WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (EIN 74-1109620)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2017-05-05
IRS object ID: 201721259349301757
Schema version: 2015v3.0
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Return header
Form 990
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Schedule I
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Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-05-05T14:00:11-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	134008324	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

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

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2001 Market St Suite 1800	AddressLine1Txt
City	Philadelphia	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19103	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	741109620	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	William Marsh Rice University	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WILL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7133480000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6100 Main Street MS 70	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77005	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Katherine E Collins	PersonNm
Person Title	Vice President for Finance	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2017-05-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Eric M McNeil	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00460263	PTIN
Phone	2673303000	PhoneNum

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

Form 990 IRS990

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6100 Main Street	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	MS 70	AddressLine2Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,509,186,429	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	rice.edu	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1908	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Research and education.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	24	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	23	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	8310	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	-$7,643,481	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$8,244,520	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$246,543,139	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$207,973,839	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$337,915,350	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$350,047,564	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$443,297,806	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$227,904,358	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$15,937,921	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$17,853,648	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,043,694,216	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$803,779,409	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$127,754,194	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$124,634,342	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$374,612,446	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$388,751,699	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$11,652,090	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$231,821,774	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$246,390,184	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$734,188,414	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$759,776,225	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$309,505,802	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$44,003,184	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$7,690,715,255	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$7,353,011,914	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,172,573,117	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,146,311,000	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$6,518,142,138	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$6,206,700,914	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this mission by cultivating a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor. The University enrolls approximately 3,900 undergraduate and 2,700 graduate students. Approximately 70% of undergraduate students receive financial aid, as do almost all doctoral students.	MissionDesc
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Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$526,820,722	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$124,634,342	GrantAmt
Revenue	$217,937,194	RevenueAmt
Desc	DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES. RICE UNIVERSITY IS ACCREDITED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS COMMISSION ON COLLEGES (SACS-COC), ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (ABET), INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION (AACSB INTERNATIONAL), NATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ACCREDITING BOARD (NAAB), AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY (TEA). RICE SERVES APPROXIMATELY 3,900 UNDERGRADUATE AND 2,700 GRADUATE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS 13,000 LIFE-LONG LEARNERS. FOR THE COHORT ENTERING FALL 2010 THE SIX-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATION RATE IS 91 PERCENT. RICE OFFERS MORE THAN 50 UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS ACROSS SIX SCHOOLS OF STUDY: SOCIAL SCIENCES, NATURAL SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, HUMANITIES, MUSIC AND ARCHITECTURE. IN CONJUNCTION WITH VARIOUS MAJORS, STUDENTS CAN TAKE COURSES THAT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO MEDICAL, DENTAL, LAW OR GRADUATE SCHOOL, OR THAT LEAD TO TEACHER CERTIFICATION. RICE UNIVERSITY HAS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO OF 6 TO 1. IN GENERAL, CLASSES ARE SMALL ENOUGH FOR EACH PROFESSOR TO KNOW EVERY STUDENT'S NAME, SO THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONAL ATTENTION. RICE IS RANKED AMONG THE TOP 20 NATIONALLY BY THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT IN THE 2016 EDITION, AND THE PRINCETON REVIEW RANKED RICE FIRST IN "BEST QUALITY OF LIFE" AND "RACE/CLASS INTERACTIONS" IN THE 2016 EDITION, ALONG WITH HIGH RANKINGS IN HAPPIEST STUDENTS, BEST HEALTH SERVICES, GREAT FINANCIAL AID, AND BEST-RUN COLLEGES. IN 2015, KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE MAGAZINE RANKED RICE IN THE TOP FIVE FOR BEST VALUE IN PRIVATE COLLEGES, AS IT HAS SINCE RANKINGS BEGAN IN 1999. RICE OFFERS ADVANCED DEGREES IN THE HUMANITIES, LIBERAL STUDIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, NATURAL SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC, AND BUSINESS. GRADUATE PROGRAMS ARE SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED, OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH GRADUATE ADVISORS. PROXIMITY TO BOTH THE HOUSTON MUSEUM DISTRICT AND THE RENOWNED TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ALLOWS FOR EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS TO THE VISUAL ARTS AS WELL AS CUTTING-EDGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. THE MANY INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTERS AND INSTITUTES ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES. THE SUSANNE M. GLASSCOCK SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES PROVIDES LIFELONG PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY. THE SCHOOL ATTRACTS MORE THAN 13,000 ENROLLMENTS EACH YEAR TO ITS NON-CREDIT AND CREDIT PROGRAMS. RICE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE NATION'S FOURTH-LARGEST CITY, THE ENERGY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AND A DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND CULTURAL CENTER, ON A 300-ACRE, TREE-LINED CAMPUS JUST A FEW MILES FROM DOWNTOWN. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN FREE METRO PASSES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; INCLUDING THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM WHICH HAS TWO STATIONS LOCATED A BLOCK FROM CAMPUS. THE UNIVERSITY OPERATES A FREE SHUTTLE BUS ROUTE THAT INCLUDES THE CAMPUS, OFF-CAMPUS GRADUATE STUDENT HOUSING, AND LOCAL SHOPPING CENTERS AND ATTRACTIONS. HOUSTON BOASTS 18 MUSEUMS, OPERA, BALLET, SYMPHONY AND THEATER, AND FOUR PROFESSIONAL MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS TEAMS. RICE'S RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE SYSTEM LIES AT THE CORE OF EVERY UNDERGRADUATE'S EXPERIENCE. EVERY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, WHETHER LIVING ON CAMPUS OR NOT, IS A MEMBER OF ONE OF 11 SELF-GOVERNED COEDUCATIONAL RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES. EACH COLLEGE HAS A RESIDENT COLLEGE MASTER OR MASTERS. