Foundation for California Community Colleges
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Foundation for California Community Colleges
EIN: 68-0412350
as of November 2025
as of November 14, 2025
Mission
FoundationCCC’s mission is to benefit, support, and enhance the missions of the California Community College system. As the statewide nonprofit organization supporting the largest system of higher education in the nation, FoundationCCC works to benefit students, colleges, and communities by reducing barriers to opportunities and accelerating paths to economic and social mobility. We believe in the unique power of community colleges, and the people and communities they reach and serve, to be the building blocks of a better future, capable of achieving the possibilities of a more just, equitable, and thriving world. We see our role as connectors, accelerators, problem-solvers, and trusted partners, serving as a hub for innovation and as an intermediary for transformative change at scale.
Ruling year
1999
President and CEO
Keetha Mills
Main address
1102 Q St Ste 4800
Sacramento, CA 95811-6562 USA
EIN
68-0412350
Nursing education
College preparation
Equal opportunity in education
Law education
Medical education
Population served
Children and youth
Economically disadvantaged people
Students
Teachers
Young adults
NTEE code
Community/Junior College (B41)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
Reports and documents
Download annual reports Download other documentsWhat we aim to solve
FoundationCCC is dedicated to transforming lives and communities through education, partnerships, and innovative solutions. We are lifting communities historically underserved by higher education by providing mental health, food insecurity, legal services, and financial literacy programs that support students and their families. Our Center for Climate Futures is helping to build community resilience to climate change and evolving climate policy. We also collaborate with public and private partners to develop programs that address community needs, provide more educational opportunities and options for college students, and contribute to the workforce through highly skilled graduates.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Student Success - Advancing student success to achieve a more equitable future
Access to education and student success are key to improving social and economic outcomes. The California Community Colleges’ Vision 2030 guides FoundationCCC’s work to increase completion and transfer rates, close equity gaps, and help students achieve their goals. By operating programs like the Student Success Center, we’re working to expand and deepen the culture of student-centered innovation, center equity in colleges’ implementation of reforms, and continue to evolve in response to the needs of our students, communities, and state. Programs and partners: Active Learning in Undergraduate STEM Education, ASAPconnect, California Acceleration Project, California AfterSchool Network, California College Guidance Initiative, California Community Colleges Student Affairs Association, California Education Learning Lab, California Guided Pathways Project, Career Ladders Project, Cradle-to-Career Database Project, Program Pathways Mapper, and Student Success Center.
Workforce Development - Connecting Californians to good jobs
A diverse and prepared workforce is critical to meeting the needs of our nation’s evolving economy. FoundationCCC workforce development programs seek to enhance work-based learning opportunities for high school and college students and improve the equitable delivery of career and training programs to ensure individuals can enter the workforce and achieve good, paid jobs. In alignment with state priorities and the California Community Colleges, FoundationCCC continues to actively work to reduce the skills gap in California and grow our economy. Programs and partners: Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative, California Medicine Scholars Program, California LAW, Centralized Clinical Placement System, Career Catalyst, Fresh Success, Grow Apprenticeship California, LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network, Nursing Education Investment Grants, Regional K-16 Education Collaboratives Grant Program, and Student Training & Employment Program (STEP).
Equity - Providing support services and resources that students need to succeed
Community colleges offer an affordable opportunity for individuals looking to improve their social and economic standing. However, college access and completion rates can be impacted by factors including family income, race and ethnicity, disability, veteran status, immigration status, and mental health. Our programs provide resources and basic needs support to help individuals overcome barriers inside and outside of school. Through wraparound efforts, we are working to improve student outcomes, close equity gaps, and ensure everyone has the opportunity to succeed. Programs and partners: AANHPI Student Achievement Program, CalFresh Outreach Project, California Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach, California Low-Cost Auto Insurance, Community Resources Student Ambassador Program, Foster Youth Support, LGBTQ+ Initiatives & Student Support, Men of Color Action Network, Student Health and Wellness, Undocumented Student Support, and Wellness Coach Designated Education Program.
Community Impact - Leveraging the size and scale California Community Colleges to address inequities
Community colleges are vital institutions located in every community and region of California. When they thrive, our communities thrive, too. FoundationCCC leverages its reach, network of colleges, and understanding of California’s diverse populations to connect individuals with resources and programs that help them when they need it most. We raise awareness of public benefits available to students and families, and reduce stigma surrounding programs to help communities succeed. Programs and partners: Community Engagement and Outreach Services, Community Outreach and Engagement, Environmental Equity Student Ambassador Program, Replace Your Ride, and Smog Check Referee Program.
