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COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA
COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,200 to it, the largest being GIVINGA FOUNDATION INC ($15,200). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $94k
What Colombo University Science Faculty Alumni Association - North America does
Mission
CUFSAA-NA is formed exclusively to foster, maintain and support a mutually beneficial relationship between the alumni of the Colombo University Science Faculty living in North America, the University of Colombo, and the community at large. It is organized exclusively for social, charitable, and educational purposes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Launch Pad Grant for 36 students from the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Successfully disbursed installments of $180 to 36 selected students with extreme financial difficulties for a period of 6 months. Only one set of payments were processed in year 2025.
$6,480 spentof which $6,480 as grants35% of program spendingGeneral fund donation of Ducted Fume Hood FH-E Series 1000(E) for the Technology Faculty of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. This donation was critical for conducting advanced research in the new material science research laboratory, equipped with advanced instrumentation.
$4,214 spentof which $4,214 as grants23% of program spendingCUFSAA funds the Synthetic and Drug Discovery Laboratory at the Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. This lab will significantly enhance the capacity of advance research, post graduate training and collaborative projects with both local and international partners. 50% of the Phase 1 is funded.
$3,731 spentof which $3,731 as grants20% of program spendingDonation of MultispeQ V2.0 instrument together with PhotosynQ to the Department of Plant Sciences, strenthening both research and teaching activities.
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants11% of program spendingLaptop loaner program to help University of Colombo, Science Faculty students who cannot afford to buy laptops to do their coursework, exams and thesis projects. CUFSAA-NA has paid for 2 laptops in the year 2025 and will continue to provide 20-25 laptops.
$633 spentof which $633 as grants3% of program spendingOne bursary for two students at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in honor of Professor M. L. T. Kannangara
$420 spentof which $420 as grants2% of program spendingOne bursary for two students at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in honor of Professor V. Joseph
$420 spentof which $420 as grants2% of program spendingDonation from the Benevolent fund was used to help an injured student to cover his medical expenses.
$340 spentof which $340 as grants2% of program spendingOne bursary for one student at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in honor of Professor L.M.V. Tillekeratne
$210 spentof which $210 as grants1% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,448.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $69k to $94k (+36%).
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.
95% of COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $1k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. 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
COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% 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 COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 92% · 2022 91% · 2023 77% — 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.
Where its funders are
72% of COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA'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 $6k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA?
- COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,200 to it, the largest being GIVINGA FOUNDATION INC ($15,200). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $21,200 in grants to COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA?
- GIVINGA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLOMBO UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FACULTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - NORTH AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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