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY ARE INVITED TO BECOME RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT ASSOCIATES OF EACH COLLEGE. FACULTY ASSOCIATES ACT AS ADVISORS TO THE STUDENTS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMARADERIE AND ACTIVITIES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COLLEGE. COLLEGES ALSO HAVE NON-FACULTY UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATES FROM THE HOUSTON AREA, DRAWN FROM VARIOUS PROFESSIONS. EACH COLLEGE BUILDING INCLUDES A COMMONS AREA THAT SERVES AS A DINING HALL AS WELL AS PUBLIC ROOMS, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO BOTH RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT MEMBERS, AND LIVING QUARTERS FOR APPROXIMATELY 2850 STUDENTS FROM ALL CLASSES AND ALL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES. WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE IN ALL COLLEGES. RICE FIELDS 16 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S VARSITY TEAMS AT THE NCAA DIVISION 1A LEVEL. THE BASEBALL TEAM HAS CAPTURED 17 CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EARNED SIX TRIPS TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, WINNING THE NCAA TITLE IN 2003. RICE'S FOOTBALL TEAM HAS QUALIFIED FOR THREE BOWL GAMES SINCE 2006 AND WAS CHAMPION OF THE 2008 TEXAS BOWL AND 2013 C-USA WEST. RICE PLACED A RECORD 227 STUDENT-ATHLETES ON THE CUSA COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL WHICH IS RESERVED FOR ATHLETES WHO MAINTAIN A CUMULATIVE GPA OF 3.0 OR BETTER. SEVEN OF THE RICE SPORTS TEAMS RANK IN THE TOP 10 PERCENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS TEAMS IN TERMS OF PROGRESSION TOWARDS A DEGREE. STUDENT MEDIA INCLUDES THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, THE RICE THRESHER, THE FM RADIO STATION KTRU, CAMPUS TELEVISION STATION RTV5, AND SEVERAL MAGAZINES. OPENED IN THE FALL OF 2009, THE BARBARA AND DAVID GIBBS RECREATION AND WELLNESS CENTER IS A $41 MILLION COMPLEX WITH TWO INDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS, FOUR RACQUETBALL COURTS, TWO SQUASH COURTS, CARDIO AND WEIGHT AREAS, A DANCE STUDIO, TWO OUTDOOR-LIGHTED BASKETBALL COURTS AND HEATED OUTDOOR RECREATION AND COMPETITION POOLS. THROUGH THE RICE OUTDOOR PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION (ROPE) PROGRAM, STUDENTS MAY TAKE PART IN SPONSORED OUTDOOR TREKS THAT INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM CAMPING TO KAYAKING. STUDENTS CAN RENT EQUIPMENT, SIGN UP FOR TRIPS OR VOLUNTEER TO LEAD ROPE EXPEDITIONS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$131,835,840	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$129,870,094	RevenueAmt
Desc	BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING CONDUCTED BY FACULTY AND STAFF AND OTHER SPONSORED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. FROM ITS INCEPTION, RICE HAS BEEN DEDICATED, IN THE WORDS OF ITS FIRST PRESIDENT EDGAR ODELL LOVETT, "AS MUCH TO INVESTIGATION AS TO INSTRUCTION" AND TO PROVIDING A SETTING IN WHICH FACULTY WOULD JOIN THE "PLEASURES OF TEACHING" WITH "THE PRIVILEGES OF RESEARCH." THE UNIVERSITY HAS REALIZED MUCH OFTHIS AMBITION WITH DISTINCTION IN OUR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE ACROSS MANY DISCIPLINES. RICE IS HOME TO MORE THAN 40 INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS, INSTITUTES AND CONSORTIA, AND RESEARCH IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE. THE UNIVERSITY HAS PRODUCED 101 FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS, 20 MARSHALL SCHOLARS, 65 WATSON FELLOWS, 25 MELLON FELLOWSHIPS, 336 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS, AND 12 RHODES SCHOLARS AMONG OTHER HONORS AND AWARDS. THE UNIVERSITY HAS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY FOR ITS SIZE, WITH $127.1 MILLION IN SPONSORED RESEARCH FUNDING IN 2015. RICE IS NOTED FOR ITS APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAMS IN THE FIELDS OF ARTIFICIAL HEART RESEARCH, STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, SIGNAL PROCESSING, SPACE SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY. IT WAS RANKED FIRST IN THE WORLD IN CITATIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE RESEARCH BY THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION IN 2010. RICE HAS 665 FULL-TIME AND 197 PART-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS. NINTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF FULL-TIME FACULTY HOLD PH.D.S OR EQUIVALENT TERMINAL DEGREES IN THEIR FIELD. BECAUSE OF THEIR PIONEERING RESEARCH, RICE FACULTY HAVE BEEN HONORED WITH NUMEROUS PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS AND ACCOLADES OVER THE YEARS. IN 1996, RICE PROFESSORS RICHARD SMALLEY (NOW DECEASED) AND ROBERT CURL RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR THEIR DISCOVERY OF A UNIQUE MOLECULAR FORM OF CARBON THAT HERALDED THE NEW ERA OF NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. IN 2011, RICHARD TAPIA, A RICE MATHEMATICIAN AND LONGTIME CHAMPION OF DIVERSITY IN U.S. EDUCATION, RECEIVED THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE FROM PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FOR HIS WORK IN OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS FOR HIS MENTORING OF WOMEN AND UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORITIES IN THE FIELDS OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE. AS OF DECEMBER 2016, RICE HAD 12 FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, 10 IN THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, FOUR IN THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, AND SIX IN THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER. IN 2016, DR. REBECCA RICHARDS-KORTUM WON A PRESTIGIOUS MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIP. RICE'S COMMITMENT TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CAN BE SEEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE, A 477,000- SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY WHERE SCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS FROM RICE AND OTHER TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER INSTITUTIONS WORK TOGETHER ON RESEARCH THAT BENEFITS HUMAN MEDICINE AND HEALTH, AND THE BROCKMAN HALL FOR PHYSICS, A STATE-OF-THE-ART 110,000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY THAT INCLUDES VIBRATION AND NOISE CONTROLLED UNDERGROUND LABORATORIES. RICE ALSO HAS AN ACTIVE RESEARCH AGENDA IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES. THE BAKER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY IS ONE OF THE LEADING NONPARTISAN PUBLIC POLICY THINK TANKS IN THE COUNTRY AND CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES. THE HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER FOSTERS INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS WITH WORKSHOPS AND LARGE CONFERENCES. FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE QUESTIONS OF ENERGY AND ENERGY TRANSITIONS, THE CIVIC HUMANISTS PROGRAM, AND THE OUR AMERICAS ARCHIVE PARTNERSHIP.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$38,052,114	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$2,393,051	RevenueAmt
Desc	OPERATIONS OF A LIBRARY THAT SERVES STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI, AND FRIENDS OF WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY CHARTER. THE FONDREN LIBRARY SUBSCRIBES TO APPROXIMATELY 72,000 CURRENT JOURNALS (PRINT AND ELECTRONIC) AND HOUSES OVER 2,570,000 PRINT VOLUMES AND 3,276,000 UNITS OF MICROFORMS. THE COLLECTIONS INCLUDE AUDIOVISUALS, MUSIC RECORDINGS, SCORES AND OTHER SPECIAL FORMATS. AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF LIBRARY RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED ONLINE. THE LIBRARY IS A SELECTIVE DEPOSITORY FOR U.S. AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AND A DEPOSITORY FOR DOCUMENTATION OF U.S. PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS. THE BROWN FINE ARTS LIBRARY CONTAINS OVER 200,000 VOLUMES RELATED TO ART, ARCHITECTURE, CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND MUSIC. ALL LIBRARY PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO USE FINE ARTS MATERIALS AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING LISTENING EQUIPMENT, VHS, DVD AND LASERDISC PLAYERS.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
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Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	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	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
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School Operating	Yes (true)	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
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Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
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Employee	8310	EmployeeCnt
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Foreign Country	FR	ForeignCountryCd
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Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
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Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
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Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
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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
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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
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Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
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Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
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Written Policy Or Procedure	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyOrProcedureInd
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Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
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Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Bradley W Fralic	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7133484927	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6100 Main Street MS-70	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77005	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (53 entries)

