NonprofitsThe Tower Foundation Of San Jose State University

Education

The Tower Foundation Of San Jose State University

SAN JOSE, CA

Total revenue

$40.8M

Total expenses

$26.1M

Net assets

$276.5M

Grants received

$20.7M

232 grants

EIN

830403915

Tax year

2023

Mission

Assistance to academic programs & facilities, student scholarships, faculty, & athletics programs.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$21.5M
Program service revenue$4.0M
Investment income$12.8M
Other revenue$2.5M
Total revenue$40.8M

Expenses

Grants paid$4.4M
Salaries & benefits$13.4M
Fundraising
Other expenses$8.3M
Total expenses$26.1M
Total assets$330.7M
Net assets$276.5M

People

34 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Folarin Erogbogbo

Faculty At-Large Rep

Board

$11K

0.5 hrs/wk

John W Baird

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

William E Barton

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Steve Caplan

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Vincent Del Casino

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Dana C Ditmore

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Charlie Faas

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Eric Kelly

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Janikke Klem

Alumni Appointee

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Mark Lazzarini

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Cynthia Teniente-Matson

SJSU President

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Sarab Multani

Student Body Rep

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Edward Oates

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Gary Radine

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Jeff Ricci

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Kevin Swanson

Athletic Directors Council

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Sandy Swanson

Athletic Directors Council

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Marko Trapani

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Peter V Ueberroth

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Colleen B Wilcox

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Robin Reynolds

COO/Secretary

Board

40 hrs/wk

Linda Morasch

Director

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Karthika Sasikumar

Faculty Senate Chair

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Judy Nagai

CEO

Board

30 hrs/wk

Tom McCarron

Interim VPUA & CEO (until 12/31/23)

Board

30 hrs/wk

Phil Boyce

Chair

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Connie Moore

Vice Chair

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Wanda Hendrix

Treasurer

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Brent Brennan

Head Coach, Football (until 1/16/24)

