California · Nonprofit
FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION
FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,499,579 to it, the largest being THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION ($2,800,000). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 84
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $65M
What Foothill-Deanza Community Colleges Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the foothill-de anza foundation is to change student lives by raising and investing funds to support the educational excellence of foothill and de anza colleges.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships and faculty support: the foothill-de anza foundation is committed to promoting the highest levels of student success. Through charitable gifts and donations, the organization is able to provide financial assistance that allows thousands of students to advance their postsecondary education. During the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, the organization was able to provide over 750 scholarships to students. Additionally, support faculty in developing new curriculum that encourages critical thinking, problem solving and a lifelong love of learning in our students. Through the organization's support, faculty are able to focus on helping students to grow and to learn valuable skills needed in the evolving workforce needs.
$1,361,924 spentof which $1,361,924 as grants25% of program spendingThe krause center for innovation - k-12 educators come to foothill's krause center for innovation to sharpen their teaching skills and discover new ways to harness technology to capture the imagination of today's students. The krause center provides innovative professional development to help educators transform their teaching practice with an emphasis on technology integration.
$773,273 spent$444,125 earned by the program14% of program spendingThe hope initiative provides for student basic needs including food and mental health services. Many students face significant challenges to meet basic needs while pursuing their educational and career goals while enrolled at foothill and/or de anza. Basic need funds include food pantry gift cards, staffing resources to expand the hours and services at the food pantries and assist the colleges in providing for mental health services for registered students.
$316,646 spent6% of program spendingThe foundation plays a key role in ensuring the colleges offer programs that align with the needs of their diverse student populations. Providing funding for state-of-the-art workforce programs that equip students with the skills needed for high-demand jobs as well as supporting programs that support transfer students to seamlessly transition to four-year universities.
$2,982,240 spent55% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,434,083.
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 $45M to $59M (+30%).
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.
69% of FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Dennis Cima
Exec. Dir., fhda foundation
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $1.5M.
19 of 84 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 84 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
FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
63% 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 FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 46% · 2019 39% · 2020 30% · 2021 29% · 2022 20% · 2023 20% — 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
48% of FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
53% of FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES 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 $7.3M that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION?
- FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,499,579 to it, the largest being THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION ($2,800,000). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 84 organizations giving $15,499,579 in grants to FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION?
- THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES 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 84 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