Syracuse University

“Syracuse university has a diverse collection of art, historical treasures and other similar assets, including fine art and ethnographic objects, legal books, archival records, library collections and special collections. The primary purpose of the university's collections is to collect and preserve the cultural and historical record for generations of students and scholars. The syracuse university art museum - the syracuse university art museum is an academic museum that acquires and preserves important works of art and uses its extensive collection to serve as a museum-laboratory for exploration, experimentation, and discussion. The museum strives to foster diverse and inclusive perspectives by uniting students across campus with each other and the local and global community, engaging with artwork to bring us together and examining the forces that keep us apart. It welcomes all visitors to experience its exhibitions and public programs that promote original research, creative thinking, and increased mindfulness. Syracuse university college of law library - the law library collection is comprised of historical and contemporary law books that support teaching and learning in a diverse educational environment, and of the research tools and finding aids that enable discovery, analysis, and understanding of theoretical legal concepts and the practical application of those concepts in a complex legal environment. University archives - the syracuse university archives, part of the special collections research center, is dedicated to collecting and preserving records that document the history, organization, policies, activities, and people of the university, and making those records available to faculty, staff, students and researchers interested in the history of the university. The university archives accepts materials from the schools and colleges, campus offices, alumni, faculty, the university's student and alumni organizations, and the general public. To be eligible for inclusion, the records must document the history of and/or the creator's relationship with the university. Archival records include but are not limited to the records of the chancellor, the board of trustees, and schools, colleges, departments and other campus officers; papers of faculty, staff, and alumni; university publications; photographic materials and audio and moving image recordings; masters thesses and dissertations; and memorabilia. Library - the idea of the library - a refuge for human knowledge - is timeless. Syracuse university library's collections span 4,000 years and range from sumerian cuneiform tablets to 21st century digital data sets. Even while the types and forms of knowledge change, the library strives to keep pace, never losing sight of its purpose: to collect, preserve, and provide access to the cultural record for generations of students, faculty, and scholars. Special collections - the special collections research center collects, maintains and provides access to distinguished collections of rare books, manuscripts, and other archival materials. Syracuse university students, faculty, staff, along with the local and global community have available to them more than 150,000 printed works and 4,000 archival collections, including important editions, manuscripts, documents, letters, diaries, drawings, photographs, memorabilia, and audio and moving image recordings.”

“The university maintains a limited number of agency funds, which it holds as custodian or fiscal agent for student organizations and/or outside organizations as an accomodation to the organization. The organizations are then allowed to utilize the university's financial systems and resources to process transactions against these funds.”

“The university endowment consists of approximately 2,500 individual funds established for a variety of purposes; including both donor restricted endowment funds and funds designated by the university to function as endowments. Spending from the university's endowments are restricted to the various purposes specified by the original donor. A majority of the funds provide scholarships and financial assistance to undergraduate, graduate and law school students. Some of the other uses of the funds include, but are not limited to, support for fellowships, the creation and funding of department chairs and professorships, support for various university centers, and support for the university's teaching and research activities. The university's spending policy, which utilizes an annual distribution per unit multiplied by the percentage approved by the executive committee of the board of trustees, is designed to provide the university a stable level of financial support and to preserve the endowments real value.”

“The university is a tax-exempt organization as described in section 501 (c)(3) of the internal revenue code and is generally exempt from income taxes pursuant to section 501(a) of the internal revenue code. Orange insurance company, llc, syracuse advance holdings llc, and syracuse university hotel and conference center llc are wholly owned by the university and are reported in the university's income tax filings. Syracuse university alumni association, inc., of which the university is the sole member, is a tax-exempt organization that files its own tax return. Drumlins, inc. Is a taxable subsidiary of the university and files its own tax returns. The syracuse university (usa) london program, created for the advancement of education, is a registered charity under the laws of england. The syracuse university madrid program, created for the advancement of education, is a registered delegation of the foreign foundation of syracuse university in spain under the laws of spain. The income tax consequences, if any, from these entities are relfected in the consolidated financial statements, and do not have a material effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the university's consolidated financial statements. The university believes it has taken no significant uncertain tax positions.”

“Revenues of subsidiaries 4,203,038. Postretirement benefit obligation change 647,210. Financial aid -434,775,766.”

“Rental/fundraising expenses -924,321.”

“Expenses of subsidiaries 4,513,823. Rental/fundraising expenses 924,321.”

“Financial aid 434,775,766.”