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Volume #106 | Issue #21 | April 18, 2022 | depauliaonline.com
Where do DePaul’s dollars go By Lawrence Kreymer Editor-in-Chief
For the most part it can be hard to get a lot of details regarding the financial details of DePaul University due to the fact that it is a private university, which means that it is not subjected to the same Freedom of Information laws that other public universities are required to follow. Since DePaul is a nonprofit organization, however, the university is required to file an annual Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service, which reveals key details about the highest paid employees, revenue generated, expenses incurred and endowment growth in the fiscal year. The form, while not revealing everything about the university’s financial details, provides a glimpse into some of DePaul’s The DePaulia has been able to take a look at the most recent Form 990 for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Who were the highest paid employees for the 2019-20 fiscal year? That answer is pretty simple: Iit was former men’s basketball head coach
Highest paid employees in 2019-20 Former men’s basketball coach: Dave Leitao
Total compensation: $1,423,644
President:
A. Gabriel Esteban Total compensation: $1,105,329
Dave Leitao, who received a total compensation package of $1,423,644 — which is a combination of his base compensation, bonuses, other reportable compensation, retirement and other deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits, according to the form. Leitao did receive a contract extension in the spring of 2020, but he was fired a year later. At the time, The DePaulia reported that Leitao’s contract did not include a buyout or any guaranteed money. DePaul has replaced Leitao with Tony Stubblefield, but his compensation will not be included in the Form 990 until next year. Esteban comes in just behind Leitao for the 2019-20 year, at a total compensation of $1,105,329, which is about a $10,000 increase from the previous year, according to the form. He will be stepping down as the university’s president at the end of the school year, but he did receive a contract extension in the summer of 2020. Leitao and Esteban are the only two people at the university to receive over a
See DOLLARS, page 15
Professor, Driehaus school of Business: Mark Frigo
Total compensation: $873,170
Endowment 2019-20:
$751,411,827
2018-19:
$696,452,199
‘The glue that holds [it] together’: Facility Operations is the backbone of DePaul By Patrick Sloan-Turner Faculty Council Beat Writer
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Facility Operations President Bob Janis discusses plans with his co-worker, Linda Van Houzen.
If you walked the streets of DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus on the morning of Good Friday, the setting might feel off in comparison to its usual hustle and bustle. With no students gathered outside Arts and Letters Hall, no one sitting on the steps outside the Levan Center and no one entering and exiting the revolving doors of the Student Center, you might think the campus was empty. It wasn’t. While many students and faculty had vacated campus to enjoy a long Easter weekend, DePaul’s Facility Operations employees were hard at work. “It’s an opportunity at moments like this when students and staff aren’t around that we can get in here to fine-tune things,”
said Danny Cruz, the head custodian of the Schmitt Academic Center. Cruz and his crew use days, like the Friday of a holiday weekend, to accomplish things they typically wouldn’t get to on a regular school day. “We have thousands of students here, so there’s wear and tear,” Cruz said. “[Over a holiday] we can do things like paint and touch things up… there’s always so much to do.” The details that Facility Operations maintains affect students more than many might realize, according to Kellen Brown, the executive vice president of DePaul’s Student Government Association. “Even though you may not see it, these are the people that are making sure that everything goes efficiently and smoothly for all of our students,” Brown said. “I’m blown
See JANIS, page 7