RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (EIN 14-1340095)
Tax period: 2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed: 2011-05-13
IRS object ID: 201101339349301410
Schema version: 2009v1.7
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

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

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule K
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-05-13T06:24:25-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110TH STREET RICE BUILDING 5TH FLOO	AddressLine1
City	TROY	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12180	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	141340095	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	RENS	NameControl
Phone	5182766426	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110 EIGHTH STREET	AddressLine1
City	TROY	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12180	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	VIRGINIA C GREGG	Name
Title	Vice President & CFO	Title
Date Signed	2011-05-13	DateSigned

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	599766924	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.rpi.edu	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1824	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	To apply Science to the common purpose of life.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	29	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	29	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	4087	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	2929	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	-2157616	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	-2284683	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	117871445	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	112306801	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	280334182	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	295542012	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	-6889197	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	26472980	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	4697821	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	4620508	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	396014251	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	438942301	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	118721079	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	136264918	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	183940364	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	177454492	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	74579	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	81370	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	6726277	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	152692609	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	161419195	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	455428631	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	475219975	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-59414380	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-36277674	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	1488117990	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1497825832	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	968531212	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	995303238	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	519586778	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	502522594	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	To apply Science to the common purpose of life.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	130056819	Expense
Grants	16876653	Grants
Description	INSTRUCTIONNumber of students enrolled: undergraduate 5,659 graduate 1,997	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	105466625	Expense
Grants	15822539	Grants
Description	RESEARCHNumber of active research projects: 845	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	103302183	Expense
Grants	101110747	Grants
Description	SCHOLARSHIP & FELLOWSHIPNumber of undergraduate students on scholarship: 5,238Number of graduate students on fellowships: 125	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	70001662	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	2454979	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Program Service Expense	408827289	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	true	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	true	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	true	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	true	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	true	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	true	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	true	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	true	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	true	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	true	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	true	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	781	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	4087	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	true	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	true	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Form8886 T Filed	false	Form8886TFiled
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	false	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	false	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	0	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	29	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	29	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Rensselaer's Controller Office	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5182766426	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110 Eighth Street	AddressLine1
City	Troy	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12180	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (47 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
WILLIAM WALKER
Vice President	40.00	X	262715	0	28169
VIRGINIA C GREGG
Vice President	40.00	X	330905	0	54386
THOMAS R BARUCH
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
THOMAS N IOVINO
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
STEPHEN A BARRE
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON
President	70.00	X	1191696	0	580181
SAMUEL F HEFFNER JR
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
RONALD J ZIATOPER
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
ROBIN B MARTIN
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
ROBERT SCHLESINGER
Vice President	40.00	X	278586	0	31289
ROBERT PALAZZO
PROVOST	40.00	X	418644	0	30544
ROBERT LINHARDT
DEAN	0.		269225	0	34083		X
PAULA LORING SIMON
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
PAUL MARTHERS
Vice President	40.00	X	105916	0	12548
PAUL J SEVERINO
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
NICHOLAS M DONOFRIO
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
NANCY S MUELLER
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
MICHAEL E HERMAN
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
MARK M LITTLE
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
LINDA S SANFORD
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
JONATHAN DORICK
PROFESSOR	40.00		274636	0	32735		X
JOHN W CARR
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
JOHN KOLB
Vice President	40.00	X	314139	0	29767
JOHN H BROADBENT JR
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
JEFFREY L KODOSKY
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
JANET C RUTLEDGE
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
JAMES NONDORF
Vice President	40.00	X	163143	0	8332
JACKSON P TAI
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
HASAN IFTEKHAR
PROFESSOR	40.00		382742	0	27629		X
HARRY J TUTUNJIAN
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
GEORGE CAMPBELL JR
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
GARY T DiCAMILLO
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
G ROBERT TOD
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
FRANCIS L McKONE
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
FRANCINE BERMAN
Vice President	40.00	X	140595	0	15548
EDWARD J ZANDER
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
EDDIE A KNOWLES
Vice President	40.00	X	257013	0	70359
DAVID M HIRSCH
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
DAVID GAUTSCHI
DEAN	40.00		397288	0	28169		X
CURTIS R PRIEM
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
CURTIS POWELL
Vice President	40.00	X	312359	0	26489
CORNELIUS J BARTON
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
CLAUDE ROUNDS
Vice President	40.00	X	245689	0	30180
CHARLES CARLETTA
Secretary	40.00	X	271860	0	31713
ARTHUR J GAJARSA
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
ARTHUR F GOLDEN
Trustee	2.00		0	0	0	X
ADEWALE ADEOSUN
TREASURER & CIO	40.00		578440	0	32544		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	6195591	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	1104665	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	321	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
VMJR Companies LLC
PO Box 2082	Glens Falls	NY	12018	Construction Service	1152510
Turner Construction Company
54 State Street	Albany	NY	12207	Construction	12171535
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co
PO Box 17596	Baltimore	MD	21297	Construction	26819896
Sodexo Management Inc
10 Earhart Drive	Williamsville	NY	142217078	Miscellaneous Servic	10362883
Royall & Company
1920 E Parham Road	Richmond	VA	23228	Consulting	1385199

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	179	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Government Grants	73668820	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	38637981	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	3898501	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	112306801	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue	ExclusionExclusionAmount
TUITION & FEES, HOUSING &	275507125	275400081	107044
SALES & SERVICE, EDU. DEP	5300517	5300517
INTEREST ON LOANS	123766			$123,766
AUXILIARY	14610604	14610604

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	295542012	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	5735582	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	-2278698	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$8,014,280	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

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

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

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

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

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

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	181140009	Securities
Other	422012	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	158982260	Securities
Other	1842363	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	22157749	Securities
Other	-1420351	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	20737398	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	20737398	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

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

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

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

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	RENSSELAER TECH PARK	Description
Total Revenue Column	4620508	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	14038	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$4,606,470	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	4620508	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	438942301	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	316048600	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	-2157616	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$12,744,516	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	136264918	Total
Program Services	136264918	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5242765	Total
Program Services	2817331	ProgramServices
Management And General	2115559	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	309875	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	132451530	Total
Program Services	109673365	ProgramServices
Management And General	19752420	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3025745	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18850155	Total
Program Services	15102366	ProgramServices
Management And General	3404021	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	343768	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11536778	Total
Program Services	9850228	ProgramServices
Management And General	1359303	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	327247	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9373264	Total
Program Services	7509671	ProgramServices
Management And General	1651305	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	212288	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3544938	Total
Program Services	12423	ProgramServices
Management And General	3529955	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2560	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	207800	Total
Management And General	207800	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	81370	Total
Fundraising	81370	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1744045	Total
Management And General	1744045	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22934735	Total
Program Services	15477229	ProgramServices
Management And General	7010281	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	447225	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18305049	Total
Program Services	16074534	ProgramServices
Management And General	1938975	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	291540	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2648937	Total
Program Services	2603648	ProgramServices
Management And General	45289	ManagementAndGeneral

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19246898	Total
Program Services	14758342	ProgramServices
Management And General	4163495	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	325061	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6880275	Total
Program Services	5431546	ProgramServices
Management And General	1205274	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	243455	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	614961	Total
Program Services	550551	ProgramServices
Management And General	52133	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12277	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19944940	Total
Program Services	19944940	ProgramServices

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	37842986	Total
Program Services	33514784	ProgramServices
Management And General	3880461	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	447741	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5709534	Total
Program Services	2262393	ProgramServices
Management And General	3416621	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	30520	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Research subcontracts	8496186	8496186
Printing and Publications	4625405	2804777	1544620	276008
Postage and Shipping	767422	248627	459046	59749
Other miscellaneous	3287362	2008782	1183025	95555
Equipment rental & maintenance	3690758	3238579	332900	119279

