California · Nonprofit
COLEMAN UNIVERSITY
COLEMAN UNIVERSITY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,681,000 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INC ($4,681,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Bruce Benson Foundationshared funders
- Joann Hamilton Memorial Fundportfolio match
- Chapman Foundation Incportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3.0M → $1.7M.
From the IRS filings of COLEMAN UNIVERSITY’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
COLEMAN UNIVERSITY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Bruce Benson Foundationshared fundersCO · backs 2 organizations that share your funders
- Joann Hamilton Memorial Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Chapman Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kessel Edgar E Taportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Student Freedom Initiative Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Moore Scholarship Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mount Saint Clare Education Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Amy Heryford Ousley and James Heryford Ousleyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trusteeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lubbock Young Women's Leader Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like COLEMAN UNIVERSITY
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 COLEMAN UNIVERSITY: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds COLEMAN UNIVERSITY?
- COLEMAN UNIVERSITY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,681,000 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INC ($4,681,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLEMAN UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,681,000 in grants to COLEMAN UNIVERSITY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLEMAN UNIVERSITY?
- CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,681,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLEMAN UNIVERSITY 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing