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CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,283,286 to it, the largest being CLEVELAND MARSHALL EDUCATION FDN ($1,239,736). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$226k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$457k
4/10 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Csu Law Alumni Association does

Mission

The mission is to provide continuing legal education to the almuni association's members, dissmination of information to members of the legal profession, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and developments. In addition, the alumni association maintains an ongoing involvement with the law school in order to attract, and provide opportunities for, future members of the law profession.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The law alumni association produced multiple low-cost continuing education seminars for the benefit of the alumni and greater cleveland attorney communities. Discounts were afforded to members of Csu Law Alumni Association.

    $119,684 spent
    60% of program spending
  2. The law alumni association has always been a resource for employment and we work in conjunction with the law school's career planning office. We funded student scholarships; fielded calls from alumni looking for capable attorneys to join them in practice as well as from students and alumni who are searching for employment; paired students with alumni as part of our established and successful mentorship program; and assisted in general school fundraising and support functions.

    $81,307 spentof which $37,358 as grants
    40% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $200,991.

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 ($119k) Expenses 100 ($145k) Net assets 100 ($173k)2018 Revenue 134 ($159k) Expenses 84 ($122k) Net assets 121 ($209k)2019 Revenue 222 ($264k) Expenses 127 ($184k) Net assets 169 ($292k)2020 Revenue 137 ($162k) Expenses 96 ($139k) Net assets 174 ($300k)2021 Revenue 99 ($117k) Expenses 76 ($110k) Net assets 207 ($357k)2022 Revenue 168 ($199k) Expenses 118 ($171k) Net assets 191 ($330k)2023 Revenue 143 ($169k) Expenses 114 ($166k) Net assets 200 ($345k)2024 Revenue 156 ($185k) Expenses 79 ($114k) Net assets 251 ($433k)2025 Revenue 190 ($226k) Expenses 150 ($217k) Net assets 265 ($457k)
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Revenue (190)Expenses (150)Net assets (265)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 2023 to 2024, from $345k to $433k (+25%).

$173k
$209k
$292k
$300k
$357k
$330k
$345k
$433k
$457k
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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

10% of CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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.

−$26k
’17
$37k
’18
$80k
’19
$23k
’20
$8k
’21
$28k
’22
$4k
’23
$70k
’24
$8k
’25
8.3
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed353636363536363637
Joined·+7+6+7+0+6+12+0+14
No longer listed·6671512013
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2021: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $11k → $1.2M.

2 of 10 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 CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’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

CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

98% 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 CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

97%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 46% · 2019 47% · 2020 25% · 2021 100% — 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

0% of CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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 FY2021, 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

100% of CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH
PA
DE

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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

CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve8.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

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

Organizations like CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

37
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

95%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,283,286 to it, the largest being CLEVELAND MARSHALL EDUCATION FDN ($1,239,736). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,283,286 in grants to CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
CLEVELAND MARSHALL EDUCATION FDN is the largest funder on record, with $1,239,736 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CSU LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 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