. The Corporate Secretary monitors COI form submissions to verify that all required persons have a current COI form on file. All board and board committee meeting agenda items are reviewed against known conflicts of interest disclosed by board or committee members. Where a conflict of interest has been identified, such member must recuse himself or herself from discussions or voting on the matter, or may be asked to leave the room while the matter is being discussed or voted. All negotiators, buyers, proposal/project administrators are informed of organizations that may be involved in a conflict of interest and must get management approval for any proposed transaction with such organizations.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The CEO, as well as all officers, receives zero compensation from the Foundation as each is employed by Texas A&M University.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The financials and governing documents can be reviewed on the Foundation's website. The conflict of interest policy is available upon request.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES & SERVICES: Program service expenses 41,035,827. Management and general expenses 149,395. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 41,185,222.