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University of Puget Sound

Public charityFed auditsIRS 990990-T FY2023
DBA: % OFFICE OF FINANCE
Other · TACOMA, WA · EIN 91-0564961

About

University of puget sound, as a community of learning, maintains a strong commitment to teaching excellence, scholarly engagement, and fruitful student-faculty interaction. The mission of the university is to develop in its students' capacities for (continued on schedule o) critical analysis, aesthetic appreciation, sound judgment, and APT expression that will sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence. A puget sound education, both academic and cocurricular, encourages a RICH knowledge of self and others; an appreciation of commonality and difference; the full, open, and civil discussion of ideas; thoughtful moral discourse; and the integration of learning, preparing the university's graduates to meet the highest tests of democratic citizenship. Such an education seeks to liberate each person's fullest intellectual and human potential to assist in the unfolding of creative and useful lives.

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Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Other
Employees
2,200
Volunteers
592

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2023-06-30
Revenue
$157.2M
Expenses
$165.1M
Assets
$731.7M
Liabilities
$95.2M

Financial history

$172.1M$86.1M$0
1617181920212223
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2023: $157.2M · Peak FY2018: $169.5M · Avg: $163.4M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$7.1M
Foreign employees1
Foreign offices0
Foreign partnership interestYes
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLUMBIA, ECUADOR,
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS,
SOUTH ASIA - AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INDIA, MALDIVES, NEPAL,
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLUMBIA, ECUADOR,
NORTH AMERICA - CANADA AND MEXICO, BUT NOT THE UNITED STATES
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
SOUTH ASIA

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$7K
Grants Given
$54.3M
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
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Address

1500 N Warner ST Stop 1075
Tacoma, WA, 98416-107

Governance

Voting board members30
Independent members28
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planYes
Compensation committeeYes
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %30.5%
Permanent endowment %38.2%
Endowment held by related orgYes
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