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CAPSTONE FOUNDATION

CAPSTONE FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$6.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$24M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Capstone Foundation does

Mission

To provide support to and assist the university of alabama in fulfilling its mission of teaching, research and service.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Gifts to the university of alabama for purposes of academic and student services support.

    $1,642,479 spentof which $1,642,479 as grants
    28% of program spending
  2. Support conferences, meetings, and business entertainment and other professional endeavours for the university of alabama, to assist in its recruiting and development efforts.

    $3,569,110 spent$630,653 earned by the program
    62% of program spending
  3. Scholarships granted to students at the university of alabama to support their educational endeavors.

    $443,084 spentof which $443,084 as grants
    8% of program spending
  4. Gifts to university foundation

    $97,543 spentof which $97,543 as grants
    2% of program spending
  5. Agency grants

    $13,750 spentof which $13,750 as grants
    0% of program spending
  6. Ubi tax payments

    $2,000 spent
    0% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,767,966.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($4.9M) Expenses 100 ($3.8M) Net assets 100 ($16M)2021 Revenue 115 ($5.6M) Expenses 116 ($4.4M) Net assets 132 ($21M)2022 Revenue 115 ($5.6M) Expenses 148 ($5.6M) Net assets 104 ($16M)2023 Revenue 102 ($5.0M) Expenses 138 ($5.2M) Net assets 114 ($18M)2024 Revenue 135 ($6.6M) Expenses 151 ($5.7M) Net assets 141 ($22M)2025 Revenue 126 ($6.2M) Expenses 157 ($5.9M) Net assets 152 ($24M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (126)Expenses (157)Net assets (152)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $29M to $35M (+21%).

$29M
$35M
$29M
$31M
$37M
$38M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

67% of CAPSTONE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.1M
’20
$1.2M
’21
$68k
’22
−$217k
’23
$919k
’24
$291k
’25
0.4
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.

Board chair

Peter J Mohler

Chairman (start 7/25)

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed99991110
Joined·+0+1+0+3+1
No longer listed·01012
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of CAPSTONE FOUNDATION’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 CAPSTONE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Alabama funders.

AL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

CAPSTONE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like CAPSTONE FOUNDATION

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 Alabama

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
56%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

74%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • See Part VII · exempt
  • See Part VII · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds CAPSTONE FOUNDATION?
CAPSTONE FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CAPSTONE FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to CAPSTONE FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of CAPSTONE FOUNDATION?
Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CAPSTONE FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2020–2025), 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