SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (EIN 95-6042721)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2017-05-09
IRS object ID: 201711299349302646
Schema version: 2015v3.0
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 F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-05-09T16:31:19-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Grant Thornton LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	515 S Flower Street 7th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Los Angeles	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90071	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	956042721	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% LESLIE LEVINSON	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	SAND	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6195941900	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5250 Campanile Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	921821947	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LESLIE LEVINSON	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6195941900	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-05-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ROSEMARIE BROWN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01278077	PTIN
Phone	2136271717	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-05-08	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	LESLIE LEVINSON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5250 Campanile Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	921821947	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$202,468,986	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	http://www.foundation.sdsu.edu	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1943	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTEGRAL TO THE RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OBJECTIVES OF SDSU.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	18	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	3608	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	145	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$291,124	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$141,505	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$71,203,102	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$68,659,654	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$89,361,093	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$106,362,664	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,239,211	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$914,066	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$1,542,983	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$1,486,730	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$161,260,423	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$174,449,654	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$11,808,434	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$10,552,301	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$89,678,102	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$91,710,553	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$385,041	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$838,168	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$5,196,788	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$60,436,678	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$68,478,426	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$162,308,255	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$171,579,448	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,047,832	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,870,206	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$151,070,526	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$146,539,881	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$65,292,744	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$58,979,663	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$85,777,782	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$87,560,218	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTEGRAL TO THE RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OBJECTIVES OF SDSU.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$93,267,577	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$10,552,301	GrantAmt
Revenue	$67,140,636	RevenueAmt
Desc	SDSU Research Foundation ("SDSURF") administers funds for the sponsored research efforts of SDSU faculty who are resesarching issues important to our region, the nation, and the world.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$26,271,800	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$34,246,290	RevenueAmt
Desc	SDSURF administers funds that support the work of projects that focus on campus and community improvement.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$25,339,510	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$4,684,368	RevenueAmt
Desc	SDSURF administers funds for SDSU's public broadcasting arm, KPBS.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$144,878,887	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	false	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	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	Yes (true)	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	false	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	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1131	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	3608	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	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	GG	ForeignCountryCd
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	Yes (true)	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	7	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form1098 C Filed	Yes (true)	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	18	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	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	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	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	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LESLIE LEVINSON	PersonNm
Phone	6195941900	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5250 CAMPANILE DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	921829147	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (32 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Elliot Hirshman
President	5.0	45.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$50,000	$379,439	$89,964
Stephen Welter
Vice President	5.0	45.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$20,755	$250,312	$87,254
Tom McCarron
Treasurer	5.0	45.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$262,241	$79,563
Karen D Emmorey
Secretary / Research - Faculty	15.0	35.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$95,145	$134,338	$64,240
Kim E Barrett
Director	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William Brack
Director	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paula S Brock
Director	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Vickie Capps
Director	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Craig Hauser
Director	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Samuel Kassegne
Director / Researcher-Faculty	15.0	35.0	Yes (X)		$17,129	$95,657	$46,010
Blaire Ward
Director / Pres Assoc Students	1.0	37.5	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary Ann Lyman-Hager
Director / Researcher-Faculty	15.0	35.0	Yes (X)		$59,691	$127,696	$48,301
Ming-Hsiang Tsou
Director / Researcher-Faculty	15.0	35.0	Yes (X)		$6,996	$90,643	$43,832
Guadalupe Ayala
Director / Assoc. Dean SDSU	1.0	39.0	Yes (X)		$40,801	$140,297	$51,146
Randolph Philipp
Director / Researcher-Faculty	15.0	35.0	Yes (X)		$13,294	$134,705	$52,355
Walter ATurner Jr
Director	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert Zeller
Director / Researcher-Faculty	15.0	35.0	Yes (X)		$824	$118,502	$54,717
Chukuka S Enwemeka
Director / Provost SDSU	5.0	45.0	Yes (X)		$5,441	$350,844	$75,402
Bob E Wolfson
Exec. Director THRU 12/2015	30.0	20.0		Yes (X)	$0	$193,668	$64,470
Melinda S Coil
CFO THRU 9/2015	50.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$291,663	$0	$52,876
LESLIE LEVINSON
INTERIM CFO AS OF 4/16	30.0	20.0		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Thomas Karlo
KPBS - Assoc. General Manager	50.0	0.0			$0	$235,528	$132,851	Yes (X)
Joe B Shapiro
Dean - SDSU	50.0	0.0			$0	$170,268	$64,430	Yes (X)
Michele Goetz
Executive Director	30.0	20.0			$179,654	$0	$34,311	Yes (X)
William Hushen
Associate Executive Director	50.0	0.0			$164,315	$0	$45,067	Yes (X)
ROBERT BLIZINSKI
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	50.0	0.0			$155,416	$0	$31,279	Yes (X)
NORMA CLARK
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	50.0	0.0			$152,725	$0	$31,518	Yes (X)
Stephen Fisher
Coach	0.5	50.0			$798,668	$303,083	$83,638		Yes (X)
Roderick Long
Coach	0.5	50.0			$670,000	$224,795	$71,164		Yes (X)
James Sterk
Athletic Director	0.5	50.0			$159,792	$254,910	$81,445		Yes (X)
Annette Flemming
KPBS Account Executive	50.0	0.0			$161,441	$0	$16,117		Yes (X)
SHARON GOREVITZ
KPBS ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE	50.0	0.0			$187,267	$0	$18,960		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,231,017	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$3,466,926	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$1,420,910	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	59	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CityNm	Province Or StateContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNm	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt	Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd
College Contact GmbH
HAMMER STREET 39	MUENSTER	0	GM	48153	Student Recruitment	$505,496
Ellucian Support Inc
					Software/Consulting	$303,793	4375 Fair Lakes Court	FAIRFAX	VI	22033
IEC Online-International
MARIENSTRABE 19/20	BERLIN	0	GM	10117	Student Recruitment	$251,750
Carl Bloom Associates Inc
					Mail Services	$292,401	81 Main Street	WHITE PLAINS	NY	10601
Grant Thornton LLP
					Audit	$237,362	PO Box 51552	LOS ANGELES	CA	90071

