RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (EIN 14-1340095)
Tax period: 2018-07-01 to 2019-06-30
Filed: 2020-07-13
IRS object ID: 202031959349301503
Schema version: 2018v3.1
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 B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-07-13T06:23:07-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	141340095	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	RENS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5182766426	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110 EIGHTH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	TROY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12180	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Barbara J Hough	PersonNm
Person Title	Vice President & CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2020-07-13	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110 EIGHTH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	TROY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12180	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$792,548,074	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.rpi.edu	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1824	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Rensselaer educates the leaders of tomorrow for technologically based careers. We celebrate discovery and the responsible application of technology to create knowledge and global prosperity.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	23	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	23	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	5700	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	3200	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$546,717	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$42,488,955	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$48,962,238	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$518,046,309	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$569,192,793	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$30,039,423	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$31,829,114	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,125,395	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$330,654	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$591,700,082	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$650,314,799	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$196,049,296	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$222,502,527	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$204,843,541	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$213,705,008	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$52,228	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$52,837	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$6,586,666	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$159,467,002	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$157,005,961	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$560,412,067	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$593,266,333	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$31,288,015	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$57,048,466	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,502,541,025	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,530,343,977	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$975,199,978	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$988,415,501	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$527,341,047	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$541,928,476	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Rensselaer educates the leaders of tomorrow for technologically based careers. We celebrate discovery and the responsible application of technology to create knowledge and global prosperity.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$220,020,014	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$32,583,824	GrantAmt
Revenue	$476,317,833	RevenueAmt
Desc	INSTRUCTIONNumber of students enrolled: Undergraduate 6,590 Graduate 1,329	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$174,935,357	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$173,324,962	GrantAmt
Desc	SCHOLARSHIP & FELLOWSHIPNumber of undergraduate students on scholarship: 5,566Number of graduate students on scholarships/fellowships: 1,248	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$90,327,234	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$16,506,411	GrantAmt
Revenue	$83,769,405	RevenueAmt
Desc	RESEARCHNumber of active research projects: 686	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$46,931,466	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$87,330	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$9,105,555	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$532,214,071	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	Yes (true)	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	745	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	5700	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	Yes (true)	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	23	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	23	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Rensselaer's Controller Office	PersonNm
Phone	5182766426	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110 Eighth Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Troy	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12180	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (41 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
LINDA PITZI JOJO
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WANDA DENSON-LOW
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
FRANK M FISCHER
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DANIEL T PICKETT III
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GEORGE CAMPBELL JR
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHN W CARR
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GARY T DICAMILLO
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ARTHUR F GOLDEN
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CURTIS R PRIEM
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TJ WOJNAR JR
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROY N DAVIS
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID M HIRSCH
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHN E KELLY III
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEFFREY L KODOSKY
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARK M LITTLE
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NANCY S MUELLER
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JANET C RUTLEDGE
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PAUL J SEVERINO
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PAULA LORING SIMON
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JACKSON P TAI
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SIVA SIVARAM
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
EDWARD J ZANDER
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID HO
Trustee	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CRAIG COOK
Secretary	40.00	0.00		$401,766	$0	$41,268	Yes (X)
PRABHAT HAJELA
Provost	45.00	0.00		$522,066	$0	$41,159	Yes (X)
SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON
President	55.00	0.00		$1,536,344	$0	$772,515	Yes (X)
RICHIE HUNTER
Vice President	45.00	0.00		$346,328	$0	$41,539	Yes (X)
JOHN E KOLB
Vice President	40.00	0.00		$452,543	$0	$35,165	Yes (X)
JONATHAN WEXLER
Vice President	40.00	0.00		$341,022	$0	$28,889	Yes (X)
CURTIS N POWELL
Vice President	50.00	0.00		$517,506	$0	$225,608	Yes (X)
CLAUDE ROUNDS
Vice President	40.00	0.00		$339,260	$0	$35,322	Yes (X)
BARBARA HOUGH
Vice President	40.00	0.00		$182,340	$0	$0	Yes (X)
GRAIG EASTIN
Vice President	45.00	0.00		$461,529	$0	$46,288	Yes (X)
SHEKAR GARDE
Dean, School of Engineering	40.00	0.00		$370,619	$0	$40,999		Yes (X)
THOMAS BEGLEY
Dean, Lally School	40.00	0.00		$454,714	$0	$40,785			Yes (X)
BILL FRANCIS
Professor	40.00	0.00		$370,701	$0	$64,250			Yes (X)
FRANCINE BERMAN
Professor	40.00	0.00		$359,263	$0	$34,321			Yes (X)
ROBERT LINHARDT
Professor	40.00	0.00		$358,802	$0	$34,904			Yes (X)
BOLESLAW SZYMANSKI
Professor	40.00	0.00		$346,862	$0	$35,135			Yes (X)
VIRGINIA GREGG
Vice President	0.00	0.00		$246,573	$0	$11,715				Yes (X)
JONATHAN DORDICK
Vice President	0.00	0.00		$457,252	$0	$40,537				Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$8,065,490	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$1,570,399	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	391	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
RC Housing 1 LLC
18 Aiken	Hudson	NY	12534	Rent	$1,322,750
Mt Ida Apartments LLC
PO Box 12753	Ablany	NY	12212	Rent	$989,569
Pattison Sampson Ginsberg & Griffin
22 First Street	Troy	NY	12180	Legal	$933,903
Columbia Chasan MT LLC
302 Washington Ave Ext	Albany	NY	12203	Rent	$528,503
Murtha Cullina LLP
PO Box 150435	Hartford	CT	06115	Legal	$1,925,948

