Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,836,048
- Total expenses
- $1,250,986
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,356,449
- Grants paid
- $914,288
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $522,522
- Other revenue
- -$42,923
- Total assets, end of year
- $16,031,598
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $101,556
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $15,930,042
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,208,975
- Management and general expenses
- $23,492
- Fundraising expenses
- $18,519
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,208,975
Program services were 96.6% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$108,211
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,248,238
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$79,385
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3 · Investment income
total $396,410 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $396,410
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $359,003
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $232,891
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $126,112
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $126,112 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $126,112
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$6,565
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$108,211
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$49,488
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$42,923 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$42,923
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $914,288 · program services $914,288
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $105,000 · program services $87,150 · management and general $7,350 · fundraising $10,500
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $15,794 · program services $13,109 · management and general $1,106 · fundraising $1,579
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $33,600 · program services $27,888 · management and general $5,712 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $104,298 · program services $104,298 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,494 · program services $2,900 · management and general $594 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $47,445 · program services $39,379 · management and general $3,321 · fundraising $4,745
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,586 · program services $2,964 · management and general $3,293 · fundraising $329
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $6,818 · program services $5,659 · management and general $1,159 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $5,526 · program services $4,586 · management and general $387 · fundraising $553
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24a · Other expenses: MISC EXPENSES
total $8,137 · program services $6,754 · management and general $570 · fundraising $813
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $625,293 · end of year $798,988
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,174
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $11,992,746 · end of year $15,230,436
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $133,960 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $14,200
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $74,340 · end of year $87,356
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $44,036 · end of year $57,527
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $12,633,623 · end of year $15,872,515
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
DESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO ADMINISTER AND MANAGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORS TO BETTER THEMSELVES THROUGH EDUCATION.
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PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION COUNSELING, PRIMARY EDUCATION, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ADULT BASIC EDUCATION.
Expenses $1,208,975 · Grants $914,288 · Revenue $2,363,014
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Blair MossBLAIR MOSS
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $105,000
- From this org
- $105,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Gay WeakeGAY WEAKE
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathi SalvogKATHI SALVOG
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa LaclairLISA LACLAIR
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Linda GriffeyLINDA GRIFFEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Margaret Sentous-GehlMARGARET SENTOUS-GEHL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sean WebbSEAN WEBB
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 17 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202601989349301135
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