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	15	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$63,610	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$77,000	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$39,796,071	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$28,722,973	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$2,082,251	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$68,659,654	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
CONTRACTS GOVERNMENT	541900	$37,154,799	$37,154,799
FEES & TUITION	611600	$26,187,081	$26,187,081
CONTRACTS NON-GOVERNMENT	541900	$27,985,837	$27,985,837
CAMPUS & COMMUNITY	515100	$13,348,817	$13,056,902	$291,915
EQUIP. ACQUISITIONS - SPONSORED PROGRAMS	900099	$1,686,130	$1,686,130

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$106,362,664	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$934,731	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$934,731	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	$338,993	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$338,993	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$5,790,454	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$7,413,294	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	-$1,622,840	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$1,622,840	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$1,622,840	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$20,244,840	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$20,247,644	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$17,861	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$2,804	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$17,861	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$20,665	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$20,665	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$137,867	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$77,000	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$340,533	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$202,666	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$202,666	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

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

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	PASSTHROUGH ENTITIES	Desc
Business	211110	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	-$217	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$545	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$791	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$29	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	-$217	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$174,449,654	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$106,071,294	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$291,124	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	-$572,418	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,722,276	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,722,276	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,372,619	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,372,619	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$457,406	TotalAmt
Program Services	$457,406	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	$1,341,522	TotalAmt
Program Services	$248,986	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,057,536	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,000	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	$68,518,293	TotalAmt
Program Services	$57,067,179	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,657,355	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,793,759	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,999,918	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,108,280	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$760,557	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$131,081	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,583,882	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,518,122	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,762,070	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$303,690	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,266,938	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,327,682	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$801,175	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$138,081	FundraisingAmt

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	$667,778	TotalAmt
Program Services	$80,133	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$587,645	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$237,362	TotalAmt
Management And General	$237,362	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$162,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$162,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$838,168	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$838,168	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,429,804	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,346,630	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$525,522	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$557,652	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,358,313	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,554,773	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$362,995	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$440,545	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,158,956	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,903,100	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,255,856	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,473,470	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,969,362	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$455,905	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$48,203	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	$5,076,793	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,476,913	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$458,161	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$141,719	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

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

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,239,122	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,239,122	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$775,667	TotalAmt
Program Services	$598,876	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$121,999	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$54,792	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
SUBCONTRACTS	$10,173,441	$10,169,486	$3,955
SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT	$7,095,880	$6,658,514	$414,627	$22,739
BROADCASTING EXPENSE	$3,798,577	$3,742,250	$1,036	$55,291
DUES & FEES	$2,940,323	$2,668,856	$258,182	$13,285