Climate Action - Center for Climate Futures
Guiding our Climate Action efforts is the Center for Climate Futures, a collaborative initiative of FoundationCCC and the California Community Colleges’ Chancellor’s Office. Climate change is already impacting the health, livelihood, and safety of individuals across California. As the largest system of higher education in the nation, California Community Colleges are well-positioned to help mitigate these challenges with their physical and operational footprints, deep community ties, and essential roles in workforce development. These areas represent immense opportunities to help California communities build resilience to climate change and evolving climate policy. Programs and partners: California Resilient Careers in Forestry, Climate Action and Sustainability Framework, Climate Goals for Colleges, Community Outreach and Engagement, IDEAL Communities, Replace Your Ride, Smog Check Referee Program and Student Technician Training, and Zero-Emission Vehicle Workforce Development
System Support - Providing a hub for collaboration and services for efficiency, quality, and reach
System support provided by FoundationCCC also includes fiscal sponsorship and management services, which benefit mission-aligned partners and helps achieve mutually beneficial goals to better the state of California and higher education. Programs and partners: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Skills Scholarships, California Community Colleges Scholarship Endowment, Collaborative Impact Program, Corporate Roundtable, Educating for Change Scholarship, Enterprise and Procurement Services (CollegeBuys, SchoolBuys, CivicBuys), Finish Line Scholars Program, FoundationCCC AI Hub, FUSION (integrating advanced facility management tools), Keenan Insurance Scholarships, and Network of California Community Colleges Foundations, Real Estate Education Endowment, Student Centered Design Lab, and Tim Bonnel Memorial Scholarship.
Where we work
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California (United States)
Awards
Medallion Award (District 6) - Gold; FoundationCCC website 2024
National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR)
Most Admired CEOs (Keetha Mills) 2023
Sacramento Business Journal
Gold, Medallion Award; Innovation + Impact Microsite 2023
National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR)
External assessments
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of people who received immigration legal services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
No-cost, free legal services appointments scheduled for California Community Colleges students, faculty, and staff through the new Find Your Ally tool.
Number of phone calls/inquiries
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Context Notes
2024: 279,000+ calls fielded by the Community Impact Call Center, connecting Californians to essential information and resources 2023: 485,000+ Conversations with community members - call center agents connected families to public benefits and resources. 138,000+ Community member support calls fielded - Community Impact call center.
Estimated number of funding dollars secured for the sector
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024
Additional revenue and wages generated attributable to the organization's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Wages (in dollars) paid to students and community members through work-based learning experiences.
Number of students who receive scholarship funds and/or tuition assistance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Scholars supported across 115 community colleges
Total dollar amount of scholarship awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In scholarship funds awarded to students across all FoundationCCC scholarship programs, including the Finish Line Scholars Program, the California Community Colleges Scholarship Endowment, and more.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Vision 2030
FoundationCCC believes in the power of the California Community Colleges to change lives and strengthen communities statewide. We recognize that through our ongoing partnership with the CCC
system--and its 116 community colleges-we have an unparalleled reach and opportunity to make lasting impact.
As the official auxiliary and trusted partner to the CCCs and the Chancellor’s Office, FoundationCCC works in alignment with the CCC system’s current guiding strategic plan, and is committed to
supporting the system in achieving our shared goals. In 2017, the CCC Board of Governors officially adopted the Vision for Success, now Vision 2030, which currently serves as the system’s guiding light for student-centered reform. The ambitious strategic plan is bolstered by the Chancellor’s steadfast commitment to bold, innovative solutions designed to promote equitable outcomes and economic mobility for all Californians.
Responding to California’s highest priorities for its citizens’ economic and social advancement, the strategic plan established six system-level performance goals for the California Community Colleges:
1. Improve completion rates
2. Increase transfer to the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems
3. Decrease the number of excess units a student
takes to get an associate’s degree
4. Increase job placement for career education students
5. Eliminate equity gaps among traditionally underrepresented students
6. Eliminate regional equity gaps
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
FoundationCCC’s Double Impact aspirations are shaped around five major strategic goal areas.
1. Mission Driven: Play a critical role, across five areas of impact, in advancing the mission of the California Community Colleges in helping to achieve economic and social equity.
2. Strong Partnerships: Leverage a broad network of partners and supporters to exponentially increase impact towards achieving the goals of the system.
3. Implementation and Scaling: Deliver on our commitments and work nimbly and across silos to implement and grow high-quality programs at scale.
