Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,454,007 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($2,101,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $8.5M
- Net assets
- $100M
What The Bloomsburg University Foundationinc does
Mission
The bloomsburg university foundation, inc. Inspires and stewards philanthropy and other revenue growth in support of commonwealth university.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic projects - funding provided by the buf supports a number of academic programs that enhance the educational experience for cu students. Projects funded by the buf cover areas that include, but are not limited to: academic and athletic programs, advancement and development, travel, public service, external relations, artwork and research. These programs serve as the foundation of the principal resources for cu faculty, staff and students. They support the university's efforts to expand professional development and experiential learning opportunities that occur beyond the classroom setting and are vital in preparing cu students to enter a competitive workforce.
$3,214,421 spentof which $2,320,659 as grants$3,192,106 earned by the program38% of program spendingGrants & scholarships - the bloomsburg university foundation (buf) provides scholarships and awards to more than 890 students at commonwealth university (cu). These scholarships provide resources to help recruit students, reward incoming freshmen for their hard work and to retain returning students. This support is instrumental in helping the university reach its goal of providing a quality educational experience at an affordable cost. It allows cu to be a premier public comprehensive university, recognized as a center for thinking, learning and academic excellence. It also helps our university to continue to anticipate and address the changing needs of the commonwealth and to be a diverse community that produces positive change and encourages a culture of good stewardship of our resources and the environment, developing individuals who will be contributing citizens.
$2,626,060 spentof which $1,664,192 as grants31% of program spendingBloomsburg university foundation provides affordable and comfortable housing for students of commonwealth university in properties adjacent to the university's campus for a total of 171 beds.
$2,443,045 spentof which $1,423,982 as grants29% of program spendingThe calculated current campaign cost to raise a dollar at buf is $0.17 with a return on investment to the university of $7.16 per every dollar.
$73,624 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,357,150.
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 $96M to $111M (+15%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
47% of THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Jerome Dvorak
Executive director
Board chair
Stephen Jones
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $230k → $1.5M.
23 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
60% 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 THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 39% · 2019 16% · 2020 28% · 2021 24% · 2022 65% · 2023 51% — 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
51% of THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
51% of THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC'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 $4.1M that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.3M 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
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 8 related entities
- Entrepreneurial Ventures Ltd · disregarded
- Advanced Student Housing LLC · disregarded
- 801 Lightstreet LLC · disregarded
- 3 Country Club Road LLC · disregarded
- Carver Place LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC?
- THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,454,007 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($2,101,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $8,454,007 in grants to THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,101,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC 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 61 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