California · Nonprofit
AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $807,403 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($792,592). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $807k
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What Aiccu Research Foundation does
Mission
The purpose of the association of independent california colleges and universities and research foundation (aiccu) is to advance the interests of the accredited non-profit colleges and universities in the state. In that role, aiccu carries out a series of programs including public affairs and information, joint financial services, institutional research, admissions and student recruitment, and coordination of professional development activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public affairs and information- aiccu attempts to build awareness of the sector in the general public and in the public policy process.
$506,154 spent$73,640 earned by the program34% of program spendingJoint financial services- aiccu facilitates joint projects among member institutions which would not be possible by individual colleges and universities, including facilities financing and several joint insurance programs.
$337,197 spent$47,089 earned by the program23% of program spendingInstitutional research- aiccu conducs a series of research studies on the nature and operation of independent colleges in california. The results of those studies are distributed to member institutes, policy agencies and to the public.
$297,478 spent$42,131 earned by the program20% of program spendingCoordination of professional development activities - aiccu sponsors several groups of campus officers that meet periodicall to discuss common problems and issues and to look for common solutions. Admissions and recruitment activities - aiccu prepares various pbulications that provide information to prospective students about independent colleges. It also conducts workshops and other information programs for college counselors.
$345,003 spent$46,211 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,485,832.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $6.3M to $5.0M (−21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 9% · 2021 10% · 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
G Gabrielle Starr
Aiccu chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $299k → $300k.
From the IRS filings of AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 369 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $807,403 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($792,592). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $807,403 in grants to AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $792,592 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AICCU RESEARCH FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing