State Center Community College Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Fresno, CA EIN: 77-0190269

To provide supportive services and specialized programs for the benefit of the state center community college district, to include but not to be limited to solicitation and receipt of gifts, property, and funds to be used for the benefit of the district and students.

State Center Community College Foundation at a glance

In short: State Center Community College Foundation gave $692K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $692K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$691,665
-23.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$691,665
-23.2% vs 2024
Median grant
$691,665
Total assets
$31,673,743
+9.6% 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 State Center Community College Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

SCCCD: $692KSCCCD$692K

The largest 2025 recipient was SCCCD ($692K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K1$250–500K3$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

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

Fresno

How State Center Community College Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 147% 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$250K$500K$750K$1M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $120K (2021) to $901K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $692K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
SCCCD Fresno, CAAllocations to Campuses$691,665
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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$31,673,743$4,742,697$3,288,292$691,6651$1,667,722
2024$28,899,309$4,373,958$3,264,209$900,5151$1,640,547
2023$26,683,911$3,395,496$2,354,889$579,3301$946,624
2022$24,365,247$3,550,890$3,627,792$280,4981$1,583,026
2021$28,574,823$3,274,292$1,433,870$119,6761$1,317,453
2020$23,602,671$3,309,439$1,892,270$373,3761$744,916
2019$21,860,334$3,088,655$2,018,784$395,8011$831,735

About State Center Community College Foundation

Based on IRS filings

State Center Community College Foundation is a public charity, based in Fresno, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $31.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $692K. Net investment income was $1.7M.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

State Center Community College Foundation is led by Karen Simmons Gillian, President since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 18 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Karen Simmons Gillian

    President

    Member-At-Large → Vice President, 2022

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rico Guerrero

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Magdalena Gomez

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pamela Freeman-Fobbs

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rochelle Noblett

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Villegas

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danielle Parra

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Dinneen

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Golden

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Joos

    Assistant Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $116K (2024) → $126K (2025)

  • Bruce Droz

    Member-At-Large

    Member-At-Large → President, 2022

    President → Member-At-Large, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Morse

    Member-At-Large

    Treasurer → Member-At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Tatsumura

    Treasurer

    Director → Member-At-Large, 2024

    Member-At-Large → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marilyn Behringer

    Vice President

    Vice President → Member-At-Large, 2022

    Member-At-Large → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robbie Farmer

    Member-At-Large

    Director → Member-At-Large, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Cantelmi Pe

    Member-At-Large

    Director → Member-At-Large, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Glynn

    Member-At-Large

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leslie Musacchio-Mabray

    Fdn Accountant

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (19)
  • Former: Gina Cuttone (2019–2024) — Member-At-Large
  • Former: Harold McClarty (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kevin Herman (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Scott Odell (2019–2022) — Member-At-Large
  • Former: Consuelo Alvarado (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Craig Armstrong (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Gregory Baxter (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Paul Duckworth (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rich Adams (2021) — Director
  • Former: Donald Larson (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Gus Bonner (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jim Lynes (2019–2020) — Member-At-Large
  • Former: John Leal (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Karen Musson (2019–2020) — Member-At-Large
  • Former: Stephen Becker (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Susan Woesner (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Troy Collins (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Cicely Roberts (2019) — Director
  • Former: Robert Bagdasarian (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

Kelly Joos — Assistant Director: $126KKelly JoosAssistant Director$126K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $126K, to Kelly Joos (Assistant Director).

Frequently asked questions about State Center Community College Foundation

How much does State Center Community College Foundation give each year?

State Center Community College Foundation gave $692K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $901K across 1 grant.

How large is State Center Community College Foundation?

State Center Community College Foundation reported $31.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.7M.

Where does State Center Community College Foundation operate?

State Center Community College Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is State Center Community College Foundation's EIN?

State Center Community College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 77-0190269. 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

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 13, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 12, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 5, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 6, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 5, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 25, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)

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