4. Innovation Hub: Serve as a hub for transformative innovation in the education ecosystem.
5. Model for Sustainability: Operate with excellence that empowers the organization to maintain our focus on mission and to take on large scale work with lasting impact.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2024 info
1.50
Months of cash in 2024 info
15
Fringe rate in 2024 info
26%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitionsFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
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| Profitability info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $2,839,728 | $3,096,567 | $11,344,101 | $21,111,813 | $15,141,330 |
| As % of expenses | 4.1% | 4.1% | 10.9% | 14.5% | 8.8% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $2,360,783 | $2,618,963 | $10,882,733 | $20,705,806 | $14,999,536 |
| As % of expenses | 3.4% | 3.5% | 10.4% | 14.2% | 8.8% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $68,905,758 | $104,353,955 | $113,927,306 | $157,674,314 | $181,794,833 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 14.1% | 51.4% | 9.2% | 38.4% | 15.3% |
| Program services revenue | 82.8% | 53.1% | 80.0% | 86.4% | 80.4% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 1.8% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Government grants | 7.4% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 8.6% |
| All other grants and contributions | 7.2% | 38.0% | 12.1% | 5.7% | 7.7% |
| Other revenue | 0.8% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $69,944,050 | $75,190,102 | $104,123,257 | $145,542,189 | $171,162,025 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 22.4% | 7.5% | 38.5% | 39.8% | 17.6% |
| Personnel | 60.7% | 54.4% | 55.2% | 59.1% | 56.6% |
| Professional fees | 15.5% | 14.4% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 11.5% |
| Occupancy | 3.3% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 8.8% | 6.8% | 12.3% | 15.3% | 20.7% |
| All other expenses | 11.7% | 22.1% | 17.8% | 11.8% | 10.2% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $70,422,995 | $75,667,706 | $104,584,625 | $145,948,196 | $171,303,819 |
| One month of savings | $5,828,671 | $6,265,842 | $8,676,938 | $12,128,516 | $14,263,502 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed asset additions | $782,686 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $217,854 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $77,034,352 | $81,933,548 | $113,261,563 | $158,076,712 | $185,785,175 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 9.4 | 17.5 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 15.0 |
| Months of cash and investments | 18.8 | 34.4 | 25.2 | 23.3 | 24.2 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $54,543,038 | $109,777,415 | $130,616,200 | $178,610,797 | $213,777,839 |
| Investments | $55,011,199 | $105,891,897 | $88,465,087 | $103,798,223 | $131,294,065 |
| Receivables | $13,698,428 | $32,339,519 | $41,657,552 | $39,040,023 | $46,642,971 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $2,924,411 | $2,863,168 | $2,253,502 | $2,249,958 | $2,467,811 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 38.7% | 54.1% | 76.2% | 94.4% | 91.8% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 42.4% | 55.5% | 58.9% | 61.5% | 63.5% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $9,797,482 | $12,416,445 | $23,299,178 | $44,004,984 | $59,004,520 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $63,148,853 | $99,897,008 | $84,949,627 | $81,583,555 | $85,757,724 |
| Total net assets | $72,946,335 | $112,313,453 | $108,248,805 | $125,588,539 | $144,762,244 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
President and CEO
Keetha Mills
Keetha Mills has 30+ years experience in executive leadership, nonprofit management, finance, and operations. She became President and CEO of FoundationCCC in 2012, following four years as the organization’s VP of Finance and CFO. Prior, she served as COO and CFO for Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, and as the Interim CEO of Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta. She previously managed $490 million in assets for Hines Interest Limited Partnership and worked with Arthur Andersen and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mills, a community college alumni herself, understands firsthand the power education has on the trajectory of someone’s life. She holds an associate of arts in business administration from Lee College in Baytown, Texas and a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Houston. Mills serves on the California Lottery Commission, helping to maximize the Lottery’s supplemental funding to California public schools.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Highest paid employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Board of directorsas of 5/6/2025
Board of directors data
Patrick Mulvaney
Mulvaney’s B&L Restaurant
Term: 2024 - 2026
Manuel Baca DIRECTOR
Elmy Bermejo DIRECTOR
Geneve Villacres CHAIR/AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Harry Le Grande DIRECTOR
Jennifer Perry SECRETARY/TREASURER
Kate Wright DIRECTOR/DEI COMMITTEE CHAIR
Kwesi Edwards DIRECTOR/DEI COMMITTEE CHAIR
Nitasha Sawhney DIRECTOR
Patrick Mulvaney VICE-CHAIR
Mulvaney’s B&L Restaurant
Stephan Castellanos DIRECTOR
Yasmin Davidds DIRECTOR
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Contractors
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Fiscal year endingSOURCE: IRS Form 990 Schedule G
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