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Robert B Tudor III
Chair, Board of Trustees	15.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Edward B Adams Jr
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JD Bucky Allshouse
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Keith T Anderson
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Doyle L Arnold
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy P Carlson
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Albert Y Chao
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
T Jay Collins
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Dankberg
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Douglas L Foshee
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lawrence H Guffey
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Patricia L Kraft
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
L Charles Landgraf
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
R Ralph Parks
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Rhodes
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Judge Lee H Rosenthal
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ruth J Simmons
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeffery A Smisek
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Amy L Sutton
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gloria M Tarpley
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robert M Taylor Jr
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Guillermo Trevino
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Randa D Williams
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dr Huda Y Zoghbi
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Leebron
President	40.0		$1,646,924	$0	$359,899	Yes (X)
Marie Lynn Miranda
Provost	40.0		$293,608	$0	$40,991	Yes (X)
Allison Thacker
Chief Investment Officer	40.0		$1,088,502	$0	$291,713	Yes (X)
Kevin Kirby
V P for Administration	40.0		$433,356	$0	$65,472	Yes (X)
Katherine Collins
VP for Finance Associate Treasurer and Assistant Secretary	40.0		$375,377	$0	$45,741	Yes (X)
Richard Zansitis
General Counsel and Secretary	40.0		$406,066	$0	$93,373	Yes (X)
Darrow Zeidenstein
V P for Development and Alumni Relations	40.0		$482,564	$0	$68,984	Yes (X)
Christopher Munoz
V P for Enrollment	40.0		$331,033	$0	$57,806	Yes (X)
Klara Jelinkova
VP Information Technology	40.0		$416,272	$0	$51,532	Yes (X)
Linda Thrane
V P for Public Affairs	40.0		$355,267	$0	$46,569	Yes (X)
Caroline Levander
VP Strategic Initiatives	40.0		$307,677	$0	$47,502	Yes (X)
Joseph Davidson
Assistant Secretary	40.0		$250,716	$0	$59,710	Yes (X)
Ronald Long
Associate Treasurer and Assistant Secretary	40.0		$385,642	$0	$57,147	Yes (X)
Claire Nelson
Associate Treasurer and Assistant Secretary	40.0		$252,276	$0	$65,874	Yes (X)
Bradley Fralic
Associate VP Finance / Controller	40.0		$218,457	$0	$47,290	Yes (X)
Larry Perez
Associate Treasurer and Assistant Secretary	40.0		$180,217	$0	$57,462	Yes (X)
Veta Byrd-Perez
Assistant Secretary	40.0		$169,412	$0	$36,313	Yes (X)
Renee Block
Assistant Secretary	40.0		$120,699	$0	$26,199	Yes (X)
Amy Nelson
Trust Manager	40.0		$109,351	$0	$20,597	Yes (X)
William Glick
Dean of Graduate School of Business	40.0		$511,794	$0	$60,237		Yes (X)
Edwin Thomas
Dean of Engineering	40.0		$453,704	$0	$51,838		Yes (X)
Peter Rossky
Dean of Natural Sciences	40.0		$451,089	$0	$63,707		Yes (X)
Vikas Mittal
Professor	40.0		$831,530	$0	$53,761			Yes (X)
Brent Smith
Associate Professor	40.0		$771,083	$0	$42,906			Yes (X)
David Bailiff
Head Football Coach	40.0		$706,714	$0	$66,169			Yes (X)
Antonio Merlo
Chair of Economics Department	40.0		$554,762	$0	$46,170			Yes (X)
Wayne Graham
Head Baseball Coach	40.0		$551,088	$0	$50,592			Yes (X)
Daniel Carson
Former Dean of Natural Sciences	40.0		$363,090	$0	$54,825				Yes (X)
George McLendon
Former Provost	40.0		$648,559	$0	$75,758				Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$13,666,829	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$2,106,137	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	723	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	Yes (true)	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Anslow Bryant Construction Ltd
945 Bunker Hill Suite 900	Houston	TX	77024	Construction	$17,975,947
Linbeck Group LLC
3900 Essex Lane Suite 1200	Houston	TX	77027	Construction	$9,899,362
Hunter Lane LLC
1001 Wade Ave Suite 103	Raleigh	NC	27605	Real estate management	$8,655,457
WS Bellows Construction Corp
1906 Afton St	Houston	TX	77055	Construction	$3,161,544
Allan Greenberg Architect LLC
1217 King St	Alexandria	VA	22314	Architect	$2,438,937

