California · Nonprofit
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE (California) receives grants from 258 organizations whose IRS filings report $79,374,064 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,713,429). 165 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $241M
- Funders on record
- 258
- Grants received
- $79M
- Net assets
- $907M
What Occidental College does
Mission
See schedule othe mission of Occidental College is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex, interdependent and pluralistic world. The distinctive interdisciplinary and multicultural focus of the college's academic program seeks to foster both the fulfillment of individual aspirations and a deeply rooted commitment to the public good. This mission is anchored by four cornerstones: excellence, equity, community and service. These building blocks, in one form or another, have long been the basis for the college's commitment to providing responsible leaders and citizens for our democratic society. Choosing them to support the future helps to ensure that the college remains true to its mission while adapting to a changing world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule oacademic program: as a private, co-educational college of the liberal arts and sciences, Occidental College seeks to provide its students with a total educational experience of the highest quality, one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex, interdependent and pluralistic world. Founded in los angeles in 1887, occidental was one of the first liberal arts colleges in california and today is one of the country's few liberal arts colleges in an urban setting. Occidental offers undergraduate degrees in a wide range of disciplines and a master's degree in marine biology. Its 1,991 students, drawn from 48 states and territories and 34 countries, choose from 48 majors and minors taught by 203 full-time and 23 part-time faculty. Course work is integrated with opportunities for independent study, community engagement, one of the country's top undergraduate research programs, study in dozens of foreign countries, and the country's only campaign semester and residential united nations programs for undergraduates. Since producing its first rhodes scholar in 1907, occidental has consistently won national and international recognition for academic…
$124,564,374 spentof which $54,879,269 as grants$131,785,978 earned by the program70% of program spendingSee schedule oco-curricular: occidental offers a wide range of co-curricular programs, from the student-run blyth fund, which oversees a six-figure investment fund, to the internships and career counseling services offered through the hameetman career center. There are more than 100 student clubs and organizations, as well as an online radio station and award-winning weekly newspaper. As one of the founders of intercollegiate athletics in southern california, occidental offers 20 varsity sports for men and women, as well as several club sports and intramural programs for men and women.
$47,914,064 spentof which $379,755 as grants$33,705,839 earned by the program27% of program spendingSee schedule opublic service: occidental was one of the first liberal arts colleges selected as community engagement institutions by the carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching and has repeatedly been named to the president's higher education community service honor roll for its exemplary service efforts. Occidental's tradition of community outreach dates back to 1963, when the college's community literacy center was founded to provide one-on-one reading and writing instruction for local k-6 children. It also is home to one of california's oldest, largest and most successful upward bound programs. Occidental has integrated community engagement into its curriculum, taking advantage of its location in los angeles. Three linked programs, the office for community engagement, the center for community based learning, and the urban & environmental policy institute, connect curriculum, co-curricular activities, and research and community-based efforts.
$5,850,348 spentof which $57,704 as grants$955,407 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $178,328,786.
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 $766M to $903M (+18%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 5% · 2022 5% · 2023 3% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Lisa H Link
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 65 funders to 104 funders, grant income rose $2.0M → $8.2M.
47 of 258 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 258 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
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
54% 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 OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 31% · 2019 20% · 2020 27% · 2021 29% · 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
48% of OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE'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
62% of OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28.4M on record.
- Department of Education$13.9M
- National Science Foundation$10.8M
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.2M
- Department of Agriculture$900k
- Department of the Interior$240k
- Department of Defense$223k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Otway Properties LLC · disregarded
- Charitable Remainder Trust (18) · corp_trust
- Charitable Lead Trust · corp_trust
- Pooled Income Fund (2) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE?
- OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE (California) receives grants from 258 organizations whose IRS filings report $79,374,064 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,713,429). 165 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE have?
- IRS filings report 258 organizations giving $79,374,064 in grants to OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, 165 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $12,713,429 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE 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 258 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