California · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES (California) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,780,763 to it, the largest being THE JAY PRITZKER FOUNDATION ($25,000,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $237M
- Funders on record
- 78
- Grants received
- $95M
- Net assets
- $184M
What Foundation for California Community Colleges does
Mission
The foundation's mission is to benefit, support, and enhance the missions of the california community college system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Equity & community impact: distribute hundreds of millions in statewide emergency relief dollars through partnerships with california state agencies, which rapidly connects californians with public resources and benefits to address crucial needs such as childcare, higher education savings plans, and a summer grocery benefit for school-aged children, ensuring access to meals during summer school closures. Operate programs which provide quality resources and basic needs support to help individuals overcome barriers such as food/ housing security and mental health challenges, including through student ambassador programs which train leaders in peer-to-peer outreach. Provide support to groups for whom the opportunity for higher education has been traditionally out of reach.
$39,774,900 spentof which $3,453,298 as grants$48,734,263 earned by the program23% of program spendingWorkforce development and climate action:design and operate programs which provide opportunities for californians to enter the workforce prepared for rewarding careers and to meet the state's future economic challenges and opportunities. Facilitate work-based learning opportunities, including paid internships and apprenticeships, for high school and college students. Provide technical assistance to help statewide partnerships develop programs and responsive training innovations that better prepare california's workforce to meet the needs of our evolving economy. Secure resources and provide direct support to community colleges to leverage their existing strengths in sustainability leadership, workforce development, and community engagement.
$64,784,408 spentof which $27,734,599 as grants$43,618,655 earned by the program37% of program spendingStudent success:provide professional development, research, and policy support, and operate other programs and services which accelerate student certificate and degree attainment, and transfer rates across the california community colleges. Support the california community colleges as they implement student success reforms to streamline curriculum pathways and improve economic outcomes for all californians.
$37,466,394 spentof which $817,306 as grants$39,731,188 earned by the program21% of program spendingSystems support & services (includes collegebuys):distribute millions of dollars in scholarships and thousands in emergency aid for community college students to remove financial barriers and provide support in times of recovery from natural disasters, economic disruption, or other unimagined challenges. Develop and manage systemwide tools, resources, and services, and provide a hub for collaboration that enables colleges and mission-aligned partners to navigate and coordinate within a large and decentralized system. Operate the aggregate purchasing program on behalf of the california community colleges, which provides hundreds of millions in cost savings to colleges to be reinvested in student success, and to students to ensure they have the technology and educational resources they need to learn. Provide fiscal sponsorship and management services to mission-aligned partners to help incubate, scale, and sustain creative endeavors to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all californians.
$33,922,985 spentof which $14,785,436 as grants$34,615,415 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $175,948,687.
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 $127M to $253M (+99%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 5% · 2022 5% · 2023 6% · 2024 9% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (14% 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.
Board chair
Patrick Mulvaney
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $4.4M → $13M.
15 of 78 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 78 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
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 48% · 2019 48% · 2020 37% · 2021 29% · 2022 32% · 2023 37% — 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
40% of FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 679 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 679 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $22.4M on record.
- Department of Commerce$21.5M
- National Science Foundation$574k
- Department of Agriculture$314k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: 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 FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES?
- FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES (California) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,780,763 to it, the largest being THE JAY PRITZKER FOUNDATION ($25,000,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES have?
- IRS filings report 78 organizations giving $94,780,763 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES?
- THE JAY PRITZKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES 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 78 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