California · Nonprofit
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,119,000 to it, the largest being Lumina Foundation for Education Inc ($854,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
WASC Senior College and University Commission's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,072 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Ascendium Education Solutions Incshared funders
- United Negro College Fund Incportfolio match
- Allyrae Wallace Educational Trustportfolio match
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.
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.
0% of WASC Senior College and University Commission’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100k → $510k.
From the IRS filings of WASC Senior College and University Commission’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
WASC Senior College and University Commission leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 52% — 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
WASC Senior College and University Commission draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 2 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Ascendium Education Solutions Incshared fundersWI · backs 76 organizations that share your funders
- United Negro College Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Allyrae Wallace Educational Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Enactusportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Collegiate Athletic Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Student Freedom Initiative Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Us- Japan Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jefferson Scholarship Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- John & Ardell Brumit Educational Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Center for Teacher Residenciesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Vera Grace Greenlaw Trust Portland Trust Co LLCportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Mabel Amos Memorial Fund Regions Bank Trusteeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding WASC Senior College and University Commission receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $224k on record.
- Department of Defense$224k
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 WASC Senior College and University Commission
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 WASC Senior College and University Commission: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds WASC Senior College and University Commission?
- WASC Senior College and University Commission (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,119,000 to it, the largest being Lumina Foundation for Education Inc ($854,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASC Senior College and University Commission have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,119,000 in grants to WASC Senior College and University Commission, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASC Senior College and University Commission?
- Lumina Foundation for Education Inc is the largest funder on record, with $854,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASC Senior College and University Commission 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 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing