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Citrus College Foundation

Citrus College Foundation (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $313,547 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES ($167,600). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$918k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$314k
Net assets
$16M
6/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Citrus College Foundation does

Mission

The Citrus College Foundation develops and nutures relationships which provide resources to further the District's mission of advancing students' educational goals.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Scholarships and grants to students attending Citrus Community College

    $164,450 spentof which $164,450 as grants$18,996 earned by the program
    39% of program spending
  2. Grants to individuals for various programs and innovation grants to various departments of the District

    $62,182 spentof which $62,182 as grants
    15% of program spending
  3. Other expenses that support the District's academic and student support programs including the Veteran's Student Success Center, Athletics programs, Visual and Performing Arts and events such as our annual Lavendar celebration to support our students and their academic achievements, leadership and contributions to the District.

    $198,423 spent
    47% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $425,055.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($637k) Net assets 100 ($8.7M)2018 Revenue 119 ($1.4M) Expenses 81 ($515k) Net assets 115 ($10M)2019 Revenue 50 ($599k) Expenses 97 ($618k) Net assets 119 ($10M)2020 Revenue 72 ($868k) Expenses 83 ($532k) Net assets 125 ($11M)2021 Revenue 94 ($1.1M) Expenses 104 ($663k) Net assets 153 ($13M)2022 Revenue 57 ($681k) Expenses 85 ($539k) Net assets 131 ($11M)2023 Revenue 87 ($1.1M) Expenses 103 ($657k) Net assets 146 ($13M)2024 Revenue 79 ($951k) Expenses 106 ($675k) Net assets 163 ($14M)2025 Revenue 76 ($918k) Expenses 133 ($847k) Net assets 179 ($16M)
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Revenue (76)Expenses (133)Net assets (179)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 $11M to $13M (+22%).

$8.7M
$10M
$10M
$11M
$13M
$11M
$13M
$14M
$16M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

53% of Citrus College Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$569k
’17
$925k
’18
−$19k
’19
$337k
’20
$473k
’21
$142k
’22
$395k
’23
$276k
’24
$71k
’25
6.5
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

Carlos Ramos

Board President

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed232222182422212424
Joined·+1+4+1+6+6+0+6+3
No longer listed·24508133
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $24k.

2 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Citrus College 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.

How concentrated its funding is

Citrus College Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

88% 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 Citrus College Foundation.

53%
largest funder
73%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 73% · 2019 61% · 2020 60% · 2021 47% · 2022 66% · 2023 66% — 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

33% of Citrus College Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

88% of Citrus College Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.

ID
CA
CO
MO
DE
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Citrus College Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve6.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Citrus College 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

50% of spending goes to programs.

Program 50%Management 39%Fundraising 11%

Governance

22
board members
95%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

67%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Citrus College Foundation?
Citrus College Foundation (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $313,547 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES ($167,600). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Citrus College Foundation have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $313,547 in grants to Citrus College Foundation, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Citrus College Foundation?
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES is the largest funder on record, with $167,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Citrus College Foundation 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 16 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