Virginia · Nonprofit
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,050 to it, the largest being FIDELITY FOUNDATION ($2,050). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $487k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $673k
What George Mason University Alumni Association does
Mission
The mission of the alumni association is to strengthen george mason university by engaging alumni through fellowship, programs, and services that encourage active participation in the university community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Alumni outreach - the alumni association conducted alumni outreach and engagement programs during the year (homecoming, regional events), student and young alumni engagement, and alumni recognition and awards programs (celebration of distinction).
$456,765 spentof which $4,790 as grants$39,442 earned by the program100% of program spendingCommunications - affinity partnerships provide revenue to the association for programs and services offered to alumni as well as providing marketing and communication pieces that engage alumni with the association.
$1,085 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $457,850.
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 2019 to 2020, from $639k to $724k (+13%).
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.
85% of GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’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. 6 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
Jennifer Robinson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’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.
Where its funders are
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves 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 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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
- George Mason University · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY 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 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
- GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,050 to it, the largest being FIDELITY FOUNDATION ($2,050). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,050 in grants to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 1 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