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ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $164,066 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($43,286). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$46M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$164k
Net assets
$27M
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Associated Students of San Diego State University does

Mission

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Operation of the open air theater, viejas arena and aztec student union providing cultural and art programs and athletic events to students.

    $17,653,575 spent$12,701,670 earned by the program
    45% of program spending
  2. Operation of campus recreation and aquatic centers as part of university educational programs available to students.

    $14,606,950 spent$6,534,439 earned by the program
    37% of program spending
  3. Operation of student programs as part of the university educational programs.

    $3,615,465 spent$22,221,301 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  4. Operation of the children's center focusing on parental involvement and child development while offering career related opportunities to students majoring in family studies. This program is available to all students.

    $3,736,764 spent$2,910,910 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $39,612,754.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($28M) Expenses 100 ($27M) Net assets 100 ($21M)2018 Revenue 108 ($30M) Expenses 104 ($28M) Net assets 112 ($24M)2019 Revenue 106 ($30M) Expenses 130 ($34M) Net assets 89 ($19M)2020 Revenue 95 ($26M) Expenses 99 ($26M) Net assets 89 ($19M)2021 Revenue 76 ($21M) Expenses 72 ($19M) Net assets 99 ($21M)2022 Revenue 130 ($36M) Expenses 125 ($33M) Net assets 114 ($24M)2023 Revenue 142 ($40M) Expenses 143 ($38M) Net assets 122 ($26M)2024 Revenue 160 ($45M) Expenses 160 ($43M) Net assets 133 ($28M)2025 Revenue 164 ($46M) Expenses 177 ($47M) Net assets 127 ($27M)
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Revenue (164)Expenses (177)Net assets (127)

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 $31M to $36M (+17%).

$27M
$30M
$26M
$26M
$31M
$36M
$39M
$42M
$43M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2021 2% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.4M
’17
$2.5M
’18
−$4.8M
’19
−$10k
’20
$2.2M
’21
$3.2M
’22
$1.8M
’23
$2.2M
’24
−$1.1M
’25
6.4
months of
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.

Chief executive

Christina Brown

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed222424232224242732
Joined·+22+14+15+13+15+23+10+12
No longer listed·20141614132377
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $26k → $40k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $533k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Aztec Shops Ltd). These are real filings, and they are not money ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY raised.

From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY’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 OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

86% 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 OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

26%
largest funder
65%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 52% · 2019 36% · 2020 40% · 2021 87% · 2022 61% · 2023 95% — 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.

How long its funders stay

83% of ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

59% of ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from California funders.

NY
OH
RI
CA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
42%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • San Diego State University · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY?
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $164,066 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($43,286). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $164,066 in grants to ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $43,286 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 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 11 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