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	22	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$508,866	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$48,453,372	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$3,354,632	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$48,962,238	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Auxiliaries	611710	$6,442,759	$6,442,759
Other revenue	900099	$2,662,796	$2,662,796
Research contracts	900099	$83,769,405	$83,769,405
Tuition & fees, housing &	611600	$476,317,833	$476,317,833

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$569,192,793	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$11,760,382	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$17,596	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$11,742,786	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$307,614	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$307,614	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$4,874,661	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$4,457,289	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$417,372	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$417,372	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$111,456	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$305,916	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$155,088,960	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$583,130	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$134,968,449	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$634,909	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$20,120,511	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$51,779	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$20,068,732	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$51,779	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$435,261	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$19,685,250	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$19,662	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$508,866	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$428,805	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$409,143	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$409,143	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,758,634	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$1,743,823	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,811	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$14,811	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$650,314,799	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$569,173,421	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$546,717	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$31,632,423	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,515,998	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,515,998	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$216,476,793	TotalAmt
Program Services	$216,476,793	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$509,736	TotalAmt
Program Services	$509,736	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,536,182	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,758,132	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,270,233	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$507,817	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$167,340,699	TotalAmt
Program Services	$147,729,369	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,462,768	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,148,562	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,571,981	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,696,149	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,875,832	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,969,735	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,517,966	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,344,721	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,107,048	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,286,411	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,461,248	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,825,163	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,399,470	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,399,470	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$354,876	TotalAmt
Management And General	$354,876	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,837	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$52,837	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,056,043	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,056,043	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,673,495	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,928,044	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,043,310	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$702,141	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$431,071	TotalAmt
Program Services	$96,636	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$332,852	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,583	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,372,681	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,877,447	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,227,579	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$267,655	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,017,480	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,112,579	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$867,638	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$37,263	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,803,312	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,782,513	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,932,070	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$88,729	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,668,053	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,647,778	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$639,438	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$380,837	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$865,112	TotalAmt
Program Services	$816,945	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$41,380	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,787	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,558,404	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,483,262	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,075,142	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,096,062	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,569,228	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,526,834	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,647,032	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,786,869	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,855,464	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,699	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Other miscellaneous	$6,252,593	$4,514,869	$1,595,528	$142,196
Printing and Publications	$3,363,213	$2,932,510	$292,191	$138,512
Bad debt expense	$447,064		$447,064