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,890,940	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,648,322	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,619,835	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$622,783	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$171,579,448	TotalAmt
Program Services	$144,878,887	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,503,773	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,196,788	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,567,882	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,628,638	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,734,076	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,939,845	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,198,283	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,773,575	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,585,016	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,488,363	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,371,991	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,371,991	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,682,760	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,943,396	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$110,419,582	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$55,549,101	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$52,033,446	BOYAmt
EOY	$54,870,481	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,897,072	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,523,592	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$151,070,526	BOYAmt
EOY	$146,539,881	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,888,239	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,849,425	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,529,373	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,355,512	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,316,627	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,726,721	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

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

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,990,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,620,000	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,568,505	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,428,005	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,292,744	BOYAmt
EOY	$58,979,663	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$63,938,001	BOYAmt
EOY	$62,108,085	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,386,404	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,156,928	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,453,377	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,295,205	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$85,777,782	BOYAmt
EOY	$87,560,218	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$151,070,526	BOYAmt
EOY	$146,539,881	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,870,206	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$1,087,770	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
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)
Consol And Sep Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolAndSepBasisFinclStmtInd

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)
Supporting Organization509a3	Yes (X)	SupportingOrganization509a3Ind
Supporting Org Type3 Func Int	Yes (X)	SupportingOrgType3FuncIntInd
IRS Written Determination	Yes (X)	IRSWrittenDeterminationInd
Supported Organizations	1	SupportedOrganizationsCnt

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformationGrp

Supported Organization Name SupportedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	330373293	EIN
Organization Type	6	OrganizationTypeCd
Governing Document Listed	Yes (true)	GoverningDocumentListedInd
Support	$3,722,276	SupportAmt
Other Support	$0	OtherSupportAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supported Organizations Total	1	SupportedOrganizationsTotalCnt
Support Sum	$3,722,276	SupportSumAmt

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$81,922,586	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$74,353,144	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$72,221,614	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$71,203,102	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$68,659,654	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$368,360,100	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	$81,922,586	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$74,353,144	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$72,221,614	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$71,203,102	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$68,659,654	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$368,360,100	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$368,360,100	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$12,273,228	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,918,374	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,329,132	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,245,449	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,064,178	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,830,361	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	$177,221	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$179,982	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$202,630	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$207,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$137,867	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$905,650	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$416,096,111	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.88528	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.97731	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Sch A Supporting Org Form990SchASupportingOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Listed By Name Governing Doc	Yes (true)	ListedByNameGoverningDocInd
Suprt Org No IRS Determination	false	SuprtOrgNoIRSDeterminationInd
Supported Org Section C456	false	SupportedOrgSectionC456Ind
Supported Org Not Organized US	false	SupportedOrgNotOrganizedUSInd
Organization Change Suprt Org	false	OrganizationChangeSuprtOrgInd
Support Non Supported Org	Yes (true)	SupportNonSupportedOrgInd
Payment Substantial Contribtr	false	PaymentSubstantialContribtrInd
Loan Disqualified Person	false	LoanDisqualifiedPersonInd
Controlled Disqualified Prsn	false	ControlledDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Disqualified Prsn Controll Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnControllIntInd
Disqualified Prsn Ownr Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings Rules	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Contribution Controller	false	ContributionControllerInd
Contribution Family	false	ContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 Controlled	false	Contribution35ControlledInd

Form990 Sch A Type3 Sprt Org All Form990SchAType3SprtOrgAllGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timely Provided Documents	Yes (true)	TimelyProvidedDocumentsInd
Officers Close Relationship	Yes (true)	OfficersCloseRelationshipInd
Supported Org Voice Investment	Yes (true)	SupportedOrgVoiceInvestmentInd

Form990 Sch A Type3 Func Int Form990SchAType3FuncIntGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Governmental Entity	Yes (X)	GovernmentalEntityInd

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule A, Part II:	The organization is not an organization described in IRC Sections 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) or 170(B)(1)(A)(vi), but is completing Schedule A, Part II to elect the special rule relating to contribution reporting on Form 990 Schedule B. Schedule A, Part II, Section B, Line 10: The amount reported for each year is gross income from fundraising events.
Schedule A, Part IV, Section A, Line 6:	In addition to administering funds that directly support San Diego State University, SDSU Research Foundation administers funds to outside organizations or individuals who are partnered with San Diego State University to research issues important to the region, the nation, and the world.
Schedule A, Part IV, Section D, Line 3:	The President of the supported organization is also the President of SDSU Research Foundation. Furthermore, the Board of Directors of SDSU Research Foundation includes senior management of the supported organization, some of whom also serve on the organization's investment committee.
Schedule A, Part IV, Section E, Line 1c:	SDSU Research Foundation is an auxiliary organization of San Diego State University, a California public educational institution. SDSU Research Foundation's activities support the research, educational and community service programs of San Diego State University. SDSU Research Foundation engages in activities on behalf of San Diego State University, and, if not for the involvement of SDSU Research Foundation, San Diego State University would normally be engaged in similar activities.