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	79	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$1,364,238	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$121,478,842	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$85,130,759	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$14,986,267	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$207,973,839	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Tuition and fees	900099	$261,185,991	$261,185,991
Auxiliary operations	900099	$50,865,002	$50,842,475	$22,527
Department sales	541900	$24,088,853	$23,968,579	$120,274
Research contracts	900099	$13,698,158	$13,698,158
Student loan interest	900099	$209,560	$209,560

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$350,047,564	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$51,944,883	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$7,786,282	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$59,731,165	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$295,576	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$295,576	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$2,920,683	RealAmt
Personal	$4,290	PersonalAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$2,920,683	RealAmt
Personal	$4,290	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,924,973	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,924,973	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$880,243,771	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$704,284,296	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$175,959,475	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$175,959,475	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$175,959,475	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$256,458	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$1,364,238	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$1,122,724	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$866,266	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$866,266	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Oil and gas	Desc
Business	211110	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$15,499,365	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$15,499,365	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$15,499,365	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$803,779,409	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$350,200,339	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$7,643,481	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$253,248,712	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$124,634,342	TotalAmt
Program Services	$124,634,342	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,956,762	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,755,780	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,480,072	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$720,910	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$648,559	TotalAmt
Program Services	$324,280	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$324,279	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$298,038,689	TotalAmt
Program Services	$267,974,359	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,366,243	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,698,087	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,681,367	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,551,674	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,561,273	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$568,420	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,729,825	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,066,943	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,685,250	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$977,632	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,696,497	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,105,030	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,166,701	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$424,766	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$755,934	TotalAmt
Program Services	$122,749	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$633,185	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$564,176	TotalAmt
Program Services	$51,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$513,176	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$215,970	TotalAmt
Management And General	$215,970	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,354,347	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,354,347	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,554,668	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,708,141	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$345,213	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$501,314	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,797,604	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,770,399	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,926	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,279	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,937,955	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,024,532	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$356,003	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$557,420	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,349,020	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,462,998	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,660,986	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$225,036	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$230,297	TotalAmt
Program Services	$228,011	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,286	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,209,397	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,361,494	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,824,394	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,509	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,491,295	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,676,645	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$575,878	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$238,772	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,350,958	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,034,005	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$747,377	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$569,576	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,895,441	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,895,441	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,414,169	TotalAmt
Program Services	$66,093,976	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,320,193	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,566,386	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,295,679	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$270,707	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Research subcontracts	$17,350,300	$17,350,300
All other	$13,352,267	$13,220,898	$131,369

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$759,776,225	TotalAmt
Program Services	$696,708,676	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$51,415,459	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,652,090	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,766,536	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,054,126	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$205,247,564	BOYAmt
EOY	$196,423,340	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$46,068,684	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,256,138	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$50,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,000	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)
BOY	$193,305,971	BOYAmt
EOY	$187,135,915	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,108,887	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,105,653	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,092,755	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,145,256	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,997,670,328	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$817,195,967	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,190,318,988	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,180,474,361	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,027,778,559	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,716,651,742	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,977,311	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,725,383	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

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	$7,690,715,255	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,353,011,914	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,526,653	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,772,449	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,945,579	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,796,551	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$131,368,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$124,020,000	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$836,350,065	BOYAmt
EOY	$807,041,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$124,382,820	BOYAmt
EOY	$121,681,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,172,573,117	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,146,311,000	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,136,291,409	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,963,904,098	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,286,998,392	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,123,134,816	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,094,852,337	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,119,662,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,518,142,138	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,206,700,914	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,690,715,255	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,353,011,914	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$44,003,184	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$250,618,204	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$104,826,204	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	$212,038,399	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$231,265,085	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$193,000,326	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$223,208,046	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$206,609,604	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,066,121,460	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$212,038,399	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$231,265,085	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$193,000,326	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$223,208,046	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$206,609,604	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,066,121,460	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$34,812,903	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,031,308,557	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$280,937,126	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$380,138,499	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$354,312,501	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$53,791,607	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$78,451,079	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,147,630,812	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,906,874	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$9,906,874	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,223,659,146	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,706,569,163	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.4638	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.4474	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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)
Volunteers	false	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (true)	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	$372,229	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	Yes (true)	OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities	$15,000	OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$387,229	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE LOBBYING ACTIVITY

Other activities include dues paid to professional organizations which employ lobbyists. An insubstantial portion of the university's total activities are involved in legislative and regulatory matters of direct concern to higher education or of a compelling importance to Rice in particular. Institutional efforts to influence legislation are directed by the office of Public Affairs. The university does not now have a lobbying office in Washington or Austin or employ anyone in those cities to engage in lobbying. During this period, the university employed a full-time person whose primary assignment included federal and state lobbying activity and an outside registered lobbying firm in Washington. Activities included contacts by letters, phone calls, and meetings with legislators, members of their staffs, or other governmental officials and meetings with local citizens regarding issues. The total amount spent by Rice in lobbying represents an insignificant part of the university's total expenditures , even taking into consideration the most generous allowances for any activities that may be defined as lobbying by Rice employees outside the office of public affairs working on behalf of the university. Rice also pays membership dues to associations of educational institutions and those organizations may in turn lobby on behalf of the interests of their members.

Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE LOBBYING ACTIVITY

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included	$271,523	RevenuesIncludedAmt
Assets Included	$11,054,583	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$5,573,038,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$28,334,162	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$14,363,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$130,879,505	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$123,993,429	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$6,355,228	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$5,354,507,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$5,553,717,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$40,503,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$226,489,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$120,824,700	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$120,681,796	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$6,164,504	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$5,573,038,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$4,885,299,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$46,464,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$853,580,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$121,043,191	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$105,012,925	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$5,569,884	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$5,553,717,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$4,438,069,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$68,322,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$605,840,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$115,786,598	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$107,189,581	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,955,821	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$4,885,299,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$4,488,951,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$27,061,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$142,208,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$105,654,988	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$111,068,554	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,427,458	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$4,438,069,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.436	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.206	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.358	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$23,802,541	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$23,802,541	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,474,699,265	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$500,815,895	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$973,883,370	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$435,986,896	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$316,380,072	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$119,606,824	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$63,181,626	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$63,181,626	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,180,474,361	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Life Income Annuities and Refundable Advances	Desc
Amt	$121,681,000	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$121,681,000	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 Collections of art - description of collections	The University accepts, from time to time, donations of art, historical treasures or similar assets. Such items are available for public exhibition and scholarly research. The University is a steward of these assets, preserving them for future generations. The asset amount reported for art held for public exhibition includes the construction and installation costs for outdoor sculpture.
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Intended uses of endowment funds	The University's endowment earnings distribution policy guides the rate at which funds are released from the endowment for current spending. The policy reflects the desire to balance the current resource needs of the University with the long-term objective of preserving the purchasing power of the endowment for future generations and ensuring reasonable year-over-year stability of future endowment payouts. Under the policy, allowable endowment spending is between four percent and six and one-half percent of the trailing three year average endowment market value, with a targeted range of four and one-half percent to five and one-half percent in the intermediate range. Endowment contributions includes transfers from other institutional funds and other additions for which there is no specific line on the schedule.
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FIN 48 (ASC 740) footnote	The University and its subsidiary corporations did not have any material income tax liabilities for the years ended June 30, 2016 and 2015. The University has no financial reporting requirements for uncertain tax positions for the years ended June 30, 2016 and 2015.

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	false	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, Part I, Line 3 RACIALLY NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY	The University includes a statement of its racially nondiscriminatory policy toward students in brochures, catalogues, and other written communications with the public dealing with student admissions, programs and scholarships.
Schedule E, Part I, Line 4(d) RECORDS AND COPIES MAINTAINED BY THE ORGANIZATION	Rice makes every effort within the context of a large university to retain copies of all catalogues, brochures, announcements, and other written communications to the public dealing with student admission, programs and scholarships.
Schedule E, Part I, Line 6(a) FINANCIAL AID OR ASSISTANCE FROM A GOVERNMENT	The University receives research and instructional grants and contracts, fellowships and student aid awards, and occasional construction grants and contracts from various state and federal agencies.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (12 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Central America and the Caribbean	0	0	Fundraising,Program Services,Speaking engagements,Conference Travel	Programs with local universities, research field work	$1,425,959
East Asia and the Pacific	0	0	Fundraising,Program Services,Speaking engagements,Conference Travel	Programs with local universities, research field work	$1,873,975
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	1	2	Fundraising,Program Services,Speaking engagements,Conference Travel	Educational program for architecture students, programs with local universities, research field work	$4,806,222
Middle East and North Africa	0	1	Fundraising,Program Services,Speaking engagements,Conference Travel	Programs with local universities, research field work	$395,185
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	0	0	Fundraising,Program Services,Speaking engagements,Conference Travel	Programs with local universities, research field work	$555,903
Russia and Neighboring States	0	0	Program Services	Research field work	$42,987
South America	0	1	Program Services,Speaking engagements,Conference Travel	Programs with local universities, research field work	$1,158,018
South Asia	0	1	Program Services,Speaking engagements,Conference Travel	Programs with local universities, research field work	$157,281
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	1	Program Services	Research field work	$550,213
Central America and the Caribbean	0	0	Investments		$1,301,768,430
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	0	Investments		$11,244,027
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	0	0	Investments		$1,492,096

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	1	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	6	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	6	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$1,325,470,296	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$1,325,470,296	TotalSpentAmt
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	Yes (true)	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Luncheon	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$536,681	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$477,535	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$59,146	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$171,498	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Event2	Gala	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$187,459	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$183,000	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$4,459	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$13,384	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	7	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$896,556	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$703,703	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$192,853	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$937,842	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$1,620,696	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$1,364,238	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$256,458	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$1,122,724	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$1,122,724	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$866,266	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
Scholarships applied to student accounts	4025	$104,631,342	FMV	applied to student accounts
Scholarships paid out to students	800		FMV		$20,003,000

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds.	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Awards to undergraduates are based primarily on financial need determined by documented financial aid eligibility. Institutional need and merit awards, government grants and outside scholarships provided aid to 4,825 students during the year. Graduate students are admitted based on merit as determined by the department to which they are admitted for study and they receive aid from that department or from external agencies. Loans are awarded to eligible students based on need. Over $20 million was paid directly to students (Form 990, Part III, line 4a) with the remainder applied internally to tuition, fees, and room and board.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Travel For Companions	Yes (X)	TravelForCompanionsInd
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Personal Services	Yes (X)	PersonalServicesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	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