Staff

$1.4M

1 hrs/wk

Timothy Miles

Head Coach, Men's Basketball

Staff

$479K

1 hrs/wk

Jeffrey Konya

Director of Athletics

Staff

$163K

1 hrs/wk

Kevin McGiven

Assistant Coach, Football

Staff

$152K

0.5 hrs/wk

Derrick Odum

Assistant Coach, Football

Staff

$137K

0.5 hrs/wk

Lisa Millora

Former CEO

Staff

$6K

0

Independent contractors

Chartwells

Catering Services

$146K

Financial Administrative Support Service

Accounting Services

$119K

RSM US LLP

Assurance Services

$115K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 232

FromAmountPurposeYear
$500K
24-50128 - TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT.
2024
$300K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE INSTITUTE FOR EMANCIPATORY EDUCATION
2024
$182K
DIVERSIFYING STEM PIPELINE PROJECT
2024
$165K
TO DEVELOP APPLIED PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCES COMPUTING MODULED AND PROMOTE THEIR ADOPTION BY SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
2024
$160K
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
2024
$150K
DEGREE VALUATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
2024
$150K
24-50494 -TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT.
2024
$132K
KORET SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2024
$100K
VETERANS' SERVICES EXPANSION
2024
$90K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$50K
REPRESENTED 9 ADDITIONAL CLIENTS IN COURT
2024
$50K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$35K
TO SUPPORT SPARTUP 2024 SUMMER INTENSIVE
2024
$15K
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALUMNI, DONORS AND THECOMMUNITY. THE INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING FUNDING ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES SAN JOSE STATE TO AUGMENTPUBLIC FUNDING WITH PRIVATE DONATIONS. TOWER IS DEDICATED TO GROWING THE UNIVERSITY'S ENDOWMENTTHROUGH DONATIONS, BEQUESTS AND PRUDENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.
2024
$15K
GENERAL
2024
$12K
TO SUPPORT STUDENT CLUBS, CAMPUS CULTURE, AND PHILANTHROPY
2024
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$7K
FUNDS ARE GIVEN FOR GENERAL USE
2024
$6K
GUARDIAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2024
$4K
MATCHING GIFT OF STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS
2024
$2K
TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AT SJSU
2024
$500
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$318
GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS & MATCHING GIFTS.
2024
$150
GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS & MATCHING GIFTS.
2024
$2M
General & Unrestricted
2023
$350K
SILICON VALLEY K-16 COLLABORATIVE: YEAR 2
2023
$217K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$182K
DIVERSIFYING STEM PIPELINE PROJECT
2023
$150K
DEGREE VALUATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
2023
$140K
TO DEVELOP APPLIED PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCES COMPUTING MODULED AND PROMOTE THEIR ADOPTION BY SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
2023
$132K
KORET SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2023
$110K
TO BE ADDED TO AND FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF THE JOSEPH FRANK OPERA EXCELLENCE ENDOWMENT. FOR THE TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
2023
$100K
VETERANS' SERVICES EXPANSION
2023
$75K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$60K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
Operational Support
2023
$50K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2023
$47K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$37K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2023
$30K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$30K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$26K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
FOR THE 2023 EARLY CHILDHOOD INSTITUTE PROFESSIONAL MEETING
2023
$22K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$21K
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$20K
Education & Library
2023
$20K
MATCHING GIFT OF STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS
2023
$15K
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALUMNI, DONORS AND THE COMMUNITY. THE INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING FUNDING ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES SAN JOSE STATE TO AUGMENT PUBLIC FUNDING WITH PRIVATE DONATIONS. TOWER IS DEDICATED TO GROWING THE UNIVERSITY'S ENDOWMENT THROUGH DONATIONS, BEQUESTS AND PRUDENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.
2023
$14K
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
2023
$14K
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
2023
$12K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING DONATION FROM KONEXION
2023
$10K
To support San Jose State University's Know the Ledge advisor wellness initiative.
2023
$9K
FUNDS ARE GIVEN FOR GENERAL USE
2023
$9K
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$8K
GUARDIAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2023
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
CommUniverCity's Money Matters Financial Literacy Program
2023
$3K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2023
$2K
TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AT SJSU
2023
$1K
UNRESTRICTED DONATION
2023
$250
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION MADE BY EMPLOYEE OF YELP, IN
2023
$100
GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS & MATCHING GIFTS.
2023
$1M
to support the SJSU
2022
$225K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$200K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM
2022
$182K
DIVERSIFYING STEM PIPELINE PROJECT
2022
$180K
TO DEVELOP APPLIED PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCES COMPUTING MODULED AND PROMOTE THEIR ADOPTION BY SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
2022
$150K
DEGREE VALUATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
2022
$132K
KORET SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2022
$100K
CAPITAL RESOURCES FOR 21ST-CENTURY LEARNING
2022
$100K
ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTION
2022
$100K
VETERANS' SERVICES EXPANSION
2022
$90K
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
2022
$60K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2022
$60K
A Policy and Curriculum Analysis of Secular Mindfulness Programs in Relation to the Racialization of Asian American Students