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)
Total Grassroots Lobbying		TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp
Total Direct Lobbying		TotalDirectLobbyingGrp
Total Lobbying Expend		TotalLobbyingExpendGrp
Other Exempt Purpose Expend		OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Total Exempt Purpose Expend		TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Lobbying Nontaxable Amount		LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp
Grassroots Nontaxable		GrassrootsNontaxableGrp
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx		TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx		TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp
Volunteers	false	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$162,000	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	false	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$162,000	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Description of Lobbying Activities	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Schedule C, Part II-B: SDSU REsearch Foundation paid $162,000 to the firm Carpi & Clay, Inc. during the fiscal year. The firm represents SDSU Research Foundation's interest in Washington D.C., primarily in activities that involve the competition for federal research funds.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$17,785,070	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$190,259	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$850,766	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$1,286,669	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$18,411,232	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$21,926,080	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$114,008	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$298,534	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,956,484	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$17,785,070	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$19,439,968	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$476,737	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,404,465	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$395,090	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$21,926,080	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$18,170,482	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$681,138	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,339,124	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$750,776	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$19,439,968	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$18,820,376	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$252,010	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$505,068	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$396,836	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$18,170,482	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.44328	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.07830	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.47841	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	Yes (true)	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$475,302	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$16,784,766	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$17,260,068	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$525,852	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$66,886,569	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$35,336,996	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$32,075,425	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$25,747,093	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$20,212,105	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,534,988	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$54,870,481	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
DUE TO SDSU AUXILIARIES	$6,691,075
OTHER LIABILITIES	$3,178,101
AMOUNTS HELD FOR OTHERS	$558,829

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$10,428,005	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$180,255,998	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$1,087,770	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,166,950	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$7,413,294	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$7,492,474	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$172,763,524	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$1,686,130	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$1,686,130	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$174,449,654	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$178,473,562	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$1,166,950	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$7,413,294	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$8,580,244	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$169,893,318	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included	$1,686,130	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,686,130	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$171,579,448	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Intended Uses of Endowment Funds	Schedule D, Part V, Line 4: To provide inter-generational income to augment programs that are an integral part of the research, educational and community service mission of San Diego State UnIversity.
FIN 48 (ASC 740) Footnote	Schedule D, Part X, Line 2: SDSU Research Foundation is an organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. Accordingly, SDSU Research Foundation has only nominal amounts that are subject to income taxes. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the accompanying financial statements.
Reconciliation of Revenue per Financial Statements with Return	Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d: Rental Expenses Netted on Tax Return $7,413,294 Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4b: Equipment Acquisitions - Sponsored Programs $1,686,130
Reconciliation of Expenses per Financial Statements with Return	Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2d: Rental Expenses Netted on Tax Return $7,413,294 Schedule D, Part XII, Line 4b: Equipment Acquisitions - Sponsored Programs $1,686,130

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (11 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grantmaking	$219,881
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Program Services	$1,462,071	1	20	Education
North America	Grantmaking	$85,176
East Asia and the Pacific	Grantmaking	$47,781
South Asia	Grantmaking	$5,927
South America	Grantmaking	$2,520
Middle East and North Africa	Grantmaking	$1,921
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grantmaking	$915
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Grantmaking	$305
Central America and the Caribbean	Grantmaking	$305
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Maintaining offices	$342,854

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	1	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	20	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	20	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$2,169,656	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$2,169,656	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (7 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	subcontract	$200,148	check
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Education	$92,208	check
North America	subcontract	$82,935	check
East Asia and the Pacific	service	$40,255	check
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Travel	$5,741	wire
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Educational	$1,369,863	wire
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Construction	$342,854	Wire

