Rutgers University Foundation
The sole mission of the Rutgers University Foundation, since its founding in 1973, is to support rutgers, the state university, and help it attain excellence in education, research, and public service by building relationships with alumni, parents, friends, corporations, foundations, and other supporters, the foundation raises money for, and matches donors interests to, rutgers priorities, as set forth by university leadership.
Rutgers University Foundation at a glance
In short: Rutgers University Foundation gave $111.6M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $111.6M), mostly in New Jersey. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $111,591,804
- +5.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- -50.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $111,591,804
- +111.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $111,591,804
- Total assets
- $96,478,926
- -5.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New Jersey (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Rutgers University Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Rutgers University ($111.6M).
Grant Size Distribution
10 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 5 grants of 10 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Rutgers University Foundation gives
- Giving fell 38% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $105.4M (2024) to $181.3M (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $111.6M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ | Education-Related/Athletics | $111,591,804 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $96,478,926 | $137,157,185 | $150,061,350 | $111,591,804 | 1 | $1,955,941 |
| 2024 | $102,053,932 | $150,867,652 | $144,644,902 | $105,367,693 | 2 | $1,078,841 |
| 2023 | $146,527,124 | $208,635,539 | $198,142,639 | $162,555,279 | 3 | $276,769 |
| 2022 | $133,617,219 | $202,492,280 | $215,703,305 | $181,303,815 | 3 | $-309,943 |
| 2021 | $149,036,870 | $173,496,480 | $151,685,786 | $122,913,540 | 1 | $167,287 |
| 2020 | $125,048,274 | $165,256,945 | $174,222,449 | $141,779,905 | 2 | $176,444 |
| 2019 | $131,162,531 | $127,161,337 | $138,773,726 | $107,660,624 | 1 | $341,810 |
About Rutgers University Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Rutgers University Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in New Brunswick, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $96.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $111.6M. Net investment income was $2.0M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Rutgers University Foundation is led by Kristin Difoglio, Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2024); 13 of 47 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kristin Difoglio
Executive Director
Associate Dean of Advancement → Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
37.5 hrs/week
$191K (2024) → $176K (2025)
Kimberly A. Hopely
President
President & Ex-Officio → President, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy L. Towers
Chair & Director
Director → Chair, 2023
Chair → Chair & Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Difilippo
Director & Chair
Overseer → Director, 2020
Director → Director & Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Bingham
Outgoing Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
Director → Outgoing Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bruce P. Kerzic
Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Berg
Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Sivolella
Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark P. Hershhorn
Director
Overseer → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Papamarkou
Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mia Christine Park
Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Philip Scalo
Director
Vice Chair → Chair, 2020
Chair → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Reema Puri
Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Stanzione
Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Falzon
Outgoing Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
Director → Outgoing Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Subha Barry
Director
Overseer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margaret T. Derrick
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donald Lomurro
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Holloway
Ex-Officio & Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peggy Guiliano
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Tverdov
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ann M. Stock
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sean M. Pattwell
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tilak Lal
Director
Ex-Officio & Director → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth R. Johnson
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William E. Best
Outgoing Director
Ex-Officio & Director → Outgoing Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frank Hundley
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gloria Vanderham
Director & Ex-Officio
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Kent
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy Mansue
Ex-Officio & Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher P. Zraly
Associate Treasurer
CFO & Associate Treasurer → Vice President, CFO & Associate Treasurer, 2023
Vice President, CFO & Associate Treasurer → Associate Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$209K (2019) → $294K (2025)
Denise P. Gavala
Outgoing Senior Associate Vice President
Associate Vice President → Senior Associate Vice President, 2022
Senior Associate Vice President → Outgoing Senior Associate Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$202K (2019) → $346K (2025)
William J. Green
Outgoing Vice President
Vice President → Outgoing Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$307K (2019) → $384K (2025)
Irene O'Brien
Outgoing Vice President
Vice President → Outgoing Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$237K (2023) → $199K (2025)
Marco Battaglia
Senior Advisor
Associate Vice President → Senior Advisor, 2024
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$202K (2023) → $247K (2025)
Mark Antonucci
Assistant Secretary
Vice President & Assistant Secretary → Assistant Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$282K (2023) → $348K (2025)
Robin C. Semple
Vice President
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$193K (2023) → $233K (2025)
Shawn Tucker
Outgoing Vice President
Vice President → Outgoing Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2024
37.5 hrs/week
$243K (2024) → $253K (2025)
Charles A. Wright III
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$220K (2025)
Erin Varga
Assc.vice President
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$191K (2025)
Loren Savage
Assc. Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$217K (2025)
