California · Nonprofit
Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo
Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $579,267 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($554,564). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $579k
- Net assets
- $8.3M
What Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo does
Mission
To conduct and sponsor the activities for the convenience of the students, faculty and staff and as a part of the education program of the California Polytechnic State University. See Schedule O
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student programs provide for diverse avenues of education: athletic and fitness programs, music, student government, and miscellaneous events for approximately 21,000 students.
$16,839,290 spent$20,008,106 earned by the program71% of program spendingUniversity Union provides for the operation of the facilities for approximately 21,000 students.
$4,947,043 spent21% of program spendingThe children's center provides child care for the children of students and staff in an on-campus facility. The facility also offers the students studying to become teachers hands-on experience dealing with pre-school and elementary-age children.
$2,014,189 spent$1,289,750 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,800,522.
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 2019 to 2020, from $8.1M to $9.6M (+18%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Reagan Denny
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $16k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo’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
Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
100% of Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $203 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- CA Polytechnic St Univ San Luis Obispo · exempt
- CA Polytechnic State Univ Foundation · exempt
- Cal Poly Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo?
- Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $579,267 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($554,564). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $579,267 in grants to Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo?
- CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $554,564 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Associated Students Inc California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo 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