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California Association of Student Councils
California Association of Student Councils (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,969 to it, the largest being PWC FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $216k
- Net assets
- $357k
What California Association of Student Councils does
Mission
Providing leadership training programs for elementary, middle school, high school students, including summer conferences, youth action seminars.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summer Leadership Camp: CASC hosts over 250 high school and middle school students on the UCSB campus for a 4 day conference teaching leadership skills such as personal goal setting, team building techniques, meeting facilitation, communication skills, conflict resolution, etc
$148,417 spentof which $7,863 as grants$137,352 earned by the program31% of program spendingCASC Staff Development Programs (SDPs): CASC trains between 75 - 150 students to serve as counselors and trainers of counselors through 5 or more Staff Development Programs, where CASC trains students to serve as group leaders and facilitators at all of our programs.
$120,242 spentof which $5,970 as grants$38,232 earned by the program25% of program spendingStudent Advisory Board on Legislation in Education (SABLE): CASC hosts 85 high school students at a 3 day conference in Sacramento each year, where students come together to select issues of concern, and develop policy proposals that are presented to the California State Legislature. CASC provides leadership skills training around critical thinking, policy research, group facilitation, legislation drafting, etc.
$68,986 spentof which $2,405 as grants$44,715 earned by the program14% of program spendingStudent Advisory Board on Education (SABE):CASC hosts 85 high school students at a 3 day conference in Sacramento each year, where students come together to select issues of concern, and develop policy proposals that are presented to the California State Board of Education. CASC provides leadership skills training around critical thinking, policy research, group facilitation, proposal drafting, etc.
$67,164 spentof which $3,770 as grants$26,736 earned by the program14% of program spendingCASC State Council and Regional Cabinets:CASC facilitates statewide student elections for CASC State Council President and Vice President, and supports appointment of 22 or more additional State Council Executive and Regional President positions. CASC trains students to serve as Directors of CASC student programs, in keeping with our student-led orientation and approach.
$37,860 spentof which $810 as grants$1,635 earned by the program8% of program spendingElementary/Middle School Leadership Conferences:CASC provides between 5-10 one day workshops hosted at school sites and County Offices of Education where between 30-100 elementary and middle school students attend to learn about working in teams, setting goals, communication, conflict resolution, etc.
$25,964 spentof which $540 as grants$18,482 earned by the program5% of program spendingStudent Board Member Symposiums:CASC provides 5-10 one day workshops hosting 5-10 students serving as School Board Members for their respective School Districts. Our programs train students to be effective as Board Members by understanding required Board Meeting procedures, student stakeholder engagement, proposal crafting, etc.
$8,979 spent$2,877 earned by the program2% of program spendingRegional Leadership Conferences:CASC supports our Regional Presidents to organize and implement between 10-20 day long regional leadership conferences across the State of California, typically hosted at school sites, with topics ranging from student advocacy to leadership skill development. Each conference may have 10-30 high school students attending.
$7,846 spent$8,774 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $485,458.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $98k to $444k (+354%).
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: 2021 6% · 2022 0% · 2023 28% · 2025 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of California Association of Student Councils’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Kelly Wachowicz
Executive Director
Board chair
Maria Pappas
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $8k → $62k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 Association of Student Councils’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 Association of Student Councils has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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 California Association of Student Councils.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 63% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 42% · 2022 52% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“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
100% of California Association of Student Councils's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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
62% of California Association of Student Councils'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 $81k that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $135k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 Association of Student Councils runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like California Association of Student Councils
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 Association of Student Councils: 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 Association of Student Councils?
- California Association of Student Councils (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,969 to it, the largest being PWC FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does California Association of Student Councils have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $215,969 in grants to California Association of Student Councils, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of California Association of Student Councils?
- PWC FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like California Association of Student Councils 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 8 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