Ohio · Nonprofit
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,724 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC ($49,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $319k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Kent State University Research Corp does
Mission
Kent State University Research Corporation was formed to receive, hold, invest, manage and administer intellectual, personal and real property, and to sponsor and promote research for the benefit of Kent State University.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The second accomplishment was the management of Centennial research park.
$47,231 spentof which $247,648 as grants78% of program spendingThe first accomplishment was the innovation program and research activities with Kent State University and other regional higher education institutions.
$13,075 spentof which $2,500 as grants$2,500 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $60,306.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $941k to $1.2M (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
14% of KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Doug Delahanty
PresidentCEOBoard Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $19k.
From the IRS filings of KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Kent State University · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP?
- KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,724 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC ($49,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $71,724 in grants to KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP?
- UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC is the largest funder on record, with $49,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENT STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing