The UCF foundation encourages, stewards and celebrates charitable contributions from alumni and friends to support university of central Florida (UCF).
Key facts about University of Central Florida Foundation Inc
In short: University of Central Florida Foundation Inc gave $47.3M across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $11.8M), mostly in Florida. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 59-6211832
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Annual giving (2025)
- $47,300,553
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- Average grant
- $11,825,138
- Median grant
- $3,407,059
- Total assets
- $678,672,014
- Primary geography
- Florida (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$678.7M
+2.9% YoY
Annual Giving
$47.3M
-10.1% YoY
Grant Count
4
+0.0% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$11.8M
-10.1% YoY
How University of Central Florida Foundation Inc gives
- Giving grew 116% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
About University of Central Florida Foundation Inc
Based on IRS filings
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Orlando, FL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $678.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $47.3M. Net investment income was $14.1M.
Focus Areas
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $20.4M (2020) to $52.6M (2024). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $47.3M.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was University of Central Florida ($40.2M). Together the top 4 received $47.3M.
Grant Size Distribution
25 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 8 grants of 25 (32%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | Funding for Programs and Scholarships | $40,236,436 |
| UCF Athletics Association Inc Orlando, FL | Athletic Scholarship and Program Support | $4,552,673 |
| University of Central Florida Research Foundation Orlando, FL | Research Activity | $2,261,444 |
| UCF Stadium Corporation Orlando, FL | Athletics Stadium Support | $250,000 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $678,672,014 | $659,727,218 | $639,424,003 |
| Revenue | $85,702,217 | $74,529,296 | $94,122,372 |
| Expenses | $76,812,374 | $79,849,683 | $47,707,818 |
| Net Investment Income | $14,089,241 | $6,035,600 | $5,350,721 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 14, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 23, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 28, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 9, 2023)
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc is led by Rodney M. Grabowski, CEO, Senior Vice President for Advisor & Part. on every filing since 2023; none of the 36 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rodney M. Grabowski
CEO, Senior Vice President for Advisor & Part.
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eva Tukdarian
Treasurer, Chair, Finance & Facilities Committee
Treasurer, Chair, Finance & Facilities Committee → Treasurer, Chair, Finance & Facilities Cmte, 2023
Treasurer, Chair, Finance & Facilities Cmte → Treasurer, Chair, Finance & Facilities Committee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Blume
Chair & Audit Committee
Director → Chair & Audit Committee, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Roslyn Burttram
Co-Vice Chair, Chair, Philanthropy & Donor Enga
Co-Vice Chair, Chair, Donor Eng. & Stewardship Cm → Co-Vice Chair, Chair, Donor Engagement & Philanth, 2024
Co-Vice Chair, Chair, Donor Engagement & Philanth → Co-Vice Chair, Chair, Philanthropy & Donor Enga, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carrie Daanen
Immediate Past Chair, Chair & Governance Committee
Chair & Investment Committee → Imm. Past Chair, Chair & Gov. Committee, 2024
Imm. Past Chair, Chair & Gov. Committee → Immediate Past Chair, Chair & Governance Committee, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stuart Heaton
Chair & Chair Investment Committee
Director → Co-Vice Chair, Chair & Investment Committee, 2024
Co-Vice Chair, Chair & Investment Committee → Chair & Chair Investment Committee, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carol Hendren
Chair & Ucf Alumni Board Ex-Officio Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Clint Bullock
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dianne Owen
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Wydra
Director
Chair & Information Technology → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Plaumann
Director
Audit Committee Chair → Chair & Audit Committee, 2023
Chair & Audit Committee → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marc McMurrin
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas McNamara
Trustee & Ucf Board of Trustees Ex-Officio Member
Director → Trustee & Ucf Board of Trustees Ex-Officio Member, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Harhi
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Assenmacher
Director
Chair & Ucf Alumni Board Ex-Officio Member → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Hinn
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cathy Engelman
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Heather Pigman
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tandreia Bellamy
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Mahony
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Miller
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laurette Koellner
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Kantor
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cary Dortona
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Manglardi
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Manish Hirapara
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Teresa Borcheck
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Wright
Assc Vice President & Athletics Development
Assistant Vice President for Athletics Development → Associate Vice President & Athletics Development, 2022
Associate Vice President & Athletics Development → Assc Vice President & Athletics Development, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$215K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Rachael Schaefer
Associate Vice President & Chief of Staff
Chief Operating Officer → Associate Vice President & Chief of Staff, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$183K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Charles Roberts
Assistant Vice President & Coll. of Medicine Development
Assistant Vice President & Com Development → Assistant Vice President & College of Medicine Development, 2023
Assistant Vice President & College of Medicine Development → Assistant Vice President & Coll. of Medicine Development, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$214K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Dana Patton
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Heather Junod
Assc Vice President, Alumni Engagement & Annual Giving
Associate Vice President, Alumni Engagement & Annual Giving → Assc Vice President, Alumni Eng. & Annual Giving, 2023
Assc Vice President, Alumni Eng. & Annual Giving → Assc Vice President, Alumni Engagement & Annual Giving, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Johnson
Provost & Ucf Ex-Officio Member
Provost & University of Central Florida Ex-Officio → Provost & Ucf Ex-Officio Member, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shannon Duvall
Assistant Vice President, Development Colleges & Units
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Craig Erwin
Chief Financial Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Harding
Assc Vice President & Partnerships
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (63)
- Former: Brian Butler (2019–2025) — Chair & Chair Investment Committee · Filing note: Thru 10/2024
- Former: Caryl McAlpin (2024–2025) — Trustee & Ucf Board of Trustees Ex-Officio Member · Filing note: Thru 12/2024
- Former: Gina Sholtis (2024–2025) — Senior Associate Vice President for Development · Filing note: Thru 1/2025
- Former: Glen Dawes (2020–2024) — Chief Financial Officer · Filing note: As of 122019
- Former: John Barry Forbes (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Laurence Chris Marlin (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Becky Fullmer (2023–2024) — Assc. Vice President for Operations
- Former: Linh Dang (2023–2024) — Chair & Ucf Alumni Board Ex-Officio Member
- Former: Roger Zlotoff (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Lori Shuff (2024) — Assistant Vice President & Development Corp. Fdn. Relations
- Former: Jeffrey Coates (2019–2023) — Associate Vice President Adv. College & Units
- Former: John Euliano (2019–2023) — Imm. Past Chair, Chair & Gov. Committee
- Former: Karen Cochran (2019–2023) — Interim CEO
- Former: Kevin Miller Attorney (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Gideon Lewis (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: The Honorable John Miklos (2022–2023) — Chair & Ucf Board of Trustees Ex-Officio Member
- Former: Catherine McCaw-Engelman (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Christopher Tomasso (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Diane Mahony (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Joyce Virga (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Loretta Corey (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mary Beth Morgan (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Michael J. Morsberger (2019–2022) — Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Patrick Crowley (2020–2022) — Associate Vice President, Advancement Marketing & Communications
- Former: Alexander Cartwright (2021–2022) — President & University of Central Florida
- Former: Rick Cardenas (2022) — Director
- Former: Sara Bernard (2022) — Director
- Former: Alan Florez (2019–2021) — Treasurer & Finance Committee
- Former: Antonio Moreno (2019–2021) — Co-Vice Chair
- Former: Carrie Callahan (2019–2021) — Co-Vice Chair
- Former: Sara Bernard Attorney (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: The Honorable Beverly Seay (2019–2021) — Chair, Ucf Board of Trustees & Ex-Officio Voting
- Former: William Dean (2019–2021) — Associate Vice President Advisor & Principal Gifts
- Former: Karen Cochran Interim Ceo (2021) — Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement
- Former: Bruce Gould Attorney (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Daniel Ward (2019–2020) — Chair, Ucf Alumni Board & Ex-Officio Voting Director
- Former: James Ferrell CPA (2019–2020) — Chair & Real Estate Committee
- Former: Juan Oscar Rodriguez (2019–2020) — Chair & Information Technology Committee
- Former: Nelson Marchioli (2019–2020) — Immediate Past Chair · Filing note: Thru 22020
- Former: Clarence Brown (2020) — Director · Filing note: Thru 22020
- Former: Douglas Gearity (2020) — Director
- Former: Dr Alexander (2020) — President & Univ. of Central Florida
- Former: Michael Okaty Esq. (2020) — Chair & Real Estate Committee · Filing note: Thru 12020
- Former: Tracey Guillot-Henley (2020) — Director
- Former: A. Dale Whittaker (2019) — President & Univ. of Central Florida
- Former: David Albertson (2019) — Ucf Aa President
- Former: Dorcas Wilkinson (2019) — Chief Operating Officer · Filing note: Thru 92018
- Former: Drclarence Brown (2019) — Director
- Former: Drdouglas Gearity (2019) — Director
- Former: Drgideon Lewis (2019) — Director
- Former: Drtracey Guillot-Henley (2019) — Director
- Former: Judith Albertson (2019) — Director
- Former: Julie Stroh (2019) — Senior Associate Vice President for Alumni Engagement & Annual Givi
- Former: Marcos Marchena (2019) — Director · Filing note: Thru 119
- Former: Michael Okaty Attorney (2019) — Chair & Real Estate Committee
- Former: Misty Shepherd (2019) — Chief Financial Officer · Filing note: Thru 92018
- Former: Phyllis Klock (2019) — Immediate Past Chair, Chair & Governance Committee
- Former: Richard J. Walsh (2019) — Director
- Former: Richard O. Baldwin Jr. (2019) — Chair & Audit Committee
- Former: Robert Garvy (2019) — Chair, Ucf Board of Trustees & Ex-Officio Voting
- Former: Ronald C. Thow (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Scott Buescher (2019) — Director · Filing note: Resigned 3119
- Former: Thaddeus Seymour (2019) — Ex-Officio & Interim President Ucf
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
No officer or director reported compensation in the available filings.
Frequently asked questions about University of Central Florida Foundation Inc
How much does University of Central Florida Foundation Inc give each year?
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc gave $47.3M across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $52.6M across 4 grants.
What is University of Central Florida Foundation Inc's typical grant size?
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $3,407,059, and its average grant was $11,825,138, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does University of Central Florida Foundation Inc give grants?
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc gives mostly in Florida: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Orlando, FL (4 grants).
Does University of Central Florida Foundation Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on University of Central Florida Foundation Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
How large is University of Central Florida Foundation Inc?
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc reported $678.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $85.7M.
What is University of Central Florida Foundation Inc?
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Orlando, FL. It holds $678.7M in total assets as of 2025.
What is University of Central Florida Foundation Inc's EIN?
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-6211832. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
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