Public Charity

FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION

FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION is a Public Charity headquartered in EAST PALO ALTO, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.9M revenue, $1.9M expenses, $5.1M total assets. 61 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 770401635 EAST PALO ALTO, CA Educational Services NTEE: B90 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.9M
Total Expenses$1.9M
Total Assets$5.1M
Grant Records61
Funding Total$5.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FCE'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FIRST-GENERATION, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS OF COLOR FROM EAST PALO ALTO, CA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WHO GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE FROM A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. FCE WAS FOUNDED OUT OF A DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL AND ECONCOMIC CONDITIONS OF EAST PALO RESIDENTS. FCE'S BELIEF WAS EDUCATION IS A POWREFUL TOOL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

Where $100 goes at Foundation for a College Education

How Foundation for a College Education divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$64 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$17 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $64 for programs

$33
College bound programbelieving that high expectations lead to high achievement, fce has developed a program that encourages low-income students to pursue advanced academic work, so they are prepared…
51% of program spending
$15
College success programrecognizing that getting students into college is only the first step, fce continues to support them through college to ensure that they graduate with a bachelor's…
24% of program spending
$11
College scholarship programthe college scholarship program offers competitive scholarships to help offset the costs associated with funding a college education
17% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

EMPLOYEE Asra Hussain
BOARD MEMBER Chris Andrews
BOARD MEMBER Chris Owusu
VICE CHAIR Devin Gaines
DIR OF DEVELOPMENT Donna Chandra
EXEC DIRECTOR Elizabeth Wells

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,139,939 33 grants
Education
$2,721,607 25 grants
Health & Medicine
$7,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.9M $1.9M $5.1M
2024 $3.8M $2.0M $4.3M
2023 $1.4M $1.3M $1.9M
2022 $1.5M $1.3M $1.7M
2021 $1.6M $1.5M $1.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $1.9M (+17%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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