California · Nonprofit
Golden West College Foundation
Golden West College Foundation (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,718,888 to it, the largest being SAMUELI FOUNDATION ($1,170,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Golden West College Foundation does
Mission
Provide resources to support Golden West College and the community by advancing education and opportunity for all students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Foundation supports the expansion of dual enrollment by investing in peer mentors who guide high school students through the college enrollment and transition process, helping reduce barriers and increase early college success.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The Golden West College Foundation annually awards scholarships to support Golden West College students in achieving their educational goals. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded millions of dollars in scholarships, easing the financial burden on students and increasing access to higher education. We are proud of our ability to financially assist students to achieve their goals.
$175,558 spentof which $175,558 as grants48% of program spendingIn addition to scholarships, the Foundation provides critical resources to strengthen student support programs. The Foundation also addresses urgent student needs through emergency grant assistance, helping students overcome short-term financial barriers that might otherwise force them to leave school.The Foundation supports the expansion of dual enrollment by investing in peer mentors who guide high school students through the college enrollment and transition process, helping reduce barriers and increase early college success.
$188,169 spentof which $188,169 as grants52% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $363,727.
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 2024 to 2025, from $15M to $18M (+20%).
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.
61% of Golden West College Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% 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
Andrea RangoInterim
Exec. Director (7/2024- 12/2024)
Board chair
Steve Olmstead
Chair (Through 4/2025)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $65k → $51k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Golden West College Foundation’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
Golden West College Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 58% · 2019 56% · 2020 70% · 2021 79% · 2022 36% · 2023 59% — 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
43% of Golden West College Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
97% of Golden West College Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $233k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Golden West College Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Golden West College Foundation
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Golden West College Foundation: 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 Golden West College Foundation?
- Golden West College Foundation (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,718,888 to it, the largest being SAMUELI FOUNDATION ($1,170,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Golden West College Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,718,888 in grants to Golden West College Foundation, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Golden West College Foundation?
- SAMUELI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,170,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Golden West College 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 11 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