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	0	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	10	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp (15 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistanceTxt	RegionRegionTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Travel Assistance	Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	9	$10,184	check
Travel Assistance	Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	2	$1,699	wire
Travel Assistance	East Asia and the Pacific	1	$1,500	wire
travel assistance	East Asia and the Pacific	2	$1,920	check
fellowship	South America	18	$2,520	check
fellowship	South Asia	14	$2,135	check
fellowship	East Asia and the Pacific	12	$1,830	check
travel assistance	North America	2	$1,591	check
fellowship	Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	9	$1,260	check
travel assistance	Middle East and North Africa	1	$1,006	check
fellowship	Middle East and North Africa	6	$915	check
fellowship	Sub-Saharan Africa	6	$915	check
fellowship	North America	5	$650	check
fellowship	Russia and the Newly Independent States	2	$305	check
fellowship	Central America and the Caribbean	2	$305	check

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

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Procedures for Monitoring Use of Grants Outside the United States	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Schedule F, Part I, Line 2: Foreign and domestic expenditures on grants and contracts are closely monitored by SDSU Research Foundation staff to comply with sponsor requirements. Federal grants represent a substantial majority of grant and contract expenditures and accordingly, are subject to audit by the Department of Health and Human Services, the cognizant government audit agency for SDSU Research Foundation.	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
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Charitable Auto Resources
4669 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 200	San Diego	CA	92123	Car Donate	Yes (true)	$1,644,093	$381,788	$1,262,305
Donor Development Strategies
899 Logan St Suite 300	Denver	CO	80203	Soliciting	false	$252,994	$399,189	$0
Aria Communications Inc
717 W St Germain St	St Cloud	MN	56301	Telefund	false	$82,810	$40,536	$42,274
Harris Marketing Group
21250 Califa St 114	Woodland Hills	CA	91367	Telefund	false	$70,505	$46,968	$23,537

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$2,050,402	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$868,481	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$1,328,116	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	KPBS Gala	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$190,845	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$67,000	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$123,845	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$52,080	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$137,416	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	GI Film Fest	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$24,022	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$10,000	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$14,022	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$10,470	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$140,567	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	0	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Total	$214,867	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$77,000	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$137,867	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$62,550	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$277,983	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$340,533	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$202,666	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	San Diego State University	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5500 Campanile Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Diego	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92182	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	330373293	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	Government	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$3,722,276	CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of Grant	support university	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (4 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
Fellowships	2000	$5,116,962
Books & Supplies	1200	$833,325
Travel Assistance	600	$394,783
Other Student Costs	100	$27,549

