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. 58 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 770401635 EAST PALO ALTO, CA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.9M
Total Expenses$1.9M
Total Assets$5.1M
Grant Records58
Funding Total$5.8M
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.

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

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$2,661,680 9 grants
Education
$1,412,900 7 grants
EDUCATION
$1,184,607 13 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$151,321 8 grants
UNRESTRICTED
$87,934 3 grants

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.

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