Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $754,865 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($508,700). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $311k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $755k
- Net assets
- $248k
What State College Area School District Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
The state college area school district education foundation is committed to enhancing the educational experience of students within the state college area school district by providing financial support for innovative learning opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Support the educational activities conducted by the state college area school district.during the current year, support provided to the state college area school district was primarily to fund the "my mental health matters" program, elementary stem and career and technical programs, and student opportunity grants which provided funds to teachers for classroom needs.
$163,400 spentof which $163,400 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $163,400.
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 $1.3M to $239k (−81%).
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.
96% of STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Paul Olivett
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $12k → $131k.
7 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’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
STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 42% · 2019 66% · 2020 82% · 2021 79% · 2022 74% · 2023 76% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC'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
86% of STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION 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 $102k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $653k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION 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 STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $754,865 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($508,700). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $754,865 in grants to STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $508,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC 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 11 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