California · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $885k
What University of California Student Association does
Mission
The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared governance of the University of California system, and seeks to advance higher education by empowering current and future students to advocate on their own behalf for the accessibility, affordability, and quality of the University of California system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
During the year, the Association organized multiple student conferences, including the UC Student Organizing Summit, the Students of Color Conference, and the Student Lobby Conference.The UCSA Government Relations Office serves to connect students directly with elected and administration officials. The office works with elected officials, staff, and decision makers to ensure that the student perspective and voice is represented in all relevant public policy discussions. Activities and accomplishments include bill tracking and promoting legislative resources.Other accomplishments and achievements include student representation, involvement in university affairs, and campaigns organized during the year.
$926,978 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $926,978.
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 2022 to 2023, from $504k to $982k (+95%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 4% · 2019 8% · 2020 10% · 2021 12% · 2022 29% · 2023 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Salih Muhammad
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
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 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT 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
100% of UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
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
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT 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 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION?
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION 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 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