Public Charity

THE KU ENDOWMENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

THE KU ENDOWMENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is a Public Charity headquartered in LAWRENCE, KS. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $2 revenue, $10K expenses. 11 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $355K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 200317170 LAWRENCE, KS Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2
Total Expenses$10K
Grant Records11
Funding Total$355K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO STRENGTHEN THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF KU ALUMNI AND FRIENDS, THE MISSION OF THE KU ENDOWMENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND IS TO RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER GIFTS AND BEQUESTS TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES OF THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION AND A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Where $100 goes at The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

How The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 10 years.

$100 Programs the work itself
<$1 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $100 for programs

$100
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund makes it possible for a donor to support other charities (as listed on schedule a) while at least 25% of their charitable…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT Daniel J Martin
TREASURER James G Clarke
CHAIR (VOLUNTEER) Kurt D Watson
SECRETARY (VOLUNTEER) Linda Ellis Sims
Senior VP for Development / SENIOR VP FOR DEVELOPMENT Nancy Jackson
VICE CHAIR (VOLUNTEER) Robert D Taylor

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$232,103 3 grants
General Support
$96,849 6 grants
Health & Medicine
$26,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2 $10K —
2024 $298K $3K $6.8M
2023 $216K $506K $6.3M
2022 $383K $3K $6.6M
2021 $373K $1.8M $7.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $373K to $2 (-100%).

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