Florida · Nonprofit
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 351 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,184,135 to it, the largest being Kurt & Marilyn Wallach Family Foundation Inc ($8,000,000). 193 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $60M
- Funders on record
- 351
- Grants received
- $88M
- Net assets
- $450M
What Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc. Is to encourage, promote, and provide funds and other resources for the benefit of florida atlantic university (a part of the florida state university system) in furtherance of its (continued on schedule o) missions and purposes and to secure the application of these funds in the best manner adapted to the conditions of time and to the needs of fau.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provided general support to the florida atlantic university in the form of payments such as but not limited to guest lecturers, operational and conference expenses, travel, consulting, and events.
$18,306,513 spentof which $18,306,513 as grants$441,587 earned by the program51% of program spendingProvided 2,828 students with scholarships from philanthropic contributions.
$9,037,741 spentof which $9,037,741 as grants25% of program spendingProvided support for the salaries of the university's eminent scholars, professors, and other faculty and staff.
$8,702,780 spentof which $8,702,780 as grants24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,047,034.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $306M to $393M (+29%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 5% · 2019 4% · 2020 3% · 2021 3% · 2022 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
David L Kian
Interim CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 66 funders to 128 funders, grant income rose $5.0M → $9.8M.
44 of 351 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 351 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
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 12 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 12 funders to its left
30% 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 FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 24% · 2019 30% · 2020 17% · 2021 13% · 2022 17% · 2023 9% — 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
39% of FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
65% of FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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.
Against its field
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Florida Atlantic University · exempt
- Florida Atlantic University Alumni Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 351 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,184,135 to it, the largest being Kurt & Marilyn Wallach Family Foundation Inc ($8,000,000). 193 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 351 organizations giving $88,184,135 in grants to FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC, 193 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- Kurt & Marilyn Wallach Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $8,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 351 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