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HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,304 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($74,550). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$584k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$221k
Net assets
$633k
5/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Harvard Business School Association of Northern California does

Mission

This alumni association allows members to stay in touch with fellow alumni, further their professional training and participate in community partners programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Bay area programs: educational programs for members in the bay area.

    $211,208 spent
    65% of program spending
  2. Enterpreneur dinner expenses

    $61,322 spent
    19% of program spending
  3. Internships/scholarships: scholarships fund were used to sponsor non-profit leaders attending executive education program in non-profit management in harvard business school.

    $30,000 spent
    9% of program spending
  4. New venture competition: partnership with harvard business school to solicit new ventures initiative through the business plan writing competition.

    $10,699 spent
    3% of program spending
  5. Hbs angel expenses

    $8,736 spent
    3% of program spending
  6. Startup partners expenses

    $2,700 spent
    1% of program spending
  7. Community partners: this program offers the community partners pro bono consulting program that provides alumni the opportunities to work with bay area non-profit organizations on challenging and worthwhile business projects. It also mentors youth competing in business plan competitions, volunteer in san francisco public shcool and participate in one-day events. It also offers scholarships to non-profit leaders around bay area to attend the executive education program in non-profit management in boston in july.

  8. Monthly news letter: published monthly newsletter that was distributed to members and guests. Newsletter also includes a job listing service.

  9. Donations: donations were made to harvard business school and other non-profit organizations.

The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $324,665.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($678k) Expenses 100 ($428k) Net assets 100 ($500k)2018 Revenue 100 ($677k) Expenses 144 ($617k) Net assets 112 ($561k)2019 Revenue 66 ($446k) Expenses 126 ($541k) Net assets 92 ($462k)2020 Revenue 92 ($623k) Expenses 97 ($416k) Net assets 133 ($666k)2021 Revenue 43 ($293k) Expenses 82 ($351k) Net assets 121 ($606k)2022 Revenue 60 ($404k) Expenses 76 ($324k) Net assets 137 ($686k)2023 Revenue 36 ($243k) Expenses 66 ($283k) Net assets 129 ($647k)2024 Revenue 47 ($315k) Expenses 86 ($367k) Net assets 119 ($596k)2025 Revenue 86 ($584k) Expenses 128 ($547k) Net assets 126 ($633k)
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Revenue (86)Expenses (128)Net assets (126)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $503k to $696k (+38%).

$527k
$575k
$503k
$696k
$690k
$768k
$720k
$667k
$724k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

22% of HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$250k
’17
$61k
’18
−$95k
’19
$207k
’20
−$57k
’21
$80k
’22
−$39k
’23
−$51k
’24
$37k
’25
16
months of
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.

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Listed322540452937403640
Joined·+8+18+18+2+15+8+2+9
No longer listed·15313187565
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $26k → $36k.

6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’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

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

83% 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 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

34%
largest funder
66%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 100% · 2019 61% · 2020 59% · 2021 50% · 2022 41% — 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

25% of HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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 FY2022, 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

83% of HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'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 $38k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from California funders.

NY
CA
CO
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’21
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $183k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve15.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

59% of spending goes to programs.

Program 59%Management 41%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

55%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,304 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($74,550). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $221,304 in grants to HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $74,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 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.

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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