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$593,266,333	TotalAmt
Program Services	$532,214,071	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$54,465,596	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,586,666	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,494,837	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,585,343	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$51,694,667	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,533,090	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,512,365	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,726,950	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$655,128	BOYAmt
EOY	$525,426	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,136,989	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,686,974	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,227,102,539	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$564,932,922	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$661,863,817	BOYAmt
EOY	$662,169,617	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$353,056,084	BOYAmt
EOY	$392,604,739	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$367,252,794	BOYAmt
EOY	$346,557,489	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,309,697	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,949,615	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,564,647	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,004,734	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,502,541,025	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,530,343,977	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$128,520,262	BOYAmt
EOY	$140,769,565	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,412,085	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,505,365	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$434,304,921	BOYAmt
EOY	$425,323,861	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,870,561	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,378,496	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$321,992,498	BOYAmt
EOY	$311,620,201	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,099,651	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,818,013	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$975,199,978	BOYAmt
EOY	$988,415,501	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$124,628,731	BOYAmt
EOY	-$112,032,737	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$207,183,146	BOYAmt
EOY	$184,049,300	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$444,786,632	BOYAmt
EOY	$469,911,913	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$527,341,047	BOYAmt
EOY	$541,928,476	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,502,541,025	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,530,343,977	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$57,048,466	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$8,449,012	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$34,012,025	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

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

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
School	Yes (X)	SchoolInd

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$57,706,138	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$43,838,677	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$40,469,007	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$42,488,905	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$48,962,238	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$233,464,965	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

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

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

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

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$57,706,138	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$43,838,677	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$40,469,007	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$42,488,905	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$48,962,238	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$233,464,965	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$59,361,512	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$174,103,453	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$15,147,559	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$16,476,018	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$17,697,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$17,721,255	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$16,942,657	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$83,984,498	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,866,018	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,663,074	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,852,438	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,722,762	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,758,634	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$11,862,926	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$329,312,389	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	-$1,810,657,948	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.52870	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.52150	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I: Additional Information	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ("Rensselaer") is a school described in Section 170(b)(1(A)(ii) and checked box 2 on Schedul A, Part I on the current year and previously filed Form 990 returns. Instructions for Form 990, Part IV, line 2 requires an organization to answer "Yes" if it meets the 33 1/3% support test of the requlations under sections 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi), checks the box on Schedule A, Part II, line 13, 16a or 16b and received from any one contributor contributions of the greater of $5,000 or 2% of the amount on Part VIII, line 1h. Rensselaer meets this test and have answered "Yes" to Part IV, line 2 which requires completing Schedule B. Furthermore, the instructions states that an organization filing Schedule B can limit the contributors it reports on Schedule B to greater than 2% of the amount on Part VIII, line 1h only if it checks the box on Schedule A, Part II, line 13, 16a or 16b. However, the tax software that Rensslaer uses to prepare the Form 990 will not display Schedule A, Part II when box 2 is checked on Schedule A, Part I. To be compliant with the instructions for Form 990, Part IV, line 2, Rensselaer is submitting the completed Scheduel A, Part II as a separate attachment.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 Tax	false	Form4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMadeInd

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$16,627	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$16,627	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$593,249,706	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$593,266,333	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,000,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$250,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,000,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$4,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$6,000,000	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$264,856	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$316,213	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$144,564	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$16,627	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$742,260	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$250,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,500,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$727,004,726	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$27,154,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$24,569,803	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	-$27,330,978	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	-$3,529,022	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$1,051,005	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$746,817,524	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$693,597,712	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$13,830,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$59,737,014	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	-$27,340,363	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	-$11,182,637	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$1,637,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$727,004,726	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$654,925,582	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$9,924,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$69,022,130	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	-$27,026,133	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	-$11,078,867	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$2,169,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$693,597,712	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$687,098,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$21,413,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$16,991,684	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	-$26,613,678	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	-$7,752,322	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$2,386,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$654,925,582	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$657,485,686	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$33,708,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$31,892,580	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	-$26,058,235	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	-$7,741,765	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$2,030,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$687,256,266	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.15000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.69000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.16000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$1,066,330	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,736,176	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$4,802,506	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$21,088,852	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$905,803,560	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$327,865,879	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$599,026,533	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$2,399,795	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,639,168	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,000,616	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,038,347	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$235,437,466	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$211,117,314	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$24,320,152	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$9,775,788	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$46,155,404	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$22,949,113	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$32,982,079	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$662,169,617	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Book Value Securities	$346,557,489	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Accrued Post Retirement	$17,457,291
Aset Retirement Liability	$10,052,221
Deposits	$6,305,776
Split Interest Obligations	$7,002,725