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	926964	Total
Program Services	182069	ProgramServices
Management And General	669881	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	75014	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	475219975	Total
Program Services	408827289	ProgramServices
Management And General	59666409	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6726277	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2719757	BOY
EOY	6011355	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	37859216	BOY
EOY	31094568	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	27642980	BOY
EOY	16856559	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	33246214	BOY
EOY	31164618	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2044603	BOY
EOY	1885014	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7439074	BOY
EOY	7635055	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	1108185056	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	359711211	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	740172794	BOY
EOY	748473845	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	100365394	BOY
EOY	85169387	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	536627958	BOY
EOY	569535431	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1488117990	BOY
EOY	1497825832	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	134915367	BOY
EOY	141237978	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	21229257	BOY
EOY	21212918	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	260205198	BOY
EOY	495661866	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19871829	BOY
EOY	19729164	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	436233130	BOY
EOY	273602168	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	96076431	BOY
EOY	43859144	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	968531212	BOY
EOY	995303238	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	172239549	BOY
EOY	152582737	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	90672458	BOY
EOY	87829129	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	256674771	BOY
EOY	262110728	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	519586778	BOY
EOY	502522594	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1488117990	BOY
EOY	1497825832	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
School170b1 Aii	X	School170b1Aii

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	124934	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	124934	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	475119765	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	475244699	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	1000000	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	250000	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	1000000	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	1000000	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	1000000	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	1000000	CurrentYear
Total	4000000	Total

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

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	98261	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	97252	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	125043	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	124934	CurrentYear
Total	445490	Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	250000	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	250000	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	250000	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	250000	CurrentYear
Total	1000000	Total

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

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	529480000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	7105000	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	64041000	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships	31235000	GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures	2048000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	567343000	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	749752000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	13017000	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-169563000	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships	32826000	GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures	30900000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	529480000	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	0.07160	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.47540	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance	0.45300	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	28546350	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	28546350	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	859375491	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	186041694	Depreciation
Book Value	673333797	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	220263215	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	173669517	Depreciation
Book Value	46593698	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	748473845	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue
INVESTMENTS-other than publicly traded	546587566
DEPOSITS WITH BOND TRUSTEES	185285
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EXTERNAL REMAINDER TR	7947580
COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES LOAN	14815000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	569535431	TotalBookValueOtherAssets

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
Split Interest Obligations	$9,237,348
Pay Collat received Securities Lending	$14,815,000
Deposits	$1,087,613
Asset Retirement Obligation	$7,271,733
Accrued Post Retirement Obligations	$11,447,450

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	43859144	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	438942301	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	475219975	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-36277674	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Other	$23,169,710	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	23169710	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-13107964	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	391920129	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Revenues	23284064	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	23284064	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	368636065	RevenueSubtotal
Other Revenues Not Included	70306236	OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	70306236	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	438942301	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	404114285	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included	19290777	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	19290777	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	384823508	ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included	90396467	OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	90396467	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	475219975	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Part X	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	Effective July 1,2008, Rensselaer adopted the FASB Interpretation No.48 ("FIN48"), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an interpretation of SFAS No.109, Accounting for Income Taxes. The adoption did not have a material effect on the financial statements.
Part XIII, Line 4b	Part XIII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/S	UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID $85210816 PELL GRANT AID $3478132 MANAGEMENT FEES $1707519
Part XIII, Line 2d	Part XIII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	RENS. HARTFORD GRADUATE EXPENSES $19290777
Part XII, Line 4b	Part XII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/S	UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID $85210816 PELL GRANT AID $3478132 TRUE ENDOWMENT GIFTS $4909985 ANNUITY & LIFE INCOME GIFTS $1315119 REALIZED LOSSES ON INVESTMENTS $-23187465 REALIZED LOSSES ON F/A $-1420351
Part XII, Line 2d	Part XII, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	RENSSELAER HARTFORD GRADUATE CENTER, INC $23284064
Part XI, Line 8	Part XI, Line 8: Other Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances	Net Expense Adjustment reported in XIII $71105680 Net Revenue Adjustments reported in XII $ -47022172 Non-Operating per Audited F/S $ -913798
Part V, Line 4	Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	Income earned on Rensselaer's endowment provides support to students through scholarships, fellowships and prizes. In addition, income is used to provide support to the Institute in the form of professorships, lectures, departmental programs and institutional initiatives.

