CV STARR RESEARCH FOUNDATION AT THE COOPER UNION
EIN 13-2879769 · Undergraduate Colleges (B42)
What they do
SEE SCHEDULE OTHE C.V. STARR FOUNDATION AT THE COOPER UNION for THE ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE & ART HAS EXISTED to ADMINISTER and SUPPORT ONGOING RESEARCH WORK, ASSESS THE RESEARCH INTEREST of THE COOPER COMMUNITY and PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW AREAS of RESEARCH for FACULTY and STUDENTS to WORK WITH INTERESTED FACULTY WITHIN ONE of THE CURRENT RESEARCH CENTERS or PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION of NEW CENTERS. THE FOUNDATION HAS SOUGHT to INTEGRATE THE SOLVING of REAL WORLD PROBLEMS INTO THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT and GENERALLY ENHANCE THE OVERALL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT COOPER UNION. IT HAS ENCOURAGED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT for INTERESTED FACULTY MEMBERS THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH. IN MORE RECENT YEARS, AS THE COOPER UNION HAS REORGANIZED for GREATER COST-EFFECTIVENESS, IT HAS INTEGRATED MANY of THE FOUNDATIONS ACTIVITIES INTO THE ONGOING OPERATIONS of THE UNIVERSITY, LEADING to LESS FINANCIAL ACTIVITY ON THE PART of THE FOUNDATION.
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LAURA SPARKSPRESIDENT TILL 9/24
JOHN RUTHVP-FIN/ADMIN, TREASURER
MALCOLM KINGINTERIM PRES. FROM 7/24
CHARLOTTE WESSELLSECRETARY TILL 12/24
MICHELLE MARSHSECRETARY FROM 12/24
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1977
- Location
- 30 COOPER SQUARE 2ND FL, NEW YORK, NY 10003-7120
- County
- New York
- In care of
- % CHARLES JONES
- Primary officer
- JOHN RUTH, VP, FINANCE & ADMIN.
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- GRANT THORNTON ADVISORS LLC
- NTEE classification
- Undergraduate Colleges (B42)
- IRS tax category
- Undergraduate Colleges