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$40,818,013	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	Income earned on Rensselaer's endowment provides support to students through scholarships, fellowships and prizes. In addition, income is used to provide support to the Institute in the form of professorships, lectures, departmental programs and institutional initiatives.
Part X : FIN48 Footnote	Effective July 1,2008, Rensselaer adopted ASU 2009-06, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. The adoption did not have a material effect on the financial statements.

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	Yes (true)	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures Etc	Yes (true)	PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast Media	Yes (true)	PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp Recs	Yes (true)	MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships Recs	Yes (true)	MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures Etc	Yes (true)	MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All Sol	Yes (true)	MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts Rghts	false	DiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss Plcy	false	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm Fculty	false	DiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race Schs	false	DiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ Plcy	false	DiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	false	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt Prog	false	DiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other Acty	false	DiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid Rcvd	Yes (true)	GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid Rvkd	false	GovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	Yes (true)	ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule E, Line 3 - Racially Nondiscriminatory Policy Publicized	The Institute shall be open to all students who are qualified according to its admission standards, barring no one on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, religion, marital status, veteran status, disability, sex, or sexual orientation. Efforts shall be made to seek out and admit students of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds whose potential could be reached through a Rensselaer education.
Schedule E, Line 4 - Explanation of Records and Materials Not Maintained
Schedule E, Line 5 - Explanation of Organization Discrimination by Race

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (8 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Central America and Carribean	Investments	$104,540,159
Europe (Including Iceland)	Investments	$10,273,040
Sub-Saharan Africa	Investments	$24,679,383
Europe	Program Service	$0	Study Abroad
East Asia & Pacific	Program Service	$0	Study Abroad
East Asia & Pacific	Program Service	$89,716	Subcontract
Europe	Program Service	$270,019	Subcontract
North America	Program Service	$150,000	Subcontract

