National University Foundation
To cultivate partnerships, secure resources, and productively engage donors, alumni, and other supporters to advance nu and affiliates in the achievement of their vital work.
National University Foundation at a glance
- Total assets
- $455,470
- +304.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $400,988
- +255.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $262,793
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to National University Foundation
Open Grants
3 open opportunities from National University Foundation
Associate Degree for Transfer Scholarship
National University Foundation
Amount
Up to $10,000/year
Deadline
Deadline not published
Military Veterans, Spouses & Dependents Scholarship
National University Foundation
Amount
25% tuition discount
Deadline
Deadline not published
The Key Grant Scholarship
National University Foundation
Amount
Up to $3,600 annually
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who National University Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 2 grants of 3 (67%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How National University Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2020 to 2023 (−3%). 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 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2021) to $10.6M (2019). In 2023 it made 2 grants totaling $325K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Long Island University Brookville, NY | General Support | $250,000 |
| Alliance for Excellent Education Washington, DC | General Support | $75,000 |
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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 | $455,470 | $400,988 | $262,793 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | $112,680 | $112,680 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | $103,787,723 | $115,229,132 | $325,000 | 2 | $1,355,177 |
| 2022 | $124,033,654 | $126,957,610 | $141,616,792 | $62,664 | 1 | $3,221,344 |
| 2021 | $174,665,064 | $68,599,184 | $73,001,029 | $25,000 | Total only | $2,535,770 |
| 2020 | $185,989,054 | $36,398,383 | $69,939,985 | $336,000 | 1 | $777,591 |
| 2019 | $214,825,769 | $45,695,039 | $86,390,397 | $10,584,707 | 2 | $2,516,624 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About National University Foundation
Based on IRS filings
National University Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Diego, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $455K in total assets.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
National University Foundation is led by Mark Milliron, President & CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2023); none of the 9 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Mark Milliron
President & CEO
Executive Officio → President & CEO, 2024
On filings since 2023
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Rohland
Executive Director
Vc & Pre College Programs → Executive Vice President, Committee & Com Eng, 2023
Executive Vice President, Committee & Com Eng → Executive Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
$248K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Christopher Graham
President
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Jeanne Connelly
Chair
Chair & Trustee → Trustee, 2022
Trustee → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dave C. Lawrence
Former CFO
Executive Vice President, Administrator & Finance → CFO, 2024
CFO → Former CFO, 2025
On filings since 2019
3.2 hrs/week
$292K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Michelle Bello
Assistant Secretary
Avc, Finance & Secretary → Senior Vice President, Administrator & Finance, 2022
Senior Vice President, Administrator & Finance → Assistant Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
$292K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Karen Whitney
CFO
Chief Transformation Officer → Executive Vice President, Strat & Sust, 2023
Executive Vice President, Strat & Sust → CFO, 2024
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
$180K (2022) → $0 (2025)
Richard Chisholm
Treasurer
Treasurer & Trustee → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Topuzes
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary & Trustee, 2020
Secretary & Trustee → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (55)
- Former: Carlos Rodriguez (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Chris Graham (2019–2023) — Wvp & Wes
- Former: Dan Pittard (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: E. Lee Rice (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Erlinda Martinez (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Harold Greenberg (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Hiep Quach (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Joanne Pastula (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: John Goin (2019–2023) — Executive Vice President & COO · Filing note: Thru 12/2019
- Former: Kim Folsom (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Cunningham (2019–2023) — Chancellor
- Former: Michael R. McGill (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Ruthann Heinrich (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Scott Page (2019–2023) — Senior Vice President & Sep
- Former: Stacy Allison (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Tom Clevinger (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Chris Russo (2021–2023) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Sandi Best (2021–2023) — Senior Vice President
- Former: Ana Gomez Chapman (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Lee Wills-Irvine (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Michelle Weiss (2022–2023) — Innovation - Former
- Former: Tahjar Roamartinez (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Tom Stewart (2022–2023) — Executive Vice President & Sjedi
- Former: Donna-Marie Arias (2023) — Senior Vice President Chg Mgt
- Former: Ian Cooper (2023) — Senior Vice President & Stu Ops
- Former: John Patterson (2023) — Vice President & Strat Partnership
- Former: Ken Boutelle (2023) — Senior Vice President & Enroll
- Former: Patrick Pendleton (2023) — CIO
- Former: Thomas Page (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Wh Knight Jr. (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: William Edgell (2019–2022) — Gm Marketing
- Former: Mark Bailey (2020–2022) — Wes & Public Safety
- Former: Linda Olander (2021–2022) — Director, Executive Support & Special Projects
- Former: Martin Gallardo (2021–2022) — Director & Facilities
- Former: Joe Patterson (2022) — Vice President & Wes Partnership Development
- Former: Pablo Fabian (2022) — In House Counsel
- Former: Chris Krug (2019–2021) — Vice Chancellor · Filing note: Thru 320
- Former: Dan Devine (2019–2021) — COO · Filing note: Thru 620
- Former: Gerald Czarnecki (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Seth Odell (2019–2021) — Vc & Marketing
- Former: Susan Morrow Didomenico (2019–2021) — Vc & Innovation · Filing note: Thru 120
- Former: Marc Marrewa (2020–2021) — Assistant Vice President & Online Operations
- Former: Debra Bean (2021) — Sanford Programs
- Former: Veronica Froman-Blue (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Adriana Cabre (2019–2020) — Vice Chancellor & Human Resources · Filing note: Thru 819
- Former: Donald Kripke (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Jay Stone (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Kimberly Mitchell (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Rebecca Henderson (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Andy Shean (2020) — Vice President & Chief Academic Officer · Filing note: Thru 12/2019
- Former: Christopher Russo (2020) — Vice President & Strategy
- Former: Ramon Dourado (2020) — Nus Online & Director Finance
- Former: Ysidro Salazar (2020) — Sanford Harmony Program
- Former: Jerry Lee II (2019) — Chancellor Emeritus
- Former: Robert Freelen (2019) — Trustee
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 2023 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2023 filing was $1.0M, to Dr Michael Cunningham (Chancellor (Thru 3/2023)). 17 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about National University Foundation
How large is National University Foundation?
National University Foundation reported $455K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $401K.
What is National University Foundation?
National University Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Diego, CA. It holds $455K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does National University Foundation operate?
National University Foundation has awarded grants in California, District of Columbia, New York, Washington.
What is National University Foundation's EIN?
National University Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-1269904. 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
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 10, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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