2022
$53K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$50K
IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH GRANT
2022
$35K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$35K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2022
$33K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$33K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$25K
EDUCATION & LIBRARY
2022
$22K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
SUPPORT THE AQUACULTURE FACILITY
2022
$20K
QUALITY EDUCATION
2022
$20K
Helping underserved populations gain access to entrepreneurship resources through SpartUp Programs: SpartUp Incubator & Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center SV SBDC
2022
$20K
QUALITY EDUCATION
2022
$18K
MATCHING GIFT OF STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS
2022
$17K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022
$15K
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALUMNI, DONORS AND THE COMMUNITY. THE INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING FUNDING ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES SAN JOSE STATE TO AUGMENT PUBLIC FUNDING WITH PRIVATE DONATIONS. TOWER IS DEDICATED TO GROWING THE UNIVERSITY'S ENDOWMENT THROUGH DONATIONS, BEQUESTS AND PRUDENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.
2022
$14K
RESEARCH GRANT
2022
$14K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$11K
GUARDIAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2022
$10K
ADVISED - TO BE ADDED TO AND FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF THE JOSEPH FRANK OPERA EXCELLENCE ENDOWMENT.
2022
$10K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2022
$10K
FUNDS ARE GIVEN FOR GENERAL USE
2022
$10K
The Charles J. Uehrke Endowed Scholarship in Design Fund
2022
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$8K
VACA Challenge Award
2022
$7K
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$500
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2022
$100
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2022
$100
GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS & MATCHING GIFTS.
2022
$182K
DIVERSIFYING STEM PIPELINE PROJECT
2021
$150K
DEGREE VALUATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
2021
$132K
KORET SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2021
$125K
INTERVENTION RESEARCH GRANT AND IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH GRANT
2021
$100K
TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPLIED PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCES COMPUTING MODULES
2021
$100K
VETERANS' SERVICES EXPANSION
2021
$100K
CAPITAL RESOURCES FOR 21ST-CENTURY LEARNING
2021
$96K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$96K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$75K
Playing Together: Using Learning Labs to Reduce Exclusionary Disciplinary Practices for Young Children of Color with Disabilities
2021
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$41K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$30K
Inequality and Exchanges in Black Families
2021
$24K
MATCHING GIFTS
2021
$21K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$20K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$13K
FUNDS ARE GIVEN FOR GENERAL USE
2021
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$7K
Research Contribution
2021
$427K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$200K
FOR SOCIAL ACTION MODEL EXPANSION AND INTERNSHIPS
2020
$200K
EAST SIDE PROMISE PROGRAM
2020
$182K
DIVERSIFYING STEM PIPELINE PROJECT
2020
$143K
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE FOR THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET SAN JOSE PROJECT
2020
$132K
KORET SCHOLARS PROGRAM
2020
$130K
DEGREE VALUATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
2020
$130K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$119K
Support to Assist DACA Students and to Pilot Emergency Bed Program
2020
$100K
VETERANS' SERVICES EXPANSION
2020
$45K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$36K
General Support
2020
$36K
RED BLOOD CELL STUDIES
2020
$35K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$26K
TO ASSIST THOSE IN NEED
2020
$25K
EDUCATION & LIBRARY
2020
$19K
Matching Gifts
2020
$15K
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALUMNI, DONORS AND THE COMMUNITY. THE INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING FUNDING ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES SAN JOSE STATE TO AUGMENT PUBLIC FUNDING WITH PRIVATE DONATIONS. TOWER IS DEDICATED TO GROWING THE UNIVERSITY'S ENDOWMENT THROUGH DONATIONS, BEQUESTS AND PRUDENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.
2020
$13K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$11K
VARIOUS
2020
$10K
ADVISED - TO BE ADDED TO AND FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF THE JOSEPH FRANK OPERA EXCELLENCE ENDOWMENT.
2020
$10K
EDUCATION/YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
2020
$10K
MENS WATER POLO FUND
2020
$8K
PUI GRANT
2020
$8K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$8K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$6K
General Support
2020
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
Project support for DACA/Undocumented Student Scholarships
2020
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS & MATCHING GIFTS.
2020
$1K
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GRANT
2020
$200
MATCHING GRANTS
2020
$442K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$307K
TO PREVENT HUNGER
2019

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$3.2M · 23 grants · 2020–2024

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$3M · 2 grants · 2022–2023

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$2.2M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$1.8M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

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$1.6M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$1.1M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

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$1M · 3 grants · 2023–2024

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$951K · 6 grants · 2019–2024

Details

EIN830403915
NTEE codeB11
Subsection03
Ruling date2005-03
Formed2004
Employees523
Volunteers24
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