California · Nonprofit
ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION
ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,794 to it, the largest being CLARA LEWISFBO ASHER STUDENT FNDTN 43Q115016 ($181,229). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $208k
- Net assets
- $60M
What Asher Student Foundation does
Mission
To serve the cause of christian science by providing housing and services to students who are christian scientists enrolled in accredited colleges, universities, and certificate programs across the united states - or who are recent graduates.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
To encourage spiritual growth and the practice of christian science healing through nurturing community, supporting home and housing, and inspiring continuous learning and service.
$2,062,933 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2020 to 2021, from $42M to $60M (+45%).
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.
Chief executive
Sherry Mitchell
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $57k.
From the IRS filings of ASHER STUDENT 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
ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2017 67% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 90% · 2022 94% · 2023 94% — growing more concentrated.
“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
ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 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
ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ASHER STUDENT 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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASHER STUDENT 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 ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION?
- ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,794 to it, the largest being CLARA LEWISFBO ASHER STUDENT FNDTN 43Q115016 ($181,229). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $207,794 in grants to ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASHER STUDENT FOUNDATION?
- CLARA LEWISFBO ASHER STUDENT FNDTN 43Q115016 is the largest funder on record, with $181,229 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASHER STUDENT 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.
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 5 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