Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC
THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,258,288 to it, the largest being THE CAROL A AMMON FOUNDATION INC ($960,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $110M
What The Ccsu Foundation Inc does
Mission
The ccsu foundation, inc. Was created in 1971, at the request of the university, as a vehicle to obtain private contributions to support educational programs and research at central connecticut state university.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student support-scholarship funds are administered by the organization in accordance with donor intent and applicable irs guidelines.
$2,703,606 spentof which $2,665,046 as grants57% of program spendingAuxiliary-to assist university with special auxiliary projects when funding would not otherwise be available.
$1,199,850 spentof which $929,033 as grants25% of program spendingAcademic enrichment-assist university with special academic enrichment programs.
$649,337 spentof which $393,601 as grants14% of program spendingInstitutional enrichment-assist university in funding special institutional enrichment projects when funding would not otherwise be available.
$196,033 spentof which $76,738 as grants$212,409 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,748,826.
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 $81M to $100M (+23%).
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.
31% of THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC’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. 0 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 Destefani
Executive director
Board chair
Ululy Martinez
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $300k → $573k.
12 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $309k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Ccsu Alumni Association Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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 CCSU FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
35% 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 CCSU FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 73% · 2019 77% · 2020 67% · 2021 18% · 2022 32% · 2023 50% — 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
33% of THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $973k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 CCSU FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $138k on record — $20k federal, $118k state.
- Department of Defense$20k
- Advertising and Marketing$118k
- Educ & Training For Employees$385
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 THE CCSU 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC?
- THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,258,288 to it, the largest being THE CAROL A AMMON FOUNDATION INC ($960,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $3,258,288 in grants to THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC?
- THE CAROL A AMMON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $960,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CCSU FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 46 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