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EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC

EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,195 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($102,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$2.5M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$193k
Net assets
$19M
3/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What East Central College Foundation Inc does

Mission

Financial support for east central college

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The foundation supports students attending east central college by providing scholarships and other financial aid, including emergency scholarships. The foundation funded 519 total scholarships to 270 students.

    $514,927 spentof which $481,360 as grants
    66% of program spending
  2. The organization supports students attending by supporting several college programs, including music and athletic programs.

    $268,454 spentof which $268,454 as grants
    34% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $783,381.

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 ($684k) Expenses 100 ($432k) Net assets 100 ($7.0M)2018 Revenue 84 ($573k) Expenses 91 ($394k) Net assets 96 ($6.7M)2019 Revenue 83 ($566k) Expenses 173 ($748k) Net assets 110 ($7.7M)2021 Revenue 828 ($5.7M) Expenses 125 ($541k) Net assets 212 ($15M)2022 Revenue 125 ($853k) Expenses 275 ($1.2M) Net assets 179 ($12M)2023 Revenue 112 ($768k) Expenses 186 ($803k) Net assets 199 ($14M)2024 Revenue 130 ($889k) Expenses 211 ($914k) Net assets 228 ($16M)2025 Revenue 370 ($2.5M) Expenses 206 ($888k) Net assets 276 ($19M)
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Revenue (370)Expenses (206)Net assets (276)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 $14M to $18M (+26%).

$7.0M
$6.7M
$7.7M
$15M
$13M
$14M
$18M
$21M
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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
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

84% of EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$252k
’17
$179k
’18
−$182k
’19
$5.1M
’21
−$335k
’22
−$35k
’23
−$25k
’24
$1.6M
’25
46
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.

Chief executive

Bridgette Kelch

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed2625252522282931
Joined·+0+1·+7+9+5+2
No longer listed·11·10340
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $8k → $2k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 EAST CENTRAL 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

EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

96% 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 EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.

53%
largest funder
93%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 53% · 2022 67% · 2023 57% — 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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 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

56% of EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC'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 $85k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 5 states.

NY
MA
MO
TN
FL

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

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’22
’23
Missouri out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin65% · top quartile
Months of reserve46.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like EAST CENTRAL 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 Missouri

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 9%Fundraising 2%

Governance

28
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

56%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Junior College District of East Central Missouri · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,195 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($102,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $193,195 in grants to EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $102,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EAST CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 8 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