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Procedures for Monitoring Use of Grants in the United States	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2: Fellowships are primarily granted to individuals to help them improve their research skills. As such, the responsible Principal Investigator closely monitors the progress of the recipients.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (true)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	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	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (23 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Elliot Hirshman
President	$50,000	$366,887	$0	$0	$0	$12,552	$0	$64,810	$0	$25,154	$50,000	$469,403	$0	$0
Stephen Welter
Vice President	$20,755	$249,916	$0	$0	$0	$396	$0	$62,441	$0	$24,813	$20,755	$337,566	$0	$0
Tom McCarron
Treasurer	$0	$251,845	$0	$0	$0	$10,396	$0	$62,370	$0	$17,193	$0	$341,804	$0	$0
Karen D Emmorey
Secretary / Research - Faculty	$95,145	$134,338	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$32,679	$9,515	$22,046	$104,660	$189,063	$0	$0
Samuel Kassegne
Director / Researcher-Faculty	$17,129	$95,657	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$24,071	$0	$21,939	$17,129	$141,667	$0	$0
Mary Ann Lyman-Hager
Director / Researcher-Faculty	$59,691	$127,696	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$31,641	$0	$16,660	$59,691	$175,997	$0	$0
Guadalupe Ayala
Director / Assoc. Dean SDSU	$40,801	$140,297	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$34,664	$0	$16,482	$40,801	$191,443	$0	$0
Randolph Philipp
Director / Researcher-Faculty	$13,294	$134,705		$0		$0		$30,309		$22,046	$13,294	$187,060	$0	$0
Robert Zeller
Director / Researcher-Faculty	$824	$118,496	$0	$0	$0	$6	$0	$30,015	$0	$24,702	$824	$173,219	$0	$0
Chukuka S Enwemeka
Director / Provost SDSU	$5,441	$266,795	$0	$26,104	$0	$57,945	$0	$72,996	$0	$2,406	$5,441	$426,246	$0	$0
Bob E Wolfson
Exec. Director THRU 12/2015	$0	$193,668	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$47,877	$0	$16,593	$0	$258,138	$0	$0
Melinda S Coil
CFO THRU 9/2015	$165,521	$0	$0	$0	$126,142	$0	$29,302	$0	$23,574	$0	$344,539	$0	$0	$0
Thomas Karlo
KPBS - Assoc. General Manager	$0	$235,132	$0	$0	$0	$396	$0	$58,129	$0	$74,722	$0	$368,379	$0	$0
Joe B Shapiro
Dean - SDSU	$0	$169,506	$0	$0	$0	$762	$0	$42,042	$0	$22,388	$0	$234,698	$0	$0
Michele Goetz
Executive Director	$179,654	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,087	$0	$16,224	$0	$213,965	$0	$0	$0
William Hushen
Associate Executive Director	$164,315	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$17,116	$0	$27,951	$0	$209,382	$0	$0	$0
Stephen Fisher
Coach	$798,668	$286,846	$0	$0	$0	$16,237	$0	$66,867	$0	$16,771	$798,668	$386,721	$0	$0
Roderick Long
Coach	$670,000	$219,933	$0	$0	$0	$4,862	$0	$54,393	$0	$16,771	$670,000	$295,959	$0	$0
James Sterk
Athletic Director	$159,792	$238,512	$0	$0	$0	$16,398	$0	$59,057	$0	$22,388	$159,792	$336,355	$0	$0
Annette Flemming
KPBS Account Executive	$161,441	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$16,117	$0	$0	$0	$177,558	$0	$0	$0
SHARON GOREVITZ
KPBS ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE	$187,267	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,960	$0		$0	$206,227	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT BLIZINSKI
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$155,416	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$15,035	$0	$16,244	$0	$186,695	$0	$0	$0
NORMA CLARK
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$152,725	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$15,274	$0	$16,244	$0	$184,243	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	schedule j, part i, line 4a:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Melinda Coil, the Chief Financial Officer, received a severance payment of $126,142 during the fiscal year, June 30, 2016.	ExplanationTxt

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
Trustees of the California State University
A	946001347	13077CUP7	2010-04-06	$160,852,254	Refund 1999 Bonds	false	false	Yes (true)
Trustees of the California State University
B	912155587	13077CYL2	2012-08-22	$436,220,000	Refund 2002 Bonds	false	false	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	RetiredRetiredAmt	Bond DefeasedBondDefeasedAmt	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	In Reserve FundInReserveFundAmt	Capitalized InterestCapitalizedInterestAmt	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Credit EnhancementCreditEnhancementAmt	Working Capital ExpendituresWorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmt	Other Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmt	UnspentUnspentAmt	Current RefundingCurrentRefundingInd	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefundingInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$0	$0	$5,285,000	$0	$0	$0	$43,198	$0	$0	$0	$5,241,802	$0	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
B	$0	$0	$10,400,000	$0	$0	$0	$71,953	$0	$0	$0	$10,328,047	$0	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	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Remedial Action TakenRemedialActionTakenInd	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A	false	false	false	false	0	false	false	false	Yes (true)
B	false	false	false	false	0	false	false	false	Yes (true)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledInd	Rebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetInd	Exception To RebateExceptionToRebateInd	No Rebate DueNoRebateDueInd	Variable Rate IssueVariableRateIssueInd	Hedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd	Business Name Line1GICProviderName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
0
A	false	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)
0
B	false	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	0	false	Yes (true)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

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

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Form 990, Schedule K, Part IV, Line 2(c)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Rebate Calculations: A. The rebate computation for the 1999 bond was last performed on November 10, 2009. b. The rebate computation for the 2002 bond was last performed on March 26, 2013.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Works Of Art		WorksOfArtGrp
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterestGrp
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublicationsGrp
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp

