Minnesota · Nonprofit
ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,969,651 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,329,708). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.1M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $65M
What St Cloud State University Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation serves the students, faculty and staff at st. Cloud state university by engaging interested alumni and friends in supporting the mission, programs, and goals of the university. St. Cloud state university is a highly accredited regional comprehensive university that provides excellent education at an affordable price for a diverse student body. Key areas of support include scholarships, faculty, program, facilities, and equipment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships - the foundation provides scholarship funds to the university to award to deserving students. Over 1,000 scholarships were awarded to over 1,400 students through the efforts of the foundation.
$1,535,489 spentof which $1,441,969 as grants60% of program spendingDepartmental support - the foundation provides support to the colleges and departments of the university. Over 150 units of the university benefit from these efforts.
$988,567 spentof which $928,358 as grants39% of program spendingOther university support - the foundation provides other support to the university for various operational and program purposes.
$14,341 spentof which $13,468 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,538,397.
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 $50M to $60M (+21%).
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.
41% of ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% 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.
Board chair
Dave Mingo
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $94k → $381k.
18 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 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
ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
69% 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 ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 88% · 2019 25% · 2020 35% · 2021 21% · 2022 44% · 2023 26% — 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
41% of ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
66% of ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC'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 $1.7M that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: 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 ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,969,651 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,329,708). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $4,969,651 in grants to ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,329,708 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 56 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