Indiana · Nonprofit
Ball State University Alumni Association Inc
Ball State University Alumni Association Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,500 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $650k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Ball State University Alumni Association Inc does
Mission
The ball state university alumni association exists to foster and fully realize the ideals and mission of the university. The alumni association encourages loyalty, participation, and support of the university by informing alumni of the achievements and needs of their alma mater. The alumni association advances the university throughout the world and unites all alumni in closer bonds of education, fellowship, tradition, and mutual assistance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization awards annual scholarships to various undergraduate groups in recognition of their participation in alumni related activities, homecoming organization participation and other student-alumni related activities. Scholarships are also provided for children and grandchildren of alumni and for graduate and doctorate students based on academic achievement. Its mission in awarding these scholarships is to foster ongoing participation in activities of the university.
$260,023 spentof which $260,023 as grants50% of program spendingThe mission of homecoming week and activities is to bring alumni back to campus, provide alumni with activities to reconnect them with each other and with the university and involve alumni with the university.
$34,983 spent$40,756 earned by the program7% of program spendingRegional alumni events seek to provide opportunities for alumni to reconnect with each other and with the university, to involve alumni with the university, and to enrich the lives of alumni.
$30,154 spent$22,855 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther program services include programs such as alumni council, alumni awards, constituent programs, photo id program, capital campaign donation, and other programs designed to engage alumni and promote loyalty to the university.
$193,856 spent$51,036 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $519,016.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+20%).
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.
54% of Ball State University Alumni Association Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% 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
Laura Cain
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Ball State University Alumni Association Inc’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Ball State University Alumni Association Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k 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
Ball State University Alumni Association Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Ball State University Alumni Association Inc
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
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 4 related entities
- Ball State University · exempt
- Ball State University Foundation Inc · exempt
- Cardinal Funds · exempt
- Cardinal Properties · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ball State University Alumni Association Inc: 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 Ball State University Alumni Association Inc?
- Ball State University Alumni Association Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,500 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Ball State University Alumni Association Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,500 in grants to Ball State University Alumni Association Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Ball State University Alumni Association Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ball State University Alumni Association Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 1 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