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College Futures Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17M
Granted FY2024still arriving
181
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Education$58MCommunity Improvement$6.8MPhilanthropy$5.2MCivil Rights$4.9MEmployment$3.1MScience & Tech$2.4MYouth Development$2.2MSocial Science$2.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 181 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k62 grants · $124k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $654k
  • $50k–250k53 grants · $7.0M
  • $250k+26 grants · $8.9M
$20,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$562M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE RP GROUP INC$600,000
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES$550,000
CALMATTERS$500,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES$500,000
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATION$500,000
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES$469,000
SOVA SOLUTIONS$407,000
ACCREDITING COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY & JUNIOR COLLEGES$400,000
PUBLIC AGENDA$365,000
JOBS FOR THE FUTURE$350,000
CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS FOUNDATION$334,000
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY$325,000
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION$325,000
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES$317,500
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $912k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER: $700 → 14%LOST N FOUND YOUTH: $500 → 13%LOST N FOUND YOUTH: $200 → 13%LOST N FOUND YOUTH: $200 → 13%WHITE PONY EXPRESS: $200 → 9%LC AND LILLIE COX HAVEN OF HOPE: $55k → 9%SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10k → 14%IMMIGRANTS RISING: $125k → 10%SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10k → 14%IMMIGRANTS RISING: $3k → 10%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $150k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $40k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $3k → 14%COLEMAN ADVOCATES: $231k → 10%COLEMAN ADVOCATES: $88k → 10%CALIFORNIA CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK: $1k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $2k → 14%CONSEJO DE FEDERACIONES MEXICANAS EN NORTE AMERICA: $150k → 14%CONSEJO DE FEDERACIONES MEXICANAS EN NORTE AMERICA: $40k → 14%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $500 → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $2k → 10%CAMP KESEM: $400 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$75M · 166 repeat orgs$8.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

166 repeat relationships — 90 still active in FY2024, 76 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

166
107

Total granted

$75M
$6.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+9%

Still filing today

72%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $11M · revenue +244%
  • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +73%
  • CalMatters
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +157%

Funded once

  • MA
    MISSION ASSET FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $1.4M · revenue -77%
  • BC
    BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
    one grant, 2022 · $450k
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $400k · revenue +16%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
University of California Student Association

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…

Education
4
California State Student Association

CSSA as a student-led organization strives to improve the lives of California State University (CSU) students by advocating for student needs and engaging students in systemwide, state, and federal higher education policy making.

Education
5
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
6
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

7
California Institute of Integral Studies

Ciis is an institution of higher education that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning. over 1,700 students are enrolled in masters, doctoral, bachelor of arts completion programs, and certifications. ours is a mosaic of…

Education
8
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
9
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

10
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for California Community Colleges and the most unlike its peers is Avalos Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Housing Developm…Community FoundationsYouth Development ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…United Way AffiliatesChristian Missionary Organi…Immigrant Worker SupportSchool District FoundationsLgbtq+ Community SupportPregnancy Support ServicesChristian Youth CampsCancer Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterDance Arts OrganizationsCommunity Arts CentersEnvironmental Conservation …Health Access Advocacy and …Food Banks and PantriesLocal History MuseumsSenior Support ServicesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Independent K-12 SchoolsPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%2%<5yr15%9%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr17%29%20–35yr11%22%35–55yr13%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%2%<5yr15%7%5–10yr20%13%10–20yr17%41%20–35yr11%13%35–55yr13%25%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.4% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.4%1/254
the rest of the field
14%
26,002/186,724