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (27 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
David Leebron
President	$838,000	$0	$65,700	$0	$743,224	$0	$275,825	$0	$84,074	$0	$2,006,823	$0	$171,432	$0
Marie Lynn Miranda
Provost	$257,533	$0	$0	$0	$36,075	$0	$29,700	$0	$11,291	$0	$334,599	$0	$0	$0
Allison Thacker
Chief Investment Officer	$504,754	$0	$547,748	$0	$36,000	$0	$256,550	$0	$35,163	$0	$1,380,215	$0	$295,998	$0
Kevin Kirby
V P for Administration	$391,356	$0	$0	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$31,647	$0	$498,828	$0	$0	$0
Katherine Collins
VP for Finance Associate Treasurer and Assistant Secretary	$310,329	$0	$0	$0	$65,048	$0	$33,825	$0	$11,916	$0	$421,118	$0	$5,048	$0
Richard Zansitis
General Counsel and Secretary	$369,066	$0	$0	$0	$37,000	$0	$68,825	$0	$24,548	$0	$499,439	$0	$0	$0
Darrow Zeidenstein
V P for Development and Alumni Relations	$390,564	$0	$50,000	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$35,159	$0	$551,548	$0	$0	$0
Christopher Munoz
V P for Enrollment	$289,033	$0	$0	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$23,981	$0	$388,839	$0	$0	$0
Klara Jelinkova
VP Information Technology	$397,657	$0	$0	$0	$18,615	$0	$25,875	$0	$25,657	$0	$467,804	$0	$0	$0
Linda Thrane
V P for Public Affairs	$313,267	$0	$0	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$12,744	$0	$401,836	$0	$0	$0
Caroline Levander
VP Strategic Initiatives	$261,677	$0	$5,000	$0	$41,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$13,677	$0	$355,179	$0	$0	$0
Joseph Davidson
Assistant Secretary	$250,716	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$33,319	$0	$26,391	$0	$310,426	$0	$0	$0
Ronald Long
Associate Treasurer and Assistant Secretary	$293,642	$0	$50,000	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$23,322	$0	$442,789	$0	$0	$0
Claire Nelson
Associate Treasurer and Assistant Secretary	$246,276	$0	$0	$0	$6,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$32,049	$0	$318,150	$0	$0	$0
Bradley Fralic
Associate VP Finance / Controller	$199,510	$0	$0	$0	$18,947	$0	$20,451	$0	$26,839	$0	$265,747	$0	$0	$0
Larry Perez
Associate Treasurer and Assistant Secretary	$156,217	$0	$0	$0	$24,000	$0	$23,359	$0	$34,103	$0	$237,679	$0	$0	$0
Veta Byrd-Perez
Assistant Secretary	$163,412	$0	$0	$0	$6,000	$0	$15,375	$0	$20,938	$0	$205,725	$0	$0	$0
William Glick
Dean of Graduate School of Business	$469,794	$0	$0	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$26,412	$0	$572,031	$0	$0	$0
Edwin Thomas
Dean of Engineering	$411,704	$0	$0	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$18,013	$0	$505,542	$0	$0	$0
Peter Rossky
Dean of Natural Sciences	$409,089	$0	$0	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$29,882	$0	$514,796	$0	$0	$0
Vikas Mittal
Professor	$785,530	$0	$10,000	$0	$36,000	$0	$25,875	$0	$27,886	$0	$885,291	$0	$0	$0
Brent Smith
Associate Professor	$753,083	$0	$0	$0	$18,000	$0	$25,875	$0	$17,031	$0	$813,989	$0	$0	$0
David Bailiff
Head Football Coach	$649,839	$0	$10,000	$0	$46,875	$0	$33,825	$0	$32,344	$0	$772,883	$0	$0	$0
Antonio Merlo
Chair of Economics Department	$512,762	$0	$0	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$12,345	$0	$600,932	$0	$0	$0
Wayne Graham
Head Baseball Coach	$366,083	$0	$150,001	$0	$35,004	$0	$33,825	$0	$16,767	$0	$601,680	$0	$0	$0
Daniel Carson
Former Dean of Natural Sciences	$321,090	$0	$0	$0	$42,000	$0	$33,825	$0	$21,000	$0	$417,915	$0	$0	$0
George McLendon
Former Provost	$456,203	$0	$0	$0	$192,356	$0	$63,825	$0	$11,933	$0	$724,317	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a First-class or charter travel	The University's written travel policy permits payment only of necessary and reasonable expenses for travel on University business. The University's policies constitute an accountable plan and are designed to comply with applicable Internal Revenue Service rules. Coach class airfare is required except in certain limited circumstances; these include medical necessity, contractual obligations, and scheduled flight segments over six hours in length, when business class fares may be used with prior approval. In rare cases, when an exception applies and no business class fare is available, a first class fare may be used, again with prior approval and documentation. Charter travel is sometimes employed for athletics teams, including coaches, when such travel is the least costly method of transportation.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions	Under the University's travel policy, the University does not pay the travel cost of companions, unless there is a valid University business purpose for the companion's travel. Written approval must be obtained in advance from the president, provost, or appropriate dean / vice president documenting the reason for incurring the expense. When the University uses chartered air or ground transportation, travel for companions may occasionally be included if the University incurs no additional cost.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Tax indemnification and gross-up payments	Under the terms of the appointment letter, the Provost was provided with grossed up payments as reimbursement for rent and utilities while also maintaining a house in another state during her transition. Expenses of $24,525 were paid and the payment was grossed up to $42,249. The entire amount was taxable compensation.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use	The president of the University is required to occupy University-owned housing as a condition of employment. Housekeeping staff is provided for such property. The cost of such services not related to public areas of the house is included in compensation reported. The fair market value of the housing provided, based on the appraised value of the house, is reported in the president's compensation as a non-taxable benefit.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees	Social club dues were paid for the president and head basketball coach of the University and included in compensation reported.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Personal services	See the response to Schedule J, Part I, Line 1A for Housing
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation	The CORD (Compensation and Organizational Development) Committee of the Board of Trustees of Rice University has a written procedure in place to assure the Board of Trustees that compensation arrangements for the president and other organization officers and managers are reasonable. The procedure is designed to comply with the requirements of Section 4958 of the Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Service regulations. The CORD Committee maintains a roster of disqualified persons, as defined by the IRS, for whose compensation the procedure is used. The roster is reviewed periodically but at least annually. The procedure was last discussed with the full board in March 2011. The procedure requires three elements as follows: 1) The terms of transactions are approved by the organization's governing body, or a committee thereof, whose members have no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement. The Board of Trustees delegated authority to the CORD Committee to act on behalf of the Board in these matters at its meeting on March 25, 1999. Compensation arrangements are reviewed and approved by the CORD Committee before the effective date. Members of the CORD Committee recuse themselves from any vote in which there is a potential or actual conflict of interest. 2) The governing body or committee obtains and relies upon appropriate, comparable data before making its determination. Rice participates in the annual survey by Willis Towers Watson of select universities' executive compensation, and additional appropriate peer surveys. These reports reflect executive compensation in universities of a stature similar to that of Rice, and with which Rice competes for faculty and staff. The CORD Committee may also seek and rely on other relevant information, including compensation paid by other taxable and tax-exempt organizations for functionally comparable positions, geographic market forces, and actual written offers from similar institutions competing for services. The CORD Committee relies on this data and documents any determinations that reasonable compensation is an amount more than the range of comparable data. 3) The governing body or committee adequately documents the basis for making determinations concurrently with making decisions. Minutes documenting the deliberations of the CORD Committee are prepared contemporaneously for review and approval at its next meeting.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan	The following officer(s), director(s), trustee(s), key employee(s) and/or highest compensated employees participated in or received payment from a supplemental non-qualified retirement plan in calendar year 2015, subject to satisfying vesting conditions related to continuing service to the university. Awards are included in the amounts shown in Part II, column C. Amounts that are taxable upon vesting or distribution are included in Part II, column B (iii). David Leebron: $200,000 award; $717,932 distribution of a prior award George McLendon: $30,000 award; distribution of $159,356 of current and prior awards Richard Zansitis: $35,000 award Katherine Collins: Distribution of $5,048 of prior year awards.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments	Contracts of certain individuals include provisions that allow them to receive additional compensation if specific criteria are met or performance thresholds are achieved. Payments were made under such contracts in calendar year 2015 to David Leebron, Allison Thacker, Wayne Graham, and David Bailiff. Bonuses were paid to Ronald Long, Renee Block, Darrow Zeidenstein, Wayne Graham, and Caroline Levander.