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	true	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmt
Policy Statement In Brochures Etc	true	PolicyStatementInBrochuresEtc
Policy Publ Via Broadcast Media	true	PolicyPublViaBroadcastMedia
Pub Via Broadcast Media Expln	The Institute shall be open to all students who are qualified according to its admission standards, barring no one on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, religion, marital status, veteran status, disability, sex, or sexual orientation. Efforts shall be made to seek out and admit students of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds whose potential could be reached through a Rensselaer education.	PubViaBroadcastMediaExpln
Maint Racial Composition Records	true	MaintRacialCompositionRecords
Maint Scholarships Records	true	MaintScholarshipsRecords
Maint Copies Of Brochures Etc	true	MaintCopiesOfBrochuresEtc
Maint Copies Of All Solicitations	true	MaintCopiesOfAllSolicitations
Discriminate Race Students Rights	false	DiscriminateRaceStudentsRights
Discriminate Race Admiss Policies	false	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPolicies
Discriminate Race Emplmn Faculty	false	DiscriminateRaceEmplmnFaculty
Discriminate Race Scholarships	false	DiscriminateRaceScholarships
Discriminate Race Educ Policies	false	DiscriminateRaceEducPolicies
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	false	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFclts
Discriminate Race Athletic Prog	false	DiscriminateRaceAthleticProg
Discriminate Race Other Acty	false	DiscriminateRaceOtherActy
Government Financial Aid Received	true	GovernmentFinancialAidReceived
Government Financial Aid Revoked	false	GovernmentFinancialAidRevoked
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	true	ComplianceWithRevProc7550

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	X	MailSolicitations
Email Solicitations	X	EmailSolicitations
Phone Solicitations	X	PhoneSolicitations
In Person Solicitations	X	InPersonSolicitations
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrants
Special Fundraising Events	X	SpecialFundraisingEvents
Agreement Ref Fundraising	true	AgreementRefFundraising
Total Retained By Contractors	81370	TotalRetainedByContractors
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStates

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained
No Grant More Than5000	X	NoGrantMoreThan5000
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	0	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	0	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (9 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrant	Amount Of Non Cash AssistanceAmountOfNonCashAssistance	Number Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipients	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation	Description Of Non Cash AssistanceDescriptionOfNonCashAssistance	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant
TUITION ALLOWANCE GRADUATE TEACHING	11774182
TUITION ALLOWANCE GRADUATE RESEARCH	15407937
TUITION ALLOWANCE	85210816	5238	FAIR MARKET VALUE	TUITION ALLOWANCE
SCHOLARSHIPS	10952464
POSTDOCTORAL SALARY					4057905
PELL GRANT	3478132
GRANTS TO FURTHER MISSION	689648
GRADUATE SALARY					39838
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT	4435722				2181274

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

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

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	X	FirstClassOrCharterTravel
Travel For Companions	X	TravelForCompanions
Housing Allowance Or Residence	X	HousingAllowanceOrResidence
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses	true	WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required	true	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Independent Consultant	X	IndependentConsultant
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	true	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	true	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	true	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException
Rebuttable Presumption Procedure	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcedure

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (17 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg
WILLIAM WALKER
250750	11965	18400	9769	290884
VIRGINIA C GREGG
316330	14575	40242	14144	385291
SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON
819996	135111	548212	31969	1771877	236589
ROBERT SCHLESINGER
269943	8643	21600	9689	309875
ROBERT PALAZZO
399826	18818	16400	14144	449188
ROBERT LINHARDT
267135	2090	19939	14144	303308
JONATHAN DORICK
273356	1280	18591	14144	307371
JOHN KOLB
308772	5367	19269	10498	343906
JAMES NONDORF
122562	40581	5915	2417	171475
HASAN IFTEKHAR
381752	990	17860	9769	410371
FRANCINE BERMAN
135417	5178	10833	4715	156143
EDDIE A KNOWLES
247390	9623	60670	9689	327372
DAVID GAUTSCHI
389835	7453	18400	9769	425457
CURTIS POWELL
304173	8186	16800	9689	338848
CLAUDE ROUNDS
237582	8107	16036	14144	275869
CHARLES CARLETTA
259445	12415	17569	14144	303573
ADEWALE ADEOSUN
396450	990	18400	14144	610984	181000

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Sch J, Part III, Additional Information	Part III, Additional Information	Part 1, line 4a-Severance payments in the amount of $22,500 were provided to Robert Schlesinger, Vice President for Institute Advancement.Part 1, line 4b-Rensselaer has established a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under section 457(f) of the Internal Revenue Code for the purpose of retaining Rensselaer's President. The terms and conditions include a substantial risk of forfeiture should the current President separate prior to her agreed upon date of separation.
Sch J, Part I, Line 7	Part I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed above	Performance bonuses that are provided to Rensselaer's President are awarded on a discretionary basis based on the accomplishments toward key initiatives of the Rensselaer Plan.The Chief Investment Officer received incentive based bonus on investment performance measured against benchmarks established by the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees and in accordance with a written compensation agreement.
Sch J, Part I, Line 1a	Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI (5 entries)

Issuer EINIssuerEIN	CUSIP NumberCUSIPNumber	Date IssuedDateIssued	Issue PriceIssuePrice	Description Of PurposeDescriptionOfPurpose	DefeasedDefeased
City of Troy Capital Resource Corporation
272027427	897579AB4	2010-06-04
City of Troy Capital Resource Corporation
272027427	897579AA6	2010-04-20	357084114	REFI SERIES 2002 B,C & D	false
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CX5
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CW7
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CV9

Form990 Schedule K Part II Form990ScheduleKPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Proceeds	357084114	TotalProceeds
Amount Defeased	354432000	AmountDefeased
Amount Unspent	65649	AmountUnspent
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	2586466	IssuanceCostsFromProceeds
Current Refunding	true	CurrentRefunding
Advance Refunding	false	AdvanceRefunding
Final Allocation Made	false	FinalAllocationMade
Adequate Books And Recds Maintaind	true	AdequateBooksAndRecdsMaintaind

Form990 Schedule K Part III Form990ScheduleKPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Owning Bond Financed Property	false	OwningBondFinancedProperty
Any Lease Arrangements	false	AnyLeaseArrangements
Mngment Cntrct Bond Financd Prprty	true	MngmentCntrctBondFinancdPrprty
Any Research Agreements	true	AnyResearchAgreements
Bond Counsel Routinely Engaged	true	BondCounselRoutinelyEngaged
Prcntge Prvt Business Use By Others	0.00830	PrcntgePrvtBusinessUseByOthers
Post Issuance Compliance Procdrs	true	PostIssuanceComplianceProcdrs

Form990 Schedule K Part IV Form990ScheduleKPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8038 T Filed	false	Form8038TFiled
Variable Rate Issue	false	VariableRateIssue
Hedge Identified In Books And Recds	false	HedgeIdentifiedInBooksAndRecds

Name Of Hedge Provider NameOfHedgeProvider

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInGIC

Name Of GIC Provider NameOfGICProvider

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Proceeds Invested	false	GrossProceedsInvested
Exception To Rebate	true	ExceptionToRebate

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI (5 entries)

Issuer EINIssuerEIN	CUSIP NumberCUSIPNumber
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CU1
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CT4
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CS6
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CR8
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CQ0

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI (5 entries)