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$140,002,317	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$140,002,317	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (7 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
E Asia & Pacifi	Research Subcontrac	$34,372
E Asia & Pacifi	Research Subcontrac	$55,344
Europe	Research Subcontrac	$128,520
Europe	Research Subcontrac	$34,499
Europe	Research Subcontrac	$50,000
Europe	Research Subcontrac	$57,000
North America	Research Subcontrac	$150,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org	7	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (true)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (true)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (true)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Research subcontracts to foreign entities are entered into through a formal subcontract agreement. The agreements contain contractual provisions including compliance to the prime agreement with external sponsor. All sub-recipients are subject to sub-recipient monitoring process and compliance review, which assesses risk of engagement. Additionally, all agreements with foreign entities are reviewed for export control compliance.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Stelter Co	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10435 New York	AddressLine1Txt
City	Des Moines	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	50322	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	Mailing	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Retained By Contractor	$52,837	RetainedByContractorAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors	$52,837	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Scholarship Gala	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$508,866	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$508,866	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$413,282	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Golf Tournament	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$19,662	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$19,662	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$15,523	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$528,528	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$508,866	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$19,662	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$428,805	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$428,805	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$409,143	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (68 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc
ABB Inc
940 Main Campus Drive	Raleigh	NC	27606	363100018	$69,576	$0	Research Subcontract
Albany Medical College
43 New Scotland Avenue	Albany	NY	12208	141338310	$310,658	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
American Heart Association
PO Box 50075	Prescott	AZ	86304	135613797	$10,000	$0		501(c)(3)
Arizona State University
PO Box 876011	Tempe	AZ	85287	860196696	$48,717	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Baylor Research Institute
3310 Live Oak Street	Dallas	TX	75204	751921898	$51,327	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
330 Brookline Avenue	Boston	MA	02115	042103547	$99,171	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Boston University
26 Bulck Street	Boston	MA	02215	042103547	$445,274	$0	Research subcontract	501(c)(3)
Cape Cod Institute for Scienc
399 Quaker Meeting House Road	Sandwich	MA	02537	821748805	$27,931	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Chalearn
955 Creston Road	Berkeley	CA	94708	453085009	$35,800	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
College of Saint Rose
432 Western Avenue	Albany	NY	12203	141338371	$26,136	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Council on Foreign Relations
58 East 68th Street	New York	NY	10065	131628168	$10,000	$0		501(c)(3)
Duke University
2080 Duke University Road	Durham	NC	27708	560532129	$69,107	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Duro Workforce
2147 3rd Avenue	Bronx	NY	10451	814393011	$65,000	$0	Research Subcontract
Emprata LLC
5593 Jarist Drive	Clifton	VA	20124	463357498	$31,440	$0	Research Subcontract
Florida State University
600 W College Avenue	Tallahassee	FL	32306	591961247	$20,118	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
GE Precision Healthcare LLC
3000 N Grandview Blvd	Waukesha	WI	53188	830849145	$34,384	$0	Research Subcontract
George Biddle Kelley Educatio
PO Box 14692	Albany	NY	12212	161772170	$15,000	$0		501(c)(3)
George Mason University
4400 University Drive	Fairfax	VA	22030	540836354	$42,731	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Georgia Tech Research Corpora
926 Dalney Street NW	Atlanta	GA	30332	580603146	$256,776	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
HDR Engineering Inc
1917 S 67th Street	Omaha	NE	68106	470680568	$10,567	$0	Research Subcontract
Howard University
2400 6th Street NW	Washington	DC	20059	530204707	$18,951	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Icahn School of Medicine at M
1 Gustave L Levy Pl	New York	NY	10029	136171197	$261,858	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
IEEE GlobalSpec Inc
201 Fuller Road	Albany	NY	12203	141816368	$23,200	$0	Research Subcontract
Indiana University
107 S Indiana Avenue	Bloomington	IN	47405	356001673	$90,063	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Institute of Gas Technology
1700 S Mount Prospect Rd	Des Plaines	IL	60018	362170137	$156,446	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Jack Faucett Associates Inc
4915 St Elmo Avenue	Bethesda	MD	20814	520787743	$30,628	$0	Reserch Subcontract
Memorial Hospital of South Be
615 N Michigan Street	South Bend	IN	46601	350868132	$8,403	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
National Grid
300 Erie Blvd West	Syracuse	NY	13202	041663150	$36,032	$0	Research Subconract
Northewestern University
633 Clark Street	Evanston	IL	60208	362167817	$111,249	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
NYS Motor Truck Association
7 Corporate Drive	Clifton Park	NY	12065	132605838	$10,000	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Ohio State University
208 Bricker Hall	Columbus	OH	43210	311145986	$23,067	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Pennsylvania State University
201 Old Main University Park	Pennsylvania	PA	16801	246000376	$130,691	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Proton Energy Systems
10 Technology Drive	Wallingford	CT	06492	061461988	$45,906	$0	Research Subcontract
Rensselaer Newman Foundation
110 Eighth Street	Troy	NY	12180	141470137	$34,000	$0		501(c)(3)
Research Foundation of CUNY
230 W 41st Street	New York	NY	10036	131988190	$58,966	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Research Foundation of SUNY
1400 Washington Avenue	Albany	NY	12201	141368361	$162,010	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech
5500 Wabash Avenue	Terre Haute	IN	47803	350868149	$29,924	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Simmetrix Inc
10 Executive Park Drive	Clifton Park	NY	12065	383337607	$63,488	$0	Research Subcontract
Society of Manufacturing Engi
1000 Town Center	Southfield	MI	48075	380298770	$11,000	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750100	Dallas	TX	75275	750800689	$36,701	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Southwest Research Institute
8 College Road	Durham	NH	03824	741070544	$24,095	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Tech Valley Center of Gravity
30 3rd Street	Troy	NY	12180	900922584	$17,500	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Tech Valley Game Space Inc
30 3rd Street	Troy	NY	12180	473782589	$44,101	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
The Brigham & Womens Hospita
75 Francis Street	Boston	MA	02115	042312909	$186,325	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
The Hyde Collection
161 Warren Street	Glens Falls	NY	12801	141713384	$10,000	$0		501(c)(3)
Thomas Jefferson University
901 Walnut Street	Philadelphia	PA	19107	231352294	$12,317	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Troy Redevelopment Foundation
22 First Street	Troy	NY	12180	141777575	$271,890	$0
Tufts University
419 Boston Avenue	Medford	MA	02155	042103634	$245,607	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
United Way of the Greater Cap
One United Way	Albany	NY	12212	141364505	$7,500	$0		501(c)(3)
University of Florida
PO Box 113001	Gainesville	FL	32611	596002052	$159,012	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of Illinois
28392 Network Place	Chicago	IL	60673	376000511	$50,413	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of New Mexico
1 Universtiy of New Mexico	Albuquerque	NM	87131	856000642	$224,285	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of North Carolina
312 South Building	Chapel Hill	NC	27599	566001393	$5,197	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of Puerto Rico
PR-108	Mayaguez	PR	00681	660433761	$10,221	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of South Carolina
1600 Hampton Street	Columbia	SC	29208	576001153	$186,667	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of South Florida
4202 E Fowler Avenue	Tampa	FL	33620	593102112	$11,473	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of Southern Califo
300 Doheny Memorial Library	Los Angeles	CA	90089	951642394	$149,795	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of Vermont
85 S Prospect Street	Burlington	VT	05405	030179440	$5,768	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
University of Wisconsin
333 Bascom Hall	Madison	WI	53706	396006492	$84,846	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Universtiy of Central Arkansa
201 Donaghey Avenue	Conway	AR	72035	716001828	$64,793	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
US Council on Competitiveness
900 17th St NW Suite 700	Washington	DC	20006	521872849	$10,000	$0		501(c)(3)
Virginia Polytechnic Institut
300 Turner Street	Blackburg	VA	24061	546001805	$76,176	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Vixtex Composites Inc
11 Opus Blvd	Schenectady	NY	12306	461377495	$13,108	$0	Research Subcontract
Washington University
1 Brookings Drive	St Louis	MO	63130	430653611	$57,923	$0	Resaerch Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Wason Technology LLC
PO Box 669	Tuxedo	NY	10987	453023083	$50,298	$0	Research Subconract
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst
86 Water Street	Woods Hole	MA	02543	042105850	$62,424	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)
Xergy Inc
120 N Race Street	Georgetown	DC	19947	270659364	$157,634	$0	Research Subcontract
Yale University
PO Box 1873	New Haven	CT	06508	060646973	$271,339	$0	Research Subcontract	501(c)(3)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	55	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	13	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (8 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc
Scholarships - Undergraduate	5566	$40,733	$165,028,514	Tuition Discount
Pell Awards Undergraduate	1212		$5,571,128	Pass-through
Housing/Laptop Grants - Undergrad	195		$1,109,075	Discounts
Scholarship - Graduate	226		$4,136,344	Tuition Discount
Fellowship - Graduate	152	$1,457,972	$2,574,755	Tuition Assistance
Teaching & Research Asst - Graduate	1034		$41,165,928	Tuition Assistance
Awards and Prizes		$355,062
Research Grants		$683,439

