Washington · Nonprofit
GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION
GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,227,872 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($515,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $38M
What Gonzaga Law School Foundation does
Mission
Support the advancement of legal education and training; provide loans, scholarships, and grants.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provided support to gonzaga university school of law for the salaries and benefits for the frederick n. And barbara t. Curley chair in commercial law, the john j. Hemmingson professor in civil liberties, the j. Donald and va lena scarpelli curran professor of legal ethics, the smithmoore p. Myers chair of law, the norman and rita roberts endowed scholar and the clute/halloran faculty fellowship. All of the faculty in these positions are employed by gonzaga university school of law. Also provided support to gonzaga university school of law for salaries and benefits for the center of law, ethics & commerce, the immigration clinic, the institute for law school teaching and the executive director of the foundation who are employed by gonzaga university.
$666,694 spentof which $666,694 as grants31% of program spendingProvided support to gonzaga university school of law for scholarships for current students. Scholarships are awarded to qualifying law students based on merit and need determined by applications submitted to the gonzaga university school of law admissions committee and gonzaga university financial aid office. Loans are to assist graduates with repayment of their law school student loan debt. Loans are forgiven by the gonzaga university foundation if qualifying length and type of employment are met. Committee members consist of gonzaga university school of law faculty and staff.
$607,108 spentof which $607,108 as grants28% of program spendingProvided support to gonzaga university school of law for miscellaneous supplies, meetings, and events based on donor intent. Provided support to gonzaga university school of law faculty for faculty development travel and research, including conference fees, membership dues and research material.
$457,680 spentof which $264,276 as grants21% of program spendingProvided support to gonzaga university school of law for salaries and benefits of various centers, clinics, and cle, who are employed by gonzaga university school of law. Sponsored presentations and lectures attended by students, faculty and staff, and public.
$413,770 spentof which $413,770 as grants$6,073 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: $2,145,252.
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 $25M to $34M (+39%).
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.
51% of GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL 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. 2 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
Sarah Guzman
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $46k.
6 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL 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
GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 67% · 2020 53% · 2021 53% · 2022 80% · 2023 43% — 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
60% of GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
99% of GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL 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 $12k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL 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 GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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
- The Corporation of Gonzaga University · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,227,872 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($515,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,227,872 in grants to GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $515,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GONZAGA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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