Varsha Nakum
Assistant Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$158K (2025)
Duncan L. Macmillan
Secretary
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth J. McNeilly
Vice Chair
Overseer → Director, 2020
Director → Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
J. Michael Gower
Treasurer
Treasurer & Ex-Officio → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gary W. Chropuvka
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Dolly
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (73)
- Former: Alan M. Crosta Jr. (2019–2024) — Director & Ex-Officio
- Former: Patricia Devitt Risse (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Jeremy L. Scarbrough (2021–2024) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Carolynn L. Johnson (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: John A. Diciurcio (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Michael A. Margolis (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Omotayo Okusanya (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Endia Decordova (2024) — Vice President
- Former: William Mitchell (2024) — Senior Associate Vice President
- Former: Atiya Aftab (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Daniel Reinhardt (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Debra A. Holston O'Neal (2020–2023) — Ex-Officio & Director
- Former: Jean Cappello (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Christiana R. Foglio Outgoing (2023) — Director
- Former: Drew Kaiden Outgoing (2023) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Endia Decordova Outgoing (2023) — Vice President
- Former: Joshua Harraman Outgoing (2023) — Vice President
- Former: Kate Sweeney Outgoing (2023) — Director
- Former: Nimesh S. Jhaveri (2023) — Ex-Officio & Director
- Former: Todd Lineburger Outgoing (2023) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Arthur Certosimo (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: C. Edward Chuck Chaplin (2019–2022) — Vice Chair
- Former: Christopher Needles (2019–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Gary M. Rodkin (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jill Bond (2019–2022) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Kate Sweeney (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Scott E. White (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Susan Catania (2019–2022) — Assistant Secretary
- Former: Ashaki Charles (2020–2022) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Carly Northup (2020–2022) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Kimberly Banks Mackay (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Mark Angelson (2020–2022) — Ex-Officio & Director
- Former: Christiana R. Foglio (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Joshua Harraman (2021–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Lavinia Boxill (2022) — Ex-Officio & Director
- Former: Benjamin S. Wolfe (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Harriett Druskin (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: James Dougherty (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Julie D. Cummings (2019–2021) — Outgoing Vice President
- Former: Lucas J. Visconti (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Nevin E. Kessler (2019–2021) — Ex-Officio & President
- Former: Ronald Garutti (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Sharon E. Karmazin (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Steven M. Darien (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tahsin I. Alam (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Gregory A. Bedard (2021) — Ex-Officio & Director
- Former: Jose A. Piazza (2021) — Ex-Officio & Director
- Former: Brian D. Perkins (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Charles Chang (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Christiana R. Foglio-Palmer (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: David M. Edwards (2019–2020) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Dorian J. Wilson (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Joseph Moroney (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Kenneth D. Lawrence (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Kevin D. McGrath (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Michael N. Goodkind (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Peter D. Cherasia (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Robert L. Barchi (2019–2020) — Ex-Officio & Director
- Former: Steven B. Boehm (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Steven H. Temares (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Vaughn L. McKoy (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Joseph H. Lempkin (2019) — Ex-Officio & Overseer
- Former: Marlene A. Brandt (2019) — Overseer
- Former: Mary Dimartino (2019) — Ex-Officio & Overseer
- Former: Paul Profeta (2019) — Overseer
- Former: Peter W. Gibson (2019) — Outgoing Overseer
- Former: Philip T. Ellmore (2019) — Vice Chancellor
- Former: Robert E. Mortensen (2019) — Overseer
- Former: Ronald D. Wilson (2019) — Overseer
- Former: Sandy J. Stewart (2019) — Ex-Officio & Overseer
- Former: Terry S. Bienstock (2019) — Overseer
- Former: Timothy France (2019) — Associate Vice President
- Former: Timothy L. Whiteside (2019) — Overseer
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $384K, to William J Green (Outgoing Vice President). 13 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Rutgers University Foundation
How much does Rutgers University Foundation give each year?
Rutgers University Foundation gave $111.6M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $105.4M across 2 grants.
How large is Rutgers University Foundation?
Rutgers University Foundation reported $96.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $137.2M.
What is Rutgers University Foundation?
Rutgers University Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in New Brunswick, NJ. It holds $96.5M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Rutgers University Foundation operate?
Rutgers University Foundation has awarded grants in New Jersey.
What is Rutgers University Foundation's EIN?
Rutgers University Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7318742. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 5, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 4, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 8, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Live grants for the work Rutgers University Foundation funds
Education Open opportunities, soonest deadline first.
- Creative Impact Grants $500 - $2,500 · Due October 19, 2026
- Community and School Grants $28,000 total pool; 10-15 grants expected · Due October 19, 2026
- Mary Pinola/Crescenta Valley Chamber Education Fund $500 - $5,000 for ongoing programs; up to $15,000 for Strategic Initiative Grants · Due October 19, 2026
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