California · Nonprofit
The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation
The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,470,198 to it, the largest being LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION ($1,100,346). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation does
Mission
The San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) Foundation exists to support SDCCE in championing equity by fostering innovation, raising funds for scholarships, eliminating barriers to student success, and positively impacting the community at large.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The San Diego Continuing Education Foundation (SDCEF) supports the goals of San Diego Continuing Education, which is the adult education, noncredit program within the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD). Continuing Education represents a diverse population of San Diegans and is the oldest and largest noncredit institution in the nation. Some of the primary purposes of SDCEF include: the advancement of education, the instruction and training of individuals in various vocational and academic disciplines, the development of research and education projects, special educational and community service programs, the provision of scholarships to eligible individuals in order to assist them in improving and developing their capabilities, and solicitation and raising of money for the purpose of awarding scholarships and loans to assist students in pursuing an education.
$2,010,323 spentof which $133,497 as grants$955,844 earned by the program56% of program spendingOperation of the Employee Training Institute ETi as another option of continual education. ETi provides the tools necessary to aide individuals in becoming life-long learners by supporting goals that can range from career development through the acquisition of new skills and knowledge to personal enrichment aimed at a hobby or fulfilling a passion.
$1,561,047 spent$1,454,919 earned by the program44% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,571,370.
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 $1.8M to $2.9M (+57%).
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: 2024 14% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation’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 7 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
Dr Tami Foy
CEO/ Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $2k → $428k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation’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
The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 92% · 2022 74% · 2023 67% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $283k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $436k on record.
- Department of Defense$436k
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 San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation
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 California
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
99%
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
- San Diego Community College District · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation: 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 The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation?
- The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,470,198 to it, the largest being LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION ($1,100,346). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,470,198 in grants to The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation?
- LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,100,346 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 7 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