Ohio · Nonprofit
NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND
NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND (Ohio) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,460,763 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT REESE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,300,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $31M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $86M
What Newark Campus Development Fund does
Mission
The mission of the Newark Campus Development Fund, a perpetual, locally controlled source of funding, is to support the newark campus of the ohio state university and central ohio technical college by funding scholarships, grants, innovative projects and capital improvements that are not provided by any other state resource.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Newark Campus Development Fund (ncdf) acts as a conduit for generous donors to assist the growing needs of the newark campus. Established in 1983, ncdf has provided more than $59 million in scholarships, grants and capital investments. Capital projects funded include the construction of the everett reese bell tower, the j gilbert reese technology center, the john and christine warner library and student center and the john and mary alford center for science and technology, as well as providing funds for technological equipment, parking, and campus beautification.the headcount at ohio state newark is 2,877 and 1,966 at cotc for autumn semester 2025. These students face increasing difficulties paying for books & tuition, juggling minimum wage jobs and college courses, as well as living expenses of young families. Unrestricted scholarship and grant funds help the most to meet the needs of students. The ncdf supports projects and scholarship needs that state and federal resources cannot.in the academic year ending on june 30, 2025, the ncdf funded 737 scholarships and 12 grants.
$3,262,270 spentof which $3,209,142 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,262,270.
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 $55M to $86M (+57%).
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: 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND’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. 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
Jennifer Roberts
Executive director
Board chair
Robert Montagnese
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $230k → $3.5M.
7 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND’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
NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
26% 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 NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 72% · 2019 31% · 2020 34% · 2021 46% · 2022 71% · 2023 71% — 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
50% of NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND'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
100% of NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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
NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND 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 NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND?
- NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND (Ohio) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,460,763 to it, the largest being THE GILBERT REESE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,300,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $15,460,763 in grants to NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND?
- THE GILBERT REESE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 22 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