California · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE
UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What University Student Union California State University Northridge does
Mission
The university student union (usu) at california state university, northridge is a student-centered non-profit organization that works to expand the college experience through diversity and inclusion, social justice, resource centers, programs, services, employment, and involvement opportunities. The usu first opened its doors on july 5, 1975. Each facility is designed to enhance the total university experience through volunteer and job opportunities, events, and various services and amenities such as dining, study areas, computer labs, tv lounges, meeting spaces, recreational and wellness facilities promoting and celebrating the diversity and personal growth of students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The following are the organization's major programs: student recreation and wellness; student employment; facilities and facility services; student programs (lectures, educational, cultural, and entertainment events); access and belonging programs; meeting and study rooms; computer lab services; and the veterans, pride, and dream resource centers. The goal of the organization's programs and services is to foster the achievement of students' educational, personal, and professional goals by developing a strong connection between students and their campus.
$16,368,418 spentof which $1,224,498 as grants$19,644,358 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $16,368,418.
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.
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 $7.4M to $10.0M (+35%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Daniel Lopez
Chair (until 6/2025)
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 STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE’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
UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
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.
Organizations like UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Associated Students Inc · exempt
- California State University Northridge · exempt
- The University Corporation · exempt
- California State University Northridge Foundation · exempt
- North Campus - University Park Development Corporation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE?
- UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE?
- THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE 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