California · Public charity
California State University Foundation
Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. The foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the national, state and regional interests of the university. The csu foundation is committed to…
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,033,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $58M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations California State University Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $1.7M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $1.7M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $3.0M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $3.8M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $2.3M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $4.0M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $4.0M | 40% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $5.6M | 61% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of the Csu | $13,497,979 | 6 | n/a |
| California State University | $9,400,085 | 3 | n/a |
| California State University Long Beach Research Foundation | $859,576 | 4 | 1% |
| California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation | $738,520 | 5 | 11% |
| Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation | $712,680 | 5 | 3% |
| California State University Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc | $621,491 | 6 | 1% |
| California State University San Bernardino | $445,965 | 4 | n/a |
| California State University Northridge Foundation | $213,607 | 8 | 0% |
| Csusb Philanthropic Foundation | $203,843 | 4 | 1% |
| Chicano & Latino Youth Leadership Project | $180,000 | 7 | 17% |
Show all 79 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
California State University Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Foundation for California Community Colleges · California Community Foundation · The California Endowment · The San Diego Foundation · Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · American Chemical Society · University Enterprises Inc · California Institute for Biodiversity · Desert Community Foundation · Gates Foundation
How this is measured
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About California State University Foundation
- How much does California State University Foundation give?
- California State University Foundation reported 21 itemized grants totaling $1,735,400, out of $4,084,108 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does California State University Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (94%), Housing & Shelter (4%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are California State University Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trustees of the Csu ($13M), California State University ($9.4M), California State University Long Beach Research Foundation ($860k).
- Does California State University Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California State University Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Foundation for California Community Colleges, California Community Foundation.
- Where is California State University Foundation based?
- California State University Foundation is based in CA.
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