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Administration, monitoring and oversight of grants is conducted to oversee the progress and completion of the grants, ensuring compliance with all relevant terms and conditions.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Travel For Companions	Yes (X)	TravelForCompanionsInd
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Personal Services	Yes (X)	PersonalServicesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	false	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (true)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (true)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
BARBARA HOUGH
Vice President	$150,000	$15,000	$17,340	$182,340
BILL FRANCIS
Professor	$362,319		$8,382	$434,951	$26,196	$38,054
BOLESLAW SZYMANSKI
Professor	$339,364		$7,498	$381,997	$22,008	$13,127
CLAUDE ROUNDS
Vice President	$316,085	$5,000	$18,175	$374,582	$22,195	$13,127
CRAIG COOK
Secretary	$391,737		$10,029	$443,034	$22,339	$18,929
CURTIS N POWELL
Vice President	$488,938	$10,000	$18,568	$743,114	$212,481	$13,127
FRANCINE BERMAN
Professor	$350,904		$8,359	$393,584	$21,741	$12,580
GRAIG EASTIN
Vice President	$438,010	$10,000	$13,519	$507,817	$23,359	$22,929
JOHN E KOLB
Vice President	$443,608		$8,935	$487,708	$22,038	$13,127
JONATHAN DORDICK
Vice President	$443,125		$14,127	$497,789	$21,608	$18,929
JONATHAN WEXLER
Vice President	$322,210	$12,000	$6,812	$369,911	$22,327	$6,562
PRABHAT HAJELA
Provost	$503,153	$8,000	$10,913	$563,225	$22,230	$18,929
RICHIE HUNTER
Vice President	$326,984	$7,000	$12,344	$387,867	$22,610	$18,929
ROBERT LINHARDT
Professor	$350,931		$7,871	$393,706	$21,777	$13,127
SHEKAR GARDE
Dean, School of Engineering	$362,040		$8,579	$411,618	$22,070	$18,929
SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON
President	$1,226,925	$250,000	$59,419	$2,308,859	$737,788	$34,727
THOMAS BEGLEY
Dean, Lally School	$429,991		$24,723	$495,499	$21,856	$18,929
VIRGINIA GREGG
Vice President	$236,877		$9,696	$258,288	$2,250	$9,465