Cars And Other Vehicles CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1641	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,644,093	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	selling price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual Property		IntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	35	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$398,798	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	selling price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneousGrp
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStructGrp
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOtherGrp
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidentialGrp
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercialGrp
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOtherGrp
Collectibles		CollectiblesGrp
Food Inventory		FoodInventoryGrp
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSuppliesGrp
Taxidermy		TaxidermyGrp
Historical Artifacts		HistoricalArtifactsGrp
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimensGrp
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	auction items	Desc
Contribution	39	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$39,360	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	estimated FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	7	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (true)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Hire or Use of Third Parties	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b: KPBS conducts a vehicle donation program with the assistance of Charitable Auto Resources, Inc. Please also refer to Schedule G.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Power to Elect or Appoint Members of the Governing Body	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a: The President of San Diego State University is also the ex officio President of SDSU Research Foundation and a voting member of the Board of Directors. Four other SDSURF directors are appointed ex officio by virtue of their positions in the University, and all elected Directors are nominated by the President.
Governance Decisions Reserved (or Subject to Approval)	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b: Under Title 5 of the California Code of Regs. Section 42402, the University President is required to assure that SDSURF operates in conformity with policies of the California State University and of San Diego State University. The President may discontinue any program or expenditure that he or she determines is inconsistent with these policies.
Form 990 Review Process	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11: A draft of the Form 990 was initially provided to each member of the Investment Committee. The disclosures, significant changes and questions were discussed and addressed. The Form 990 was subsequently presented to each member of the Board of Directors at a regularly scheduled meeting. The disclosures, significant changes and questions were again discussed and addressed.
Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflict of Interest Policy	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c: SDSU Research Foundation requires each interested party to disclose annually interests that could give rise to conflicts. SDSU Research Foundation also monitors compliance with its conflict of interest policy through its purchasing and sponsored research development departments. SDSU Research Foundation staff reviews contracts and requisitions for potential conflicts. Many of its internal processing documents include affirmations regarding lack of conflicts. The Board of Directors is authorized to take whatever action it deems necessary to resolve potential or actual conflicts including: (1) prohibiting the interested party from discussions or decisions regarding the conflict of interest; (2) modifying or redefining the duties and responsibilities of the interested party; or (3) requiring the resignation of the interested party.
Process for Establishing Compensation of Exec. Director & Key Employees	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15: Pursuant to Title 5 of the California Code of Regs. Section 42405, SDSU Research Foundation maintains salary schedules comparable to San Diego State University (a California public institution). The salaries of the Executive Director and the CFO are also subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
Documents Made Available to the Public	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19: SDSU Research Foundation provides paper or electronic copies of its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, audited financial statements, and A-133 compliance reports to the public on request. The articles of incorporation, bylaws, conflict of interest policy, research reports, audited financial statements, and A-133 compliance reports are also available on the organization's website.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
5500 CAMPANILE DRIVE	SAN DIEGO	CA	92182	330373293	HIGHER EDU	CA	GOVERNMENT	NA	false
THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION
5500 CAMPANILE DRIVE	SAN DIEGO	CA	92182	330868418	PHILANTHROPY	CA	501(c)(3)	NA	false	05
AZTEC SHOPS LTD
5500 CAMPANILE DRIVE	SAN DIEGO	CA	921820001	950516240	BOOKSTORE	CA	501(c)(3)	NA	false	11-III FI
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SDSU
5500 CAMPANILE DRIVE	SAN DIEGO	CA	921827804	956042622	ACTIVITIES	CA	501(c)(3)	NA	false	05

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Charitable Remainder Trusts (1)	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Activities	Trust	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	Yes (true)	ControlledOrganizationInd

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

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (4 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
San Diego State University
B	$5,655,504	Actual
San Diego State University
O	$5,053,957	Actual
San Diego State University
P	$3,722,276	Actual
San Diego State University
Q	$4,128,426	Actual

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Transactions with Related Organizations	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Schedule R, Part V, Line 1: Some of the endowments of SDSU Research Foundation ("SDSURF") are invested in the endowment pool of The Campanile Foundation (another SDSU auxiliary organization). (1b) - In accordance with its exempt function, SDSURF regularly transfers monies to SDSU. (1c) & (1e) - The Campanile Foundation advanced funds to SDSURF. (1d), (1g) & (1r) - SDSURF transferred assets and loaned funds to Aztec Shops. SDSURF also transferred assets to The Campanile Foundation. (1h) - SDSURF sold real property to Aztec Shops, Ltd. (1j) - SDSURF leases facilities to Aztec Shops and SDSU. (1k) - SDSURF leases facilities from SDSU. (1l) - SDSURF performs services for The Campanile Foundation, Aztec Shops, Ltd., and Associated Students of SDSU. (1m) - SDSU and Aztec Shops, Ltd. perform services for SDSURF. (1n) & (1o) - All five organizations share facilities and employees. (1p) & (1q) - All five organizations reimburse each other for expenses.	ExplanationTxt