California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,058,246 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($696,811). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $24M
What California Alumni Association does
Mission
To cultivate a lifelong relationship with our alma mater by connecting and inspiring alums, students, and the campus community through meaningful and inclusive opportunities. We foster a culture that celebrates diversity, creates a sense of belonging, and advances equity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cal alumni association (caa) owns and operates three camp sites on u.s. Forest service leased land in the stanislaus national forest in pinecrest, ca. Known as lair of the bear (lair), caa provides year-round, reasonably priced camping accommodations, food, and programs to caa members and their friends and family. In addition, k-12 school districts and other groups book the lair for educational and special event purposes. Over 10,000 individuals enjoy these facilities on an annual basis.
$6,613,656 spent$6,800,645 earned by the program60% of program spendingCalifornia magazine is published on a quarterly basis and mailed to all members of the association to keep alumni in touch with fellow members and with the university. The magazine provides members with university news items, topical issues, discoveries, and alumni events.
$434,989 spent$48,872 earned by the program4% of program spendingAlumni programming includes: member services and benefits, career networking and seminars, on- and off-campus special events, domestic and international study programs through cal discoveries travel, and participation in volunteer-led alumni chapters.
$2,202,362 spent$3,023,191 earned by the program20% of program spendingCaa administers a mentorship program and two scholarship programs created by cal alumni to enable students to engage with alumni: the leadership award (tla) and the achievement award program (taap). Programs and activities include the application review and selection of scholarship recipients; advising and program support for undergraduates, and an alumni mentorship program for first generation college students. Scholarship awards are distributed directly to recipients by the university financial aid office.
$1,777,590 spentof which $33,210 as grants$455,423 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,028,597.
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 2021 to 2022, from $38M to $31M (−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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 38% · 2021 10% · 2022 4% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $213k → $172k.
14 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’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
CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 75% · 2019 84% · 2020 42% · 2021 29% · 2022 60% · 2023 65% — 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
28% of CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
92% of CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'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. Of the $162k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from funders outside California, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.1M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,065 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: 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 CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
- CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,058,246 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($696,811). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $2,058,246 in grants to CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $696,811 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing