North Carolina · Nonprofit
COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,629 to it, the largest being BRYAN FOUNDATION INC CO FIRST CITIZENS ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $32M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $93k
- Net assets
- $50M
What College Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our work today makes a better tomorrow by empowering people to achieve their academic goals. We provide financial assistance for higher education to benefit society and strengthen the economy of the state of North Carolina.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational loan programs: As of June 30, 2025, the Foundation was servicing 16,819 loans to 7,644 borrowers with an outstanding principal balance of $167,630,987. The Foundation services loans for higher education to North Carolinians attending institutions of higher education, as well as for students enrolled at institutions of higher education in North Carolina. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the Foundation serviced EXTRA Education loans for borrowers attending schools in North Carolina to cover qualified higher education expenses not included under North Carolina's Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP); EXTRA MBA loans for borrowers enrolled in the Kenan Flagler Business School MBA or MAC programs at UNC Chapel Hill who were unable to secure loans under North Carolina's FFELP or the EXTRA Education loan program; and NC Assist loans designed to help bridge the gap between the cost of attendance and other financial aid for students who are NC residents attending an eligible non-profit Title IV institution anywhere or nonresident students attending an eligible non-profit Title IV institution in North Carolina or for the parents of such students.
$1,981,484 spent$2,222,170 earned by the program7% of program spendingInformation dissemination initiative: The Foundation administers the College Foundation for North Carolina (CFNC) program, which coordinates information dissemination efforts to increase access to higher education in North Carolina. The program provides resources on planning, applying, and paying for college through a comprehensive website (www.CFNC.org), a call center, and program information services to students, families, schools, and colleges. Prospective students submitted 402,370 applications to NC schools using the CFNC website, the CFNC call center received 12,954 calls and responded to 3,577 email inquiries, and 1,227 specific programs were delivered to colleges, K-12 schools and businesses during the year ended June 30, 2025.
$5,397,082 spent$6,062,498 earned by the program18% of program spendingNC 529 College Savings Program: The Foundation acts as agent for the NC State Education Assistance Authority in administering the state's College Savings and Investment Program, which is structured to meet the requirements of a "qualified" tuition program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. North Carolina's National College Savings Program maintained 172,172 accounts for 150,435 beneficiaries, with an aggregate value of $4,035,246,211 at June 30, 2025. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the program received contributions totaling $293,518,390 and processed distributions totaling $310,838,177.
$6,419,954 spent$6,185,359 earned by the program22% of program spendingOther program services: Residency Determination Service, Next NC Grant program, NC Need-Based Scholarship program, Longleaf Commitment Grant, K-12 Scholarship Program Support, Victor E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship program, Broyhill Family Foundation scholarship program, management and computer services, and miscellaneous scholarship and grant programs.
$15,930,304 spentof which $74,047 as grants$16,018,079 earned by the program54% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,728,824.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $51M to $56M (+9%).
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 11% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Charles J Stewart
Chairman of Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’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
COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 65% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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
20% of COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 10% 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
COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 8 states 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.
Organizations like COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- State of North Carolina NCSEAA · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,629 to it, the largest being BRYAN FOUNDATION INC CO FIRST CITIZENS ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $92,629 in grants to COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- BRYAN FOUNDATION INC CO FIRST CITIZENS is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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