California · Nonprofit
CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION
CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,358,706 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($391,700). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Contra Costa College Foundation does
Mission
To develop resources and relationships that provide financial support to contra costa college students through student scholarships, student programs and services, instructional supplies and facility improvements.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Programmatic support is provided to ccc and its programs and in several ways, through direct program support and through a grant program during the academic year. The unrestricted grant program provides approximately$150,000 in support for needs shared via individual grant applications from faculty and staff. The ccc foundation board members review these applications and budgets three times each year and decide which projects receive funding. An array of projects are funded, supporting academic and student services, student clubs, and much more.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Contra Costa College Foundation (cccf) has been working since 1967 to increase financial support for our students. The foundation's wrap-around fund supports student success and real student needs. Gifts made to this fund help with student retention and needs such as mentoring, clinical services, tutoring, books, rent, transportation, and childcare. Students apply for these funds through an emergency fund application and are required to be enrolled at ccc in a minimum of six units, be in good standing (non-probationary student) and must write a brief narrative about their needs. Also, more than $373,036 was available in scholarships for ccc students for our academic year. Financial scholarships allow students to concentrate on college studies and participate in extracurricular activities, creating a well-rounded and successful graduate.
$373,036 spentof which $373,036 as grants53% of program spendingProgrammatic support is provided to ccc and its programs and in several ways, through direct program support and through a grant program during the academic year. The unrestricted grant program provides approximately $150,000 in support for needs shared via individual grant applications from faculty and staff. The ccc foundation board members review these applications and budgets three times each year and decide which projects receive funding. An array of projects are funded, supporting academic and student services, student clubs, and much more.
$328,223 spentof which $106,974 as grants47% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $701,259.
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 2018 to 2019, from $5.5M to $7.5M (+38%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Mack Robinson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $69k → $182k.
8 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 18 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
CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 57% · 2019 43% · 2020 37% · 2021 32% · 2022 63% · 2023 55% — growing more concentrated.
“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
57% of CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
73% of CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION'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 $361k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $998k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
- CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,358,706 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($391,700). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,358,706 in grants to CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $391,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONTRA COSTA 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 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing