California · Nonprofit
The University Foundation California State University Chico
The University Foundation California State University Chico (California) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,382,319 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($2,140,500). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $148M
What The University Foundation California State University Chico does
Mission
To build a culture of philanthropy by harnessing the expertise and passion of our alumni, parents, and friends to raise private support for the education, practical research, and public service that transforms the lives of our students, faculty, staff, and the people we serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The campus program fund enriches our academic, co-curricular, and community programs by providing faculty and staff with enhanced resources that give students the real-world, team-oriented, and cross-disciplinary experiences they need to graduate work-ready, think creatively, problem solve, and develop productive relationships in their careers and lives. The fund also supports faculty development, college-based programs and projects, and campus organizations that benefit the public through educational, cultural, and social services.
$10,972,680 spentof which $6,663,500 as grants$672,536 earned by the program81% of program spendingThe scholarship fund directly impacts student success by making college more affordable for deserving students through scholarships. Not only does the fund decrease the financial burden of students' college education, but it also recognizes the accomplishments and ambition of students who exemplify the university's values and have the potential to transform the world.
$2,632,861 spentof which $2,632,861 as grants19% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,605,541.
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 $92M to $128M (+39%).
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.
66% of The University Foundation California State University Chico’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.
Board chair
Catherine Pleasant
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $186k → $774k.
19 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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: $879k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Dallas Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money The University Foundation California State University Chico raised.
From the IRS filings of The University Foundation California State University Chico’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 University Foundation California State University Chico 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
83% 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 University Foundation California State University Chico.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 21% · 2019 25% · 2020 21% · 2021 19% · 2022 78% · 2023 38% — 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
26% of The University Foundation California State University Chico's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
77% of The University Foundation California State University Chico'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 $1.7M that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 University Foundation California State University Chico runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 University Foundation California State University Chico
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
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 4 related entities
- California State University Chico · exempt
- Chico State Enterprises · exempt
- Associated Students of CSU Chico · exempt
- Charitable remainder trusts (11) · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The University Foundation California State University Chico?
- The University Foundation California State University Chico (California) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,382,319 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($2,140,500). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The University Foundation California State University Chico have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $7,382,319 in grants to The University Foundation California State University Chico, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The University Foundation California State University Chico?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $2,140,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The University Foundation California State University Chico 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 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