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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SCHOLARS OF FINANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,260,955
Total expenses
$2,148,373
Contributions and grants received
$2,247,514
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$13,441
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,701,305
Total liabilities, end of year
$52,944
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,648,361
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,750,755
Management and general expenses
$117,875
Fundraising expenses
$279,743
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,750,755

Program services were 81.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,247,514

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,441 · excluded $13,441

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $520,386 · program services $417,200 · management and general $15,150 · fundraising $88,036

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $496,435 · program services $397,777 · management and general $14,721 · fundraising $83,937

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,065 · program services $35,477 · management and general $1,102 · fundraising $7,486

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,937 · program services $64,315 · management and general $1,051 · fundraising $13,571

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $218 · management and general $218

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,592 · management and general $35,592

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $238,315 · program services $202,685 · management and general $5,871 · fundraising $29,759

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $58,912 · program services $53,023 · fundraising $5,889

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $385,930 · program services $340,932 · management and general $29,524 · fundraising $15,474

  • 17 · Travel

    total $85,809 · program services $70,664 · fundraising $15,145

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $140,984 · program services $125,386 · fundraising $15,598

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,430 · management and general $3,430

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $54,013 · program services $43,296 · management and general $8,196 · fundraising $2,521

  • 24b · Other expenses: CORPORATE REAL ESTATE

    total $3,020 · management and general $3,020

  • 24c · Other expenses: DINING

    total $2,327 · fundraising $2,327

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,500,419 · end of year $561,250

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,077,618 · end of year $1,327,981

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $351 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,520 · end of year $24,083

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $787,991

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $42,167 · end of year $52,944

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $51,500 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,374,018 · end of year $1,266,776

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,131,223 · end of year $1,381,585

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INSPIRE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY IN THE FINANCE LEADERS OF TOMORROW.

  • MEMBER SERVICES: SCHOLARS OF FINANCE IMPACTED OVER 5,000 STUDENTS IN 2024 THROUGH VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMING AT 60 CHAPTERS ACROSS THE U.S, A 25% INCREASE FROM 2023. 2,800 MEMBERS GRADUATED FROM THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, A 8-WEEK COURSE THAT PREPARES STUDENTS TO BE ETHICAL LEADERS IN FINANCE. SOF CONNECTED 426 MEMBERS WITH FINANCE PROFESSIONALS FOR MENTORSHIP, PROVIDING COACHING FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. OVER 290 FINANCE PROFESSIONALS SPOKE TO OVER 5,900 STUDENTS AT 326 SYMPOSIA AND OTHER SPEAKING EVENTS, HELPING MEMBERS DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF FINANCE AND THE WAYS IN WHICH ETHICAL LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED. PRINCIPAL WORKSHOPS ATTRACKED OVER 6,000 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $1,750,755

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ross Overline

    CEO/CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $181,230
    From this org
    $165,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,767
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,463
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,809
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,958
    Filer's total
    $181,230
  • Ryan Quinlivan

    VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nicolas Suarez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ray Cameron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Armel Romeo Kouassi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth J Sandler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Sorenson

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $157,982
    From this org
    $134,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,757
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,225
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,711
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,046
    Filer's total
    $157,982
  • Miranda Mehta

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $181,173
    From this org
    $160,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,154
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,019
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,001
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,153
    Filer's total
    $181,173
  • Randal Ledet

    DIRECTOR OF MEMBER SUCCESS

    Total calculated
    $128,646
    From this org
    $116,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,438
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513159349304261

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