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.
Part I, Line 1b: Reason for not following policy regarding payment provisions for expenses	The President is the only employee eligible for first class and spousal/companion travel. Other executives may be approved based on demonstrated medical need only. Rensselaer's President is allowed to use first class travel on Rensselaer business in accordance with the terms of her employment agreement, which was approved by independent members of the Compensation and Personnel Development Committee. The President's expenses are subject to review by the Board of Trustees, including any amounts for spousal or companion travel. The Board has oversight of strategic issues for facilities management, which include but are not limited to capital improvements and other costs for Rensselaer's president's residence. The Board of Rensselaer also oversees the review and audit of expenses of the President relating to the presidential residence and personal services associated with the upkeep of the residence. Such review occurs under the Board's oversight on an at least annual basis.
Part I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed above	Rensselaer maintains a performance incentive program in connection with the annual evaluation process for its President and Executive Officers. Eligibility for receipt of such incentive payments is limited to certain Executive Officers and held within the scope of reasonable compensation for like positions at peer institutions. Performance Awards are made following the evaluation process and subject to review by the Compensation and Personnel Development Committee of the Board based upon annual evaluations, with the amount of such awards, if any, at its discretion subject to applicable maximum limits by employment contract.
Part III, Additional Information	Part II - As noted in Column B(iii) and consistent with applicable federal guidance, executive positions with primary responsibility for endowment management and enrollment are not eligible for incentive compensation.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Bond Issuer EINBondIssuerEIN	CUSIPCUSIPNum	Bond IssuedBondIssuedDt	Issue PriceIssuePriceAmt	PurposePurposeDesc	DefeasedDefeasedInd	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerInd	Pool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
City of Troy Capital Reso
A	272027427	897579AB4	2010-06-04	$357,084,114	REFI SERIES 2002 B, C & D	false	false	false
City of Troy Capital Resource Corporation
B	272027427	897579ANB	2015-12-02	$74,045,000	REFI SERIES 1999 & 2006	false	false	false

