New Jersey · Nonprofit
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 128 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,315,271 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,293,516). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $36M
- Funders on record
- 128
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $163M
What Montclair State University Foundation Inc does
Mission
The montclair state university foundation ("the foundation") was established to encourage and support the growth and development of montclair state university through fundraising activities that help further the educational, experiential, and cultural influence of the university for its students, faculty, and staff. Funds raised are used primarily for scholarship support, programmatic initiatives that establish and/or fund centers for academic research and study, and support for the maintenance and repair of academic facilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Montclair state university sustains it reputation for excellence in part by providing exceptional curricular and programmatic activities which foster a high quality learning environment. The foundation provides needed support to colleges/schools on the university campus towards this endeavor, augmenting state budgeted funds with additional funding for enhanced course curriculum, the operations of institutes which further learning, and other essential needs. Funding is received from individuals, corporations, private foundation and other sources. The foundation manages over 600 funds which have been created based on donor restrictions towards these purposes. Funds may be temporarily restricted or permanently restricted (endowed) based on donor intent. Foundation support often serves as the sole source of funding in order to sustain these vital initiatives.
$7,599,780 spentof which $7,414,404 as grants63% of program spendingThe foundation manages in excess of 250 funds established to award scholarships for the student population of montclair state university. Scholarship funds are available to students based on need or merit. Additionally, such funds permit the award to students at the admissions level and/or are restricted to a specific college/school, department, major or other defined criteria. Funding towards scholarships is generated from individuals, corporations, private foundations, events and other sources. Funds may be temporarily restricted or permanently restricted (endowed) based on donor intent. The foundation, in serving the needs of montclair state university, acknowledges that one of the top priorities for fundraising stems from the need to meet the challenges regarding the cost of education for today's students. The foundation focuses on both short-term and long-term needs, factoring increasing student enrollment, the economy, state funding to the university, and long range growth plans of the university among other factors. Scholarship awards continue to increase and for fiscal 2025 in excess of 1,500 awards were made to both need and merit based students.
$4,302,867 spentof which $4,302,867 as grants36% of program spendingThe foundation manages an annual event which is designed to increase donor connectivity, awareness of the needs of the university and the foundation, and to fulfill the mission of academic excellence. The event enables the foundation to provide resources for much needed support to university student athletes as they balance their athletic commitments with educational priorities. For fiscal 2025 the net proceeds of the golf outing were used in continued support of virtual broadcasting capabilities for all sporting events in a social media environment.
$137,738 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,040,385.
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 $136M to $168M (+24%).
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.
87% of MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% 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.
Board chair
Gregory Collins
Chair to trustee (eff. 6/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 55 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $2.6M.
22 of 128 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 128 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
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
61% 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 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 37% · 2019 23% · 2020 19% · 2021 18% · 2022 17% · 2023 12% — 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
41% of MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC'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
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Red Hawk Fund LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 128 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,315,271 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,293,516). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 128 organizations giving $18,315,271 in grants to MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC, 73 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,293,516 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 128 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