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

240 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 240 of the 329 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
238/240
Grantees still filing
168/240
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES — $11,124,500 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGESCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATION — $2,747,500 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATIONGROWING INLAND ACHIEVEMENT — $2,530,446 · EducationGROWING INLAND ACHIEVEMENTTHE RP GROUP INC — $2,475,000 · EducationTHE RP GROUP INCCAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY — $1,845,000 · EducationThe Education Trust Inc — $1,727,500 · EducationSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $1,603,000 · EducationEDSOURCE INC — $1,487,500 · Education+57 more — $17,310,700 · Education+57 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS — $2,581,905 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVISPUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA — $1,220,500 · OtherPUBLIC ADVOCATES INC — $1,055,000 · OtherSTATE CENTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT — $1,044,864 · OtherSOVA SOLUTIONS LLC — $937,000 · OtherTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $1,010,000 · Other+91 more — $16,996,983 · Other+91 moreCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,250,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA …UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA — $1,203,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …COMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $1,072,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY I…RISE EDUCATION FUND — $795,000 · PhilanthropyRISE EDUCAT…CAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION — $640,000 · PhilanthropyCAL STATE F…CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $638,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA …Stanislaus Community Foundation — $574,000 · PhilanthropyStanislaus …CSUSB PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION — $523,000 · PhilanthropyCSUSB PHILA…THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $396,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY — $382,250 · PhilanthropyCentral Valley Community Foundation A Corporation — $325,000 · Philanthropy+9 more — $574,445 · Philanthropy+9 moreCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $2,499,000 · Community ImprovementMISSION ASSET FUND — $1,431,275 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITY — $893,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY — $492,500 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT — $190,300 · Community Improvement+2 more — $175,000 · Community ImprovementJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC — $2,180,000 · EmploymentUNITE-LA INC — $655,000 · Employment+1 more — $50,000 · EmploymentCalMatters — $2,700,000 · Civil Rights+3 more — $49,500 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureOPEN CAMPUS MEDIA INC — $700,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $76,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$42,851,146Other$24,846,252Philanthropy$9,373,195Community Improvement$5,681,075Employment$2,885,000Civil Rights$2,749,500Arts & Culture$1,776,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES — $11,124,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATION — $2,747,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCalMatters — $2,700,000 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetGROWING INLAND ACHIEVEMENT — $2,530,446 over 3y, 48% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $2,499,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE RP GROUP INC — $2,475,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,250,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC — $2,180,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetCAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY — $1,845,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc — $1,727,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $1,603,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEDSOURCE INC — $1,487,500 over 3y, 14% of budgetMISSION ASSET FUND — $1,431,275 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $1,290,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA — $1,220,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA — $1,203,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $1,072,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPUBLIC ADVOCATES INC — $1,055,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $1,010,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO — $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY — $893,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES INC — $877,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC — $875,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetRISE EDUCATION FUND — $795,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetThe Institute for College Access & Success — $750,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetOPEN CAMPUS MEDIA INC — $700,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetONEFUTURE COACHELLA VALLEY — $700,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION — $700,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION — $675,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUASPIRE INC — $675,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetUNITE-LA INC — $655,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetCAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION — $640,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $638,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $631,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION — $605,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetCommunity College League of California — $601,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetHARTNELL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $601,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetStanislaus Community Foundation — $574,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetJohn Burton Advocates for Youth — $568,333 over 5y, 11% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMPETES — $560,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $550,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COALITION OF EARLY & MIDDLE COLLEGES — $525,000 over 3y, 71% of budgetCSUSB PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION — $523,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES — $500,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY — $492,500 over 3y, 25% of budgetNATIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE HISPANIC COUNCIL — $475,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetBRAVEN INC — $450,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CHANGE — $417,000 over 3y, 13% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The James Irvine FoundationCA90× affinity57 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The James Irvine Foundation · The California Endowment · Ecmc Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund · East Bay Community Foundation · Foundation for California Community Colleges · Crankstart Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Stupski Foundation · Gates Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization College Futures Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • Jobs for the Future Inc11% of income from government
  • Housing Assistance Corporation10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College7% of income from government
  • African American Collections Inc1% of income from government
  • Uaspire Inc1% of income from government
  • Yale New Haven Hospital0% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
61report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 329 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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