California · Nonprofit
CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC
CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,739,304 to it, the largest being COLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION ($875,000). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $115M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $79M
What Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to engage in enterprise and programs support activities to aid the educational mission of california state polytechnic university, pomona for the benefits of students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dining services - operates a diverse array of dining venues for the convenience of students, faculty, staff, and other university constituents. The mission of the enterprise foundation dining services is to deliver quality food services at affordable prices while providing valuable student work employment opportunities and resource support to the cal poly pomona community. Each year, over 500 students from all academic disciplines gain leadership skills and beneficial work experiences by working in residential and retail dining operations.
$21,132,510 spent$21,898,369 earned by the program25% of program spendingBronco bookstore - offers the academic community all of the course materials, supplies, technology, spirit gear, and tools necessary for a successful university experience. It's mission is to provide these goods, and services in the most affordable and convenient manner possible. The bronco bookstore supports faculty efforts to identify the course materials that are most advantageous for student learning and completion. Staff take pride in developing student employees with co-curricular experiences that enhance their classroom learning.
$15,665,812 spent$16,275,221 earned by the program18% of program spendingUniversity village - the village offers valuable, well-maintained, and furnished accomodations for over 1,200 cal poly pomona students each year. By focusing on interpersonal relationships with its residents, housing services strives to create a safe, respectful and inclusive community. Students engage with a supportive staff and dynamic environment that continually works to adapt to resident needs. The university village prides itself on advancing student success through a holistic, co-curricular education, and student employment opportunities.
$11,232,138 spent$12,934,933 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther program services
$37,413,778 spentof which $4,367,991 as grants$21,635,429 earned by the program44% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,444,238.
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 $242M to $112M (−54%).
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 17% · 2018 18% · 2019 15% · 2020 22% · 2021 36% · 2022 21% · 2023 21% · 2024 21% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Jared Ceja
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Ysabel D Trinidad
Chair (until 12/24)
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 narrowed from 23 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $337k → $588k.
15 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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: $2.9M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 funders by total. 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
CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
62% 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 CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 18% · 2019 29% · 2020 58% · 2021 21% · 2022 25% · 2023 32% — 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
23% of CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.
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
76% of CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Against its field
CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 679 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 679 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $155.1M on record.
- Department of Education$65.8M
- National Science Foundation$37.6M
- Department of Defense$26.1M
- Department of Agriculture$13.2M
- Department of Health and Human Services$8.1M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- California State Polytechnic University Pomona · exempt
- Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation · exempt
- Associated Students Inc California State Poly Univ Pomona · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trust · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC?
- CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,739,304 to it, the largest being COLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION ($875,000). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $4,739,304 in grants to CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC?
- COLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $875,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC 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 82 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