Oregon · Nonprofit
PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,831 to it, the largest being Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $188k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $151k
- Net assets
- $922
What Palm University Foundation does
Mission
Palm University Foundation provides an increase in higher educational opportunities to ghanaians to enhance and promote their well being and community at large.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Palm university ushered in the first cohort for the palm school of graduate studies with an orientation session for 20 students.
$180,285 spentof which $180,285 as grants100% of program spendingPalm university held its first-ever career fair on 2nd april, marking a significant milestone in exposing students to real industry opportunities. A total of 22 companies participated, representing diverse sectors and offering students valuable insights into emerging career paths. Organizations such as mtn, telecel, kpmg, tgts, bunge, 0800africa, bidvest, oml africa, remoteli, and maxim nyansa were among the participating companies, engaging directly with students through discussions, q&a sessions, and networking opportunities.
In may 2025, palm university reached a historic milestone as the class of 2025 became our first batch of degree graduates. After final exams and capstone projects, they wrapped up years of effort, balancing deadlines and presentations with determination.their graduation is a proud moment for palm, proof of the resilience we aim to build in our students and a strong start for our newest alumni.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $180,285.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $3k to $1k (−59%).
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.
100% of PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Patricia Akosua Asante-Frempong
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $7k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 PALM UNIVERSITY 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
PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 61% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
55% of PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PALM UNIVERSITY 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Palm Institute · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION?
- PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,831 to it, the largest being Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $150,831 in grants to PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION?
- Matthew and Emmanuella Essieh Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALM UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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