Case Alumni Association Inc
The Case Alumni Association incorporated serves the interests of more than 20,000 alumni of the case school of applied science, case institute of technology and the case school of engineering. Its mission is to serve and advance the interests of the case school of engineering, the math and applied sciences departments of the college of arts and sciences at case western reserve university, its alumni and its students through a strategic focus on fundraising, institutional leadership, responsive services, public relations and student programs.
Case Alumni Association Inc at a glance
In short: Case Alumni Association Inc gave $2.8M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $2.8M), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,834,197
- +21.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,834,197
- +21.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,834,197
- Total assets
- $3,702,595
- -4.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Ohio (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Case Alumni Association Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Case Western Reserve University ($2.8M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
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
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Case Alumni Association Inc gives
- Giving fell 78% 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
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.5M (2021) to $12.9M (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $2.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | Departmental Support | $2,834,197 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,702,595 | $5,913,973 | $6,115,916 | $2,834,197 | 1 | $6,263 |
| 2024 | $3,865,086 | $5,425,350 | $5,501,137 | $2,337,429 | 1 | $6,982 |
| 2023 | $3,787,229 | $4,781,961 | $4,381,628 | $2,088,213 | 1 | $2,203 |
| 2022 | $4,088,805 | $15,429,493 | $15,434,085 | $12,866,086 | 1 | $1,767 |
| 2021 | $4,548,848 | $4,106,693 | $4,392,204 | $1,541,978 | 1 | $1,620 |
| 2020 | $4,556,855 | $5,807,796 | $5,839,564 | $3,318,933 | 1 | $1,565 |
| 2019 | $4,477,321 | $4,963,148 | $5,454,378 | $2,379,707 | 1 | $28,311 |
About Case Alumni Association Inc
Based on IRS filings
Case Alumni Association Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Cleveland, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $2.8M. Net investment income was $6K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Case Alumni Association Inc is led by Stephen J. Zinram, Chief Executive Officer since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 2 of 30 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Stephen J. Zinram
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director → Chief Executive Officer, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$147K (2019) → $178K (2025)
Frank Merat
President
Treasurer → 2nd Vice President, 2024
2nd Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adam C. Snyder
Year Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donald L. Feke
Year Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James D. Kilmer
Year Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Stephan
Year Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert P. Stalder
Year Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Todd Martin
Year Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward Cordiano
Year Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Palmer
Year Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Barker
Year Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sean Higgins
Year Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Valencia Williams
Year Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Treleaven
Year Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy Chan
Year Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Difilippo
Year Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Bakke
Year Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary McMillan
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$117K (2024) → $126K (2025)
Arkady Polinkovsky
Secretary
Year Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian S. Casselberry
Past President
1st Vice President → President, 2024
President → Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric J. Matyac
Assistant Treasurer
Year Director → Assistant Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hillary C. Emer
2nd Vice President
Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → 2nd Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John A. Massie
Past President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joseph P. Fakult
Past President
1st Vice President → President, 2022
President → Past President, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth A. Loparo PhD
Past President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matthew D. Crowley
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President & Year Director → 2nd Vice President, 2023
2nd Vice President → 1st Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael H. Diamant
Past President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sunniva R. Collins
Past President
1st Vice President → President, 2020
President → Past President, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susie J. Nagorney
Past President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carlin Jackson
Treasurer
Year Director → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (42)
- Former: Edward P. McHenry (2019–2024) — Past President
- Former: Jeff Herzog (2019–2024) — Past President
- Former: Karl-Heinz Schofalvi Ms (2019–2024) — Year Director
- Former: Thomas J. Conlon (2019–2024) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Steve Simmons (2020–2024) — Assistant Treasurer
- Former: Ed Cordiano (2024) — Year Director
- Former: Sean Higgins Ms (2024) — Year Director
- Former: Curtis Grant (2019–2023) — 3rd Vice President
- Former: Roger H. Cerne (2019–2023) — Past President
- Former: Russell J. Warren (2019–2023) — Past President
- Former: Lauren Smith (2020–2023) — Year Director
- Former: Harry L. Farmer Jr. (2019–2022) — Past President
- Former: Jay F. Moldovanyi (2019–2022) — Past President
- Former: Marvin S. Schwartz (2019–2022) — Past President
- Former: Albert Gordon (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: David L. Parham (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Edward J. Gorenc (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: F. Thomas Krotine (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: James R. Treleaven (2019–2021) — Year Director
- Former: John E. Horner (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: John E. Schurr (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Philip V. Desantis (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Phillip W. Gutmann (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Ron J. Cass (2019–2021) — 2nd Vice President
- Former: Thomas Kicker (2019–2021) — Life Member
- Former: William E. Pritts II (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: William J. Kroenke (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: William R. Feth (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Carl S. Bacik (2019–2020) — Life Member
- Former: David H. Rush (2019–2020) — Past President
- Former: Donald E. Schuele (2019–2020) — Past President
- Former: Edward J. Hodan (2019–2020) — Life Member
- Former: Robert L. Schroeder (2019–2020) — Past President
- Former: Anthony T. Bonina (2019) — Year Director
- Former: Carmen C. Fontana (2019) — Year Director
- Former: Christopher D. Butler (2019) — Year Director
- Former: George N. Havens (2019) — Past President
- Former: Jack K. Mowry (2019) — Life Member
- Former: John M. Flynn (2019) — Life Member
- Former: Kirsten N. Bowen Pe (2019) — Year Director
- Former: Nicholas A. Barendt (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: William H. Emling (2019) — Year 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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $178K, to Stephen Zinram (Chief Executive Officer). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Case Alumni Association Inc
How much does Case Alumni Association Inc give each year?
Case Alumni Association Inc gave $2.8M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.3M across 1 grant.
How large is Case Alumni Association Inc?
Case Alumni Association Inc reported $3.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.9M.
What is Case Alumni Association Inc?
Case Alumni Association Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Cleveland, OH. It holds $3.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Case Alumni Association Inc operate?
Case Alumni Association Inc has awarded grants in Ohio.
What is Case Alumni Association Inc's EIN?
Case Alumni Association Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-4435833. 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
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 3, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 2, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 10, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 2, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 22, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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