Issuer EINIssuerEIN	CUSIP NumberCUSIPNumber	Date IssuedDateIssued	Issue PriceIssuePrice	Description Of PurposeDescriptionOfPurpose	DefeasedDefeased	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuer
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CP2
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CN7
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CM9
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CL1
Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
141614433	759921CK3	2006-06-15	63996302	Buildings, structures and equipment	false	false

Form990 Schedule K Part II Form990ScheduleKPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Proceeds	63996302	TotalProceeds
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	1270962	IssuanceCostsFromProceeds
Capital Expenditures	62532724	CapitalExpenditures
Current Refunding	false	CurrentRefunding
Advance Refunding	false	AdvanceRefunding
Final Allocation Made	true	FinalAllocationMade
Adequate Books And Recds Maintaind	true	AdequateBooksAndRecdsMaintaind

Form990 Schedule K Part III Form990ScheduleKPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Owning Bond Financed Property	false	OwningBondFinancedProperty
Any Lease Arrangements	false	AnyLeaseArrangements
Mngment Cntrct Bond Financd Prprty	false	MngmentCntrctBondFinancdPrprty
Any Research Agreements	true	AnyResearchAgreements
Bond Counsel Routinely Engaged	true	BondCounselRoutinelyEngaged
Post Issuance Compliance Procdrs	true	PostIssuanceComplianceProcdrs

Form990 Schedule K Part IV Form990ScheduleKPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8038 T Filed	false	Form8038TFiled
Variable Rate Issue	false	VariableRateIssue
Hedge Identified In Books And Recds	false	HedgeIdentifiedInBooksAndRecds

Name Of Hedge Provider NameOfHedgeProvider

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	true	GrossProceedsInvestedInGIC

Name Of GIC Provider NameOfGICProvider

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NA	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Regulatory Safe Harbor Satisfied	true	RegulatorySafeHarborSatisfied
Gross Proceeds Invested	false	GrossProceedsInvested
Exception To Rebate	true	ExceptionToRebate

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part III Form990ScheduleLPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Assistance	Discount Tuition $19,050	TypeOfAssistance

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (6 entries)

Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction
(no name)
false
(no name)
false	Service
(no name)
false	Research Networking
John Kolb
false	Commodity Internet &	NYSERNet Bdmem	266846
Alisha Tyson
false	Employee Compensation	Daug VP Knowles	71559
Morris Washington
false	Employee Compensation	Spouse of Pres	170631

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contributions	117	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	2676101	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Real Estate Residential RealEstateResidential

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	950000	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	EQUIPMENT	Description
Number Of Contributions	4	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	272400	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The Conflict of Interest policy is available via Rensselaer's website. The disclosure of governing documents and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	15(a & b) Rensselaer uses the following to establish the compensation of CEO/Executive Directors Officers and Key Employees: Compensation committee, Independent compensation consultant, Form 990 of other organizations, Compensation survey or study and Approval by the board or compensation committee.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Rensselaer conducts an annual survey of all faculty and staff to elicit any Conflict of Interest or commitments. Once the survey is completed, a review of potential conflicts of interest and commitments are reviewed by an Institute-wide committee. If a conflict of interest or commitment is determined, the conflict of interest or commitment is either managed or eliminated.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	Form 990 is provided to the Board of Trustees prior to filing via a secure website.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Form 990, Part III, Line 4d : Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: AUXILIARYNumber of housing units available: dorm rooms 2,626 single apts 757 married apts 93Number of students on siz. meals: 2,712 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Other Program Services include activities that further Rensselaer's exempt purpose.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RENSSELAER HARTFORD GRADUATE CENTER INC	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	275 WINDSOR STREET	AddressLine1
City	HARTFORD	City
State	CT	State
ZIP Code	06120	ZIPCode

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

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	false	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	true	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	false	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable

Name Of Other Organization NameOfOtherOrganization

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RENSSELAER HARTFORD GRADUATE CENTER INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	p	TransactionType
Amount Involved	19290777	AmountInvolved