California · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,790 to it, the largest being HARRIS-BACOR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $55M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $45M
What Southern California University of Health Sciences does
Mission
The mission of Southern California University of Health Sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. The university is committed to providing excellence in academics, scholarship, service and leadership through its offerings of bachelor, master and doctorate programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Founded in 1911, Southern California University of Health Sciences (scu) prepares healthcare professionals to deliver integrative, whole-person care responsive to the evolving needs of patients and communities. As a private, nonprofit institution, scu has advanced a model of healthcare education that recognizes the full range of factors influencing health, physical, behavioral, social, and environmental, and equips graduates to improve outcomes across diverse populations.the university offers twelve degree programs, six certificate programs, and a range of short courses across disciplines including chiropractic, occupational therapy, acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine, ayurvedic medicine, physician assistant studies, human genetics and genomics, clinical psychology, health sciences, and more.in fall 2024, scu enrolled 1,464 students in its degree and certificate programs, supported by more than 340 faculty members. During the year, the university awarded 448 degrees, including 242 doctoral, 170 master's, and 36 bachelor's degrees.students in scu's clinical programs gain supervised, hands-on experience through three university-operated academic health centers, partnerships…
$30,571,456 spentof which $489,583 as grants$53,016,997 earned by the program83% of program spendingScu health provides integrative, whole-person care through an academic health system that combines clinical service, education, and research. Grounded in scu's commitment to health equity, the principle that all individuals and communities should have a fair opportunity to achieve optimal health. Scu health delivers patient-centered, evidence-informed care that addresses the full range of factors influencing well-being.across its clinical network, including university-operated clinics, employer-based sites, and contracted community locations. Scu health delivered more than 41,000 patient visits in 2025. These services extended care to diverse populations through partnerships with community health centers, hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and public sector organizations, including the los angeles county sheriff's department and other public safety agencies.in addition to delivering patient care, scu health serves as a clinical training environment for students across multiple healthcare disciplines. Under licensed supervision, students participate in team-based care delivery, gaining hands-on experience and developing the skills needed for collaborative, integrative…
$5,199,984 spent$2,733,725 earned by the program14% of program spendingThe scu research department supports a growing research enterprise focused on advancing knowledge in integrative, whole-person healthcare and improving patient outcomes. Guided by scu's whole health approach, research activities align with the university's mission to address the complex physical, behavioral, and social factors that influence health, while contributing to evidence-based practice across healthcare disciplines.during 2025, scu investigators led and contributed to a diverse portfolio of research initiatives, including 19 grant-related projects and 10 active studies, with additional proposals under review. Faculty, staff, and students produced 45 scholarly publications and delivered 47 national and international presentations, reflecting continued growth in research productivity and dissemination. In 2025, all health system research revenue came from federally funded grants.scu's research program includes federally funded and collaborative projects, including the university's first national institutes of health (nih) r01 award and participation in multi-institution nih-funded research collaborations. These efforts expand scu's role in advancing integrative health…
$935,150 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,706,590.
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 2023 to 2024, from $47M to $54M (+17%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2022 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES’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. 3 of the last 8 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
Thomas Bakman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $24.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES’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
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 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
68% of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.0M on record.
- Department of Education$2.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.6M
- Department of Justice$500k
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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES: 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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES?
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,790 to it, the largest being HARRIS-BACOR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $25,790 in grants to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES?
- HARRIS-BACOR FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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