Florida · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 226 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,606,046 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($41,635,354). 137 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
- $86M
- Funders on record
- 226
- Grants received
- $100M
- Net assets
- $521M
What University of Central Florida Foundation Inc does
Mission
The ucf foundation encourages, stewards and celebrates charitable contributions from alumni and friends to support university of central florida (ucf).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Athletics expenses paid in support of the ucf athletics program and the chargeon fund (including the newly launched competitive success fund) provide student-athletes with championship-caliber experiences, empowering them to excel in competition, in the classroom, and in the community. From academic support to world-class training facilities and services, the knights benefit greatly from philanthropy. In fy25 alone, significant fundraising resulted in critical funding for ucf athletics and a 95-acre space on campus that will be dedicated to the health and wellbeing, academic success and professional development of student athletes, as well as athletic competition. Ucf student-athletes continued to excel in their academics, extending their record-setting streak to 36 consecutive semesters with a department grade-point average of 3.0 or better at the end of the spring 2024 semesterincluding 13 straight semesters with a 3.3 or higher mark. The knights compiled a combined 3.46 gpa, marking the second-highest departmental gpa on record, in the spring 2025 semester and more than 75% of student-athletes posted a gpa of 3.0 or higher, 55 of whom earned a 4.0 gpa.
$4,917,894 spentof which $4,552,673 as grants$534,746 earned by the program9% of program spendingAcademic expenses paid in support of the ucf programs fund academic offerings, salaries for university employees and fellowships to reward some of ucf's most accomplished and promising students. Outstanding faculty are critical to institutional excellence, inspiring students and fostering and enhancing strong academic programs. By funding prestigious academic positions at the university such as endowed chairs, eminent scholar positions and distinguished professorships, we retain the university's most esteemed faculty and in turn, maintain our high academic standard. Spending to support research projects and innovative programs further enriches the ucf learning experience.
$26,830,755 spentof which $26,440,762 as grants$342,503 earned by the program49% of program spendingUcf is dedicated to enriching the lives of ucf students and solicits donations to support scholarships that benefit them. Scholarship funds are transferred to the university for administration and processing and are designed to reward, inspire and assist students in pursuing academic excellence and help attract a diverse student body. The fall 2025 freshman class had an average sat score of 1347 and an average high school gpa of 4.26. Nearly half of ucf's student population are from traditionally underrepresented groups and more than 20% are first-generation college students. With 70,674 students, ucf is the largest university by enrollment in florida; this includes 60,083 undergraduate students, 10,120 graduate students and 465 m.d. Students. Ucf ranks second among florida's state universities, with 303 national merit scholars enrolled. In fy2025, 2,112 scholarships were awarded, $122.3 million was awarded to bright futures students, and 73.3% of undergraduates received $585.3 million in financial aid. Seventy percent of ftic (first-time in college) students at ucf also graduated without any educational debt, compared to only 42% of students who graduate debt-free nationally.
$7,669,235 spentof which $7,371,551 as grants14% of program spendingOther program services directly related to the foundation's mission.
$14,862,587 spentof which $8,935,567 as grants$245,900 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,280,471.
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 2021 to 2022, from $485M to $584M (+20%).
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 21% · 2018 17% · 2019 27% · 2020 28% · 2021 12% · 2022 17% · 2023 13% · 2024 17% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 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. 2 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
Carol Hendren
Chair, ucf alumni board ex-officio member (as of??
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 39 funders to 99 funders, grant income rose $3.0M → $8.3M.
35 of 226 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 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 226 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
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 57%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 19% · 2019 30% · 2020 26% · 2021 87% · 2022 24% · 2023 24% — 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
41% of UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC'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 $49M that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC 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
Government funding UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$10k
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 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 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 Florida
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
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 15 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- University of Central Florida Real Estate Foundation · disregarded
- Knights Krossing Student Housing LLC · disregarded
- University of Central Florida · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: 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 CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC?
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 226 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,606,046 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($41,635,354). 137 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 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 226 organizations giving $99,606,046 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC, 137 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $41,635,354 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 226 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