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 Houston Higher Education Finance Corporation
A	760387014	442378Da0	2007-06-12	$314,632,113	Construction	Yes (true)	false	false
City of Houston Higher Education Finance Corporation
B	760387014	442378DZ5	2010-06-02	$139,887,000	Construction	false	false	false

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	Substantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYr	Current RefundingCurrentRefundingInd	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefundingInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$16,260,000	$295,602,113	$314,632,113	$0	$10,609,470	$0	$2,493,655	$0	$0	$254,128,988	$47,400,000	$0	2010	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)
B	$13,000,000	$0	$139,887,000	$0	$1,758,105	$0	$1,186,594	$0	$0	$112,041,354	$13,000,000	$11,329,436		false	false	false	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	Private Bus Concerning UBIPrivateBusConcerningUBIPct	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)	0.0	0.0	0.0	false	false	Yes (true)
B	false	false	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	Yes (true)	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	Term Of GICTermOfGICPct	Regulatory Safe Harbor StsfdRegulatorySafeHarborStsfdInd	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
JP Morgan Chase
A	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false	false	Yes (true)	2.0	Yes (true)	false	Yes (true)
(no name)
B	false	Yes (true)	false	false	Yes (true)	false	false			Yes (true)	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	Schedule K, Part I Bond Issues	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CHHEFC RICE UNIVERSITY SERIES 2007A AND 2007B HAVE THE FOLLOWING CUSIP NUMBERS: 442378CD5 442378CE3 442378CF0 442378CG8 442378CH6 442378CJ2 442378CK9 442378CL7 442378CM5 442378CN3 442378CP8 442378CQ6 442378CR4 442378CS2 442378CT0 442378CU7 442378CV5 442378CW3 442378CX1 442378CY9 442378CZ6 442378DA0 442378CB9 442378CC7 CCHEFC RICE UNIVERSITY SERIES 2010A HAS CUSIP NUMBERS 442378DX0 AND 442378DY8. SERIES 2010B HAS CUSIP NUMBER 442378DZ5. THE UNIVERSITY HAS PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES TO MONITOR PRIVATE BUSINESS USE IN TAX-EXEMPT DEBT-FINANCED BUILDINGS TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT EXCEED PERMITTED LIMITS. THE UNIVERSITY HAS A POLICY ALLOCATING EQUITY FIRST TO ANY FACILITY INCLUDING PRIVATE BUSINESS USE. AMOUNTS OF THE 2010 BOND PROCEEDS THAT REMAIN UNSPENT BEYOND THE INITIAL THREE YEAR TEMPORARY PERIOD HAVE BEEN INVESTED AT A YIELD LESS THAN THE YIELD ON THE 2010 BONDS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Bradley Wayne Fralic	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship With Org	Officer	RelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan Purpose	Relocation	LoanPurposeTxt
Loan From Organization	Yes (X)	LoanFromOrganizationInd
Original Principal	$50,000	OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due	$40,000	BalanceDueAmt
Default	false	DefaultInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (true)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written Agreement	Yes (true)	WrittenAgreementInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$40,000	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (3 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
Y Ping Sun
Spouse of officer	$117,540	Employee	false
Mary Farach-Carson
Spouse of former key employee	$226,976	Employee	false
Diana Strassmann
Spouse of trustee	$113,046	Employee	false

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	4	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$271,520	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Art Historical Treasures ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	6	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Cost	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	364	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$14,477,652	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Airline tickets	6	$1,566	Market value
Yes (X)	Sports equipment	1	$1	Cost
Yes (X)	Musical instruments	5	$115,525	Market value
Yes (X)	Solar mobile office	3	$120,000	Opinions of experts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule M, Part I Explanations of reporting method for number of contributions	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Art - Works of art - : Number of items received Art - Historical treasures - : Number of items received Securities - Publicly traded - : Number of contributions Other - Airline tickets: Number of items received Other - Sports equipment: Number of contributions Other - Musical instruments: Number of items received Other - Solar mobile office: Number of items received	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Family/business relationships amongst interested persons	Keith Anderson and Nancy Carlson - Business relationship
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body	A draft copy of Form 990 is discussed with the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Organizational Development (CORD) Committee of the Board of Trustees and the final Form 990 is provided to all of the trustees before it is filed. The Form 990 is prepared by the Controller's Office in consultation with other University offices, reviewed within the Controller's office, reviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers as the paid preparer, reviewed by the Vice President for Finance and the President together with senior management before it is provided to the trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy	A conflict of interest questionnaire is completed annually by officers, directors, trustees, key employees and other disqualified persons. Members of the University's Board of Trustees and senior management may, from time to time, be associated, either directly or through interlocking board memberships, with entities doing business with the University. The University employs a conflict of interest policy that requires any such associations be disclosed in writing on an annual basis. When such associations exist, measures are taken to mitigate any actual or perceived conflict, including recusal of the board member from any decisions involving the entity doing business with the University. The transactions with the entities associated with trustees or senior management are not considered to be significant and may include investment management, common participation in investment vehicles, or the purchases of goods or services. When the University enters into such transactions, the prices are set at fair market value and the terms are no less beneficial than those offered to others in the ordinary course of business.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official	Compensation of the organizations' officers is determined by the CORD Committee of the Board of Trustees based on comparability data. The deliberations and decisions of the CORD Committee of the Board of Trustees are contemporaneously documented as are all meetings of the board and its committees. Further detail is provided in Schedule J, Part III.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees	See Pt VI, Line 15a
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public	The articles of incorporation are filed with the state and are publicly available. The financial statements are available to the public on the University's website and by request. Copies of the Form 990 and Form 990-T tax returns are available to the public on request. The University's conflict of interest policy is available on the University's website.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances	Change in life income liability - 12179000; Unrealized gain on interest rate swap - -1441000; Subsidiary corporations - -XXX-XX-XXXX;

