About Valley City State University Foundation
The mission of the VCSU Foundation is to support Valley City State University by involving alumni and friends of the university in activities and private giving that meet the university's needs and advance its welfare.
Focus Areas
ScholarshipsStudent success/supportAthleticsCapital projectsAlumni programming
Who They Fund
Valley City State University students (undergraduate/graduate)Higher education institution (Valley City State University campus community)
Funding Style
direct service (scholarships)capacity building (equipment and facility improvements)program support (student activities)
About Valley City State University Foundation
Valley City State University Foundation’s largest recent grant was a $3,221,664 award in 2025 to Valley City State University for scholarships and other university support. That single grant captures the core of the foundation’s work: it directs private giving to the university’s students, campus needs, and institutional priorities. The foundation’s mission is to involve alumni and friends of the university in activities and private giving that meet the university’s needs and advance its welfare. The other major recent awards show the same pattern. In 2024, the foundation gave $2,113,180 to Valley City State University for student scholarships, equipment, facility improvements, and activities. In 2023, it again supported the university with $1,972,715 for the same mix of student and campus needs. Across these grants, the foundation functions as a university support organization rather than a broad external grantmaker. Its funding reaches students through scholarships and fellowship-related support, while also backing instructional and research equipment, campus facility upgrades, student life, athletics, and alumni programming. It also makes program-related investments.
What Valley City State University Foundation Funds
Scholarship support is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s giving. A 2025 grant of $3,221,664 to Valley City State University was designated for scholarships and other university support, and the foundation also lists endowed scholarships as an active program. Campus capacity is another recurring theme. In 2024, it gave $2,113,180 to Valley City State University for equipment and facility improvements alongside scholarships and activities. That connects to its stated focus on instructional and research equipment and campus facility upgrades. Student experience and institutional life also appear in the grant program descriptions. The foundation lists support for student life and extracurricular activities, athletics, alumni programming, and community grants tied to university and local partnerships. Its active program pages also describe community grants and general grant opportunities for education, campus initiatives, and capacity building.
How Valley City State University Foundation Gives
The foundation’s recent awards are large and tightly clustered: the median grant size is $2,042,948, with a p25 of $2,007,831 and a p75 of $2,078,064. That narrow spread suggests relatively consistent award sizing rather than a wide mix of microgrants and major grants. Grantmaking is recurring rather than one-off. Valley City State University appears in the recent grants list in 2023, 2024, and 2025, each time as the recipient. The foundation is a university foundation with a local giving scope, and it also makes program-related investments. Some grant opportunities on the site are marked as unsolicited, while other general grant programs are not.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.2M
Total Assets
$32.8M
Total Revenue
$6.9M
Total Expenses
$4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2M and $2.1M, with a median of $2M.
25th Percentile
$2M
Median
$2M
75th Percentile
$2.1M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Cory Anderson
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