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	RetiredRetiredAmt	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Other Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmt	Substantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYr	Refunding Tax Exempt BondsRefundingTaxExemptBondsInd	Refunding Taxable BondsRefundingTaxableBondsInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$29,020,000	$357,084,114	$2,642,271	$354,441,843	2010	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
B	$5,105,000	$81,447,156	$989,100	$80,458,056	2015	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyInd	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsInd	Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropInd	Engage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsInd	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Engage Bond Counsel ResearchEngageBondCounselResearchInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Total Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	0.00800	0.00800	false	false	Yes (true)
B	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	false		0.01500	0.01500	false	false	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledInd	Exception To RebateExceptionToRebateInd	Hedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd	Business Name Line1GICProviderName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
NA
A	false	Yes (true)	false	false	NA	false	Yes (true)
NA
B	false	Yes (true)	false	false	NA	false	Yes (true)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Procedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
A	Yes (true)
B	Yes (true)

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
Morris Washington
Spouse of Presid	$265,768	Employee Compensation	false
Bruce Hunter
Spouse of VP	$221,000	Employee Compensation	false

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	56	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,026,894	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	Misc Equipment	Desc
Contribution	4	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$327,738	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (11 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: AUXILIARYNumber of housing units available: Dorm rooms 2,919 Single apts 1,012 Number of students on meal plans: 3,717 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Other Program Services include activities that further Rensselaer's exempt purpose.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	Form 990 is provided to the Board of Trustees prior to filing via a secure website.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Rensselaer's Trustees, Institute leaders, faculty, and selected staff involved in purchasing, finance and budgeting functions are required annually to review Rensselaer's Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy and affirmatively verify they are free of any conflict of interest or commitment which would interfere with the ability to perform their duties. Potential conflicts of interest and/or commitments are reviewed by an Institute-wide committee. Also, a report is made to the Board of Trustees Audit Committee annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	Consistent with Rensselaer's bylaws, the Rensselaer Board of Trustees has delegated the compensation of the President and other officers to the Compensation and Personnel Development Committee of the Board. The Compensation Committee retains separate independent compensation consultants to provide a Compensation and Benefits report to determine the compensation of the President of Rensselaer and its officers. The President of Rensselaer holds a non-voting seat on the Board of Trustees and does not participate or attend any discussions and is not a party to any communications of the Board or its designated committee which are held in consideration of her compensation, employment terms or performance evaluation.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The Conflict of Interest policy is available via Rensselaer's website. The disclosure of governing documents and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	Change in value of life income contracts = $3444561
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Loss on extinguishment of debt = -$9375695
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Minimum Pension Liability = -$18222432
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	Miscellaneous Adjustment = $6443
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Other components of net periodic benefit costs = -$8921827
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Transfers - Hartford Graduate Center = -$943075

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RENSSELAER HARTFORD GRADUATE CENTER INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	275 WINDSOR STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	HARTFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06120	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	060766747	EIN
Primary Activities	GRADUATE INSTRUCTION	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	CT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	170-b(1)(A)ii	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Direct Controlling NADirectControllingNACd	Entity TypeEntityTypeTxt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
CRAT 1
203 Redwood Shores Parkway	Redwood Shores	CA	94065	Trust	NY	N/A	Trust	false
CRUT 1
203 Redwood Shores Parkway	Redwood Shores	CA	94065	Trust	NY	N/A	Trust	false
CRUT 10
203 Redwood Shores Parkway	Redwood Shores	CA	94065	Trust	NY	N/A	Trust	false
Pooled Income Fund 2
203 Redwood Shores Parkway	Redwood Shores	CA	94065	Trust	NY	N/A	Trust	false
External Trusts 15
110 Eighth Street	Troy	NY	12180	Trust	NY	N/A	Trust	false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	Yes (true)	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	Yes (true)	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (3 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
RENSSELAER HARTFORD GRADUATE CENTER INC
d	$3,243,024	Cash
CRUT 1
s	$1,411,392	Cash
Pooled Income Fund 2
s	$1,101,701	Cash