Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $291,586 to it, the largest being KAMINSKY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $292k
- Net assets
- $109M
What Penn State Alumni Association does
Mission
To connect alumni to the university and to each other, to provide valued services to members, and to support the university's mission of teaching, research, and service.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Print and electronic publications and other special events to keep alumni informed and involved with the university.
$4,819,284 spent$1,601,339 earned by the program72% of program spendingOperation of a nationwide network of alumni chapters, constituent societies and other groups.
$1,303,521 spentof which $668,144 as grants$307,950 earned by the program19% of program spendingProvide support for academic and other programs of the pennsylvania state university.
$388,626 spentof which $74,238 as grants$102,650 earned by the program6% of program spendingRecruitment of academically qualified students, student mentoring programs, and other programs designed to involve students with the university upon graduation.
$185,884 spent$41,060 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,697,315.
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 $78M to $100M (+27%).
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 33% · 2018 10% · 2019 6% · 2020 6% · 2021 3% · 2022 2% · 2023 4% · 2024 3% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $19k → $3k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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
PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 62% · 2019 46% · 2020 82% · 2021 64% · 2022 98% · 2023 72% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% 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
52% of PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'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 $139k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k 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.
Against its field
PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: 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 PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
- PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $291,586 to it, the largest being KAMINSKY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $291,586 in grants to PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
- KAMINSKY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 13 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