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Village Residential LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1999 Bryan St	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	Suite 900	AddressLine2Txt
City	Dallas	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	75201	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Activities	Real estate	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Total Income	-$36,055	TotalIncomeAmt
End Of Year Assets	$1,084,158	EndOfYearAssetsAmt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	William Marsh Rice University	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (9 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
Village Real Property Inc
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	760353959	Real estate title holding	TX	501(c)(2	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)
Village Project Inc
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	760371337	Real estate title holding	TX	501(c)(2	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)
JTVP Corporation
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	760258573	Real estate title holding	TX	501(c)(2	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)
Village Venturers Inc
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	760258561	Real estate title holding	TX	501(c)(2	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)
Rice Land Lumber Co
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	746045400	Timber	TX	501(c)(2	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)
RU Corporation
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	746081393	Real estate title holding	TX	501(c)(2	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)
Rice Trust Inc
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	741698122	Trust company	TX	501(c)(4	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)
CCR Inc
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	383751177	Type 1 supporting organization	TX	501(c)(3	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)	Type I
HATRC
6100 Main Street	Houston	TX	77005	455431287	Type 1 supporting organization	TX	501(c)(3	William Marsh Rice University	Yes (true)	Type I

Id Related Org Txbl Partnership IdRelatedOrgTxblPartnershipGrp (6 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	Address Line2USAddress/AddressLine2Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Predominant Income TypePredominantIncomeTypeTxt	Share Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncomeAmt	Share Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssetsAmt	Disproportionate AllocationsDisproportionateAllocationsInd	UBI Code VUBICodeVAmt	General Or Managing PartnerGeneralOrManagingPartnerInd	OwnershipOwnershipPct
BCOM Investment Partners LLC
3655 Research Drive	Genesis C	Las Cruces	NM	88003	472077446	Medical school	DE	William Marsh Rice University	Unrelated	-$31,131	$27,857,475	false	-$286,432	false	0.51
WMR Redcar I LLC
C/O Redcar WMR Venture LLC	PO Box 531847	Los Angeles	CA	90053	474181408	Real estate	DE	William Marsh Rice University	Excluded	$5,997,972	$48,941,188	false		false	0.95
WMRBNA LLC
1033 Demonbreun Suite 600		Nashville	TN	37203	472747122	Real estate	DE	William Marsh Rice University	Excluded	$461,720	$7,245,428	false		false	0.95
WMR Redcar II
PO Box 531847		Los Angeles	CA	90053	812828751	Real estate	DE	William Marsh Rice University	Excluded	-$18,397	$4,383,518	false		false	0.98
WMR Acme I LLC
2227 60th Ave SE		Mercer Island	WA	98040	611779912	Real estate	DE	William Marsh Rice University	Excluded	$0	$0	false		false	0.95
201 North Tryon Co-Investment I LP
701 BRICKELL AVENUE SUITE 2020		MIAMI	FL	33131	455564948	Real Estate	DE	WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY	Excluded	$3,562	$0	false		false	0.0

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Entity TypeEntityTypeTxt	Share Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncomeAmt	Share Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssetsAmt	OwnershipOwnershipPct	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityForeignAddress/CityNm	CountryForeignAddress/CountryCd	Legal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryCd
Peabody Inc
6100 Main St	Houston	TX	77005	412049836	Real estate title holding	TX	William Marsh Rice University	C Corporation	$0	$432,818	1	Yes (true)
Charitable Remainder Trusts (60)
6100 Main St	Houston	TX	77005		Support	TX	NA	Trust				false
Accelerate Learning Inc
5177 Richmond 1075	Houston	TX	77056	464015703	Publish electronic textbooks	DE	William Marsh Rice University	C Corporation	$8,073,900	$21,486,386	0.788	Yes (true)
Charitable Remainder Trust (1)
6100 Main St	Houston	TX	77005		Support	CA	NA	Trust				false
Rice School of Architecture Paris
					Architectural Education		William Marsh Rice University	C Corporation	$0	$32,242	1	Yes (true)	19 Rue Crozatier 75012	Paris	FR	FR

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	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	Yes (true)	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	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	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	Yes (true)	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	Yes (true)	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (23 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
201 North Tryon Co-Investment I LP
S	$282,345	FMV
Accelerate Learning Inc
F	$9,838,498	FMV
CCR
B	$4,522,458	FMV
CCR
J	$2,000,000	FMV
CCR
K	$12,137,406	FMV
CCR
Q	$5,169,422	FMV
CCR
R	$1,896,447	FMV
CCR
S	$11,386,889	FMV
JTVP Corporation
F	$863,936	FMV
JTVP Corporation
B	$473,750	FMV
Rice Land Lumber Co
F	$6,508,248	FMV
Rice School of Architecture Paris
R	$85,000	FMV
RTI
O	$177,657	FMV
RU Corporation
F	$62,045	FMV
Village Project
F	$3,176,407	FMV
Village Real Property Inc
F	$1,328,840	FMV
Village Venturers Inc
F	$122,232	FMV
WMR Acme I LLC
B	$380,000	FMV
WMR Redcar I LLC
B	$56,394,038	FMV
WMR Redcar I LLC
S	$8,046,500	FMV
WMR Redcar II LLC
B	$4,524,415	FMV
WMRBNA LLC
B	$3,577,152	FMV
WMRBNA LLC
S	$355,199	FMV