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California State University San Marcos Corporation

Public charity · Grantmaker San Marcos, CA EIN: 33-0397688 Website

The California state university san marcos, corporation is a non-profit tax exempt organization established to provide administrative and other business services to California state university san marcos.services include the administration of research and training grant awards to campus faculty, and operation of various campus commercial operations including the bookstore and food services. Other services provided include financial management support to other campus entities and programs.

California State University San Marcos Corporation at a glance

In short: California State University San Marcos Corporation gave $2.5M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $2.5M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$2,473,167
-32.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$2,473,167
-32.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$2,473,167
Total assets
$135,114,379
-1.7% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who California State University San Marcos Corporation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K1$500K–1M4$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

San Marcos

How California State University San Marcos Corporation gives

  • Giving grew 55% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2 grants2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $976K (2021) to $3.7M (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $2.5M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
1 individual scholarship Recipients not named —$2,473,167
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$135,114,379$38,651,793$35,986,344$2,473,1671$388,663
2024$137,463,698$35,313,365$33,165,878$3,687,1011$424,478
2023$139,127,334$28,297,464$26,780,810$2,630,3151$168,352
2022$136,729,958$36,380,836$32,689,287$1,593,3761$2,482
2021$139,003,049$24,056,240$23,235,260$975,6051$5,185
2020$142,839,009$27,345,202$28,641,771$1,017,7641$113,944
2019$122,627,234$25,061,233$23,711,192$1,726,0252$169,338

About California State University San Marcos Corporation

Based on IRS filings

California State University San Marcos Corporation is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Marcos, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $135.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $2.5M. Net investment income was $389K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

California State University San Marcos Corporation is led by Deanne Ellison, Executive Director on every filing since 2024; 4 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Deanne Ellison

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $176K (2025)

  • Jason Schreiber

    Chair

    Director → Secretary, 2020

    Secretary → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charle De Leone

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $500 (2020) → $0 (2025)

  • Kristin Stewart

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    $12K (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Elaine Pollard

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    $9K (2025)

  • Octavio Martinez

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    $12K (2025)

  • Christopher Thibodeau

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Villarreal

    Director

    Director → Chairman, 2021

    Chairman → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carl Kemnitz

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Walsh

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carmen Rene

    Director

    Director → Chairman, 2023

    Chairman → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Ostergren

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denise Garcia

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    3 hrs/week

    $58K (2021) → $94K (2025)

  • Ann Bersi

    Vice Chair

    Vice Chair → Vice Chairman, 2021

    Vice Chairman → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leon L. Wyden Jr.

    Treasurer

    Treasurer - Start → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (29)
  • Former: Cynthia Chavez Metoyer (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Janelle Temnick (2024) — Executive Director-Interim
  • Former: Justin Cadiz (2024) — Director
  • Former: Moy Valdez (2024) — Director
  • Former: Jason E. Marchese (2021–2023) — Executive Director
  • Former: Julia Glorioso (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Ernest Cisneros (2023) — Director
  • Former: Janelle Temnick - Start (2023) — Defacto Interim Executive Director
  • Former: Bella Newberg (2019–2022) — Executive Director · Filing note: Retired 122021
  • Former: Dylan Crivello (2021–2022) — Director & Asi President
  • Former: Jason E. Marchese -Start (2022) — Executive Director
  • Former: Neal Hoss (2019–2021) — Former Treasurer - Term
  • Former: Michael Garrett (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Andrew Gamboa (2021) — Director
  • Former: Mary Stephens (2021) — Former Treasurer - Term
  • Former: Ranjeeta Basu (2021) — Director
  • Former: Armando Zaragoza (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Charles Ragland (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Williams (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Michael Schroder (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Savana Doudar (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Kamel Haddad (2020) — Director
  • Former: Kenneth Tran (2020) — Director
  • Former: Wesley Schultz (2020) — Director
  • Former: Conner Whittem (2019) — Director
  • Former: Dawn Marie Myers (2019) — Director
  • Former: Graham Oberem (2019) — Chairman
  • Former: Rex Andrade (2019) — Director
  • Former: Xavier Martinez (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Deanne Ellison — Executive Director: $176KDeanne EllisonExecutive Director$176KDenise Garcia — Secretary: $94KDenise GarciaSecretary$94KOctavio Martinez — Director: $12KOctavio MartinezDirector$12KElaine Pollard — Director: $9KElaine PollardDirector$9K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $176K, to Deanne Ellison (Executive Director). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about California State University San Marcos Corporation

How much does California State University San Marcos Corporation give each year?

California State University San Marcos Corporation gave $2.5M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $3.7M across 1 grant.

How large is California State University San Marcos Corporation?

California State University San Marcos Corporation reported $135.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $38.7M.

What is California State University San Marcos Corporation?

California State University San Marcos Corporation is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Marcos, CA. It holds $135.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does California State University San Marcos Corporation operate?

California State University San Marcos Corporation has awarded grants in California.

What is California State University San Marcos Corporation's EIN?

California State University San Marcos Corporation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0397688. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 6, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 8, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 17, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 13, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 14, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 19, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 23, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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