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JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION

EIN 31-1755873 CHARLOTTESVLE, VA

Revenue 2024
$36,641,682
Expenses 2024
$39,581,142

Program services were 82.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1200
Street
112 CLARKE CT

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION) PROVIDES ACADEMIC MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP AND PROFESSORSHIP SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (UVA).

  • SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP AND PROFESSORSHIP PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF UVA.THE FOUNDATION AWARDS ACADEMIC MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNDERGRADUATES THAT COVER THE FULL ESTIMATED COST OF ATTENDING UVA FOR FOUR YEARS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO AWARDS ACADEMIC MERIT-BASED, GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS TO PHD AND MBA CANDIDATES AND TO NATIONAL FELLOWS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED 190 UNDERGRADUTE SCHOLARS, 50 GRADUATE FELLOWS, AND 6 NATIONAL FELLOWS. THE FOUNDATION FUNDED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, THE SALARIES, BENEFITS, AND OTHER RELATED COSTS OF 10 UVA PROFESSORS AND PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR 11 GRADUATE STUDENTS WORKING WITH THE PROFESSORS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO OFFERED SEVERAL MERIT- AND NEED-BASED AWARDS TO UNDERGRADUATE FINALISTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION AWARDED A VARIETY OF FACULTY PRIZES ANNUALLY TO DISTINGUISHED FACULTY MEMBERS BASED ON EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP. OVERALL, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 335 STUDENTS AND FACULTY.

    Expenses $32,601,049 · Grants $26,993,115

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JAMES H WRIGHT

    PRESIDENT/SECRETARY/TREASU

    Total calculated
    $1,132,798
    From this org
    $1,073,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $633,914
    Bonus
    $360,375
    Other
    $79,559
    Deferred
    $43,125
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,825
    Filer's total
    $1,132,798

  • HELEN M DWYER

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $273,413
    From this org
    $235,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,691
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,366
    Bonus
    $19,918
    Other
    $1,438
    Deferred
    $29,392
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,299
    Filer's total
    $273,413

  • ROBBYN L CALLAHAN

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $248,038
    From this org
    $206,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,997
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,825
    Bonus
    $18,125
    Other
    $1,091
    Deferred
    $26,172
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,825
    Filer's total
    $248,038

  • S PATRICK INGRAM

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $499,564
    From this org
    $336,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $162,621
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,374
    Bonus
    $29,088
    Other
    $21,481
    Deferred
    $140,155
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,466
    Filer's total
    $499,564

  • BENJAMIN B SKIPPER

    DIRECTOR OF JEFFERSON SCHOLARS PROGRAM AND ALUMNI

    Total calculated
    $301,249
    From this org
    $256,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,151
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,914
    Bonus
    $22,238
    Other
    $14,946
    Deferred
    $22,956
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,195
    Filer's total
    $301,249

  • LEW BURRUS

    DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $154,978
    From this org
    $131,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,900
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,592
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $1,111
    Deferred
    $16,629
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,271
    Filer's total
    $154,978

  • JOYCE CARMAN

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $155,535
    From this org
    $132,593
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,942
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,908
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $9,310
    Deferred
    $15,671
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,271
    Filer's total
    $155,535

  • KEVIN E MURRAY

    DIRECTOR OF GIFT PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $205,048
    From this org
    $163,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,597
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,279
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $13,797
    Deferred
    $19,402
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,195
    Filer's total
    $205,048

  • CHRISTINE E PATRICK

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $166,702
    From this org
    $141,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,614
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,639
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $4,074
    Deferred
    $17,315
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,299
    Filer's total
    $166,702

  • JAMALA MASSENBURG

    DIRECTOR, GRADUATE FELLOWS PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $234,859
    From this org
    $203,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,763
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,670
    Bonus
    $17,875
    Other
    $551
    Deferred
    $24,492
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,271
    Filer's total
    $234,859

  • WILLIAM L POLK JR

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • FRANKLIN S EDMONDS JR

    VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KAREN CLARKE BARNES

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAHNAZ BATMANGHELIDJ

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • T WESTRAY BATTLE III

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEONARD J BUCK II

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN S CRAWFORD

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLISON C DINARDO

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MERRY W DOUGHERTY

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT W DOWNES

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIRKMAN FINLAY III

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAYNELLE DEANS GRACE

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER BROWN GWILLIAM

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J DALE HARVEY II

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TYLER S HENRITZE

    FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $36,641,682
    Expenses
    $39,581,142
    Contributions
    $36,265,524
    Grants paid
    $26,993,115
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $33,151,366
    Expenses
    $32,396,019
    Contributions
    $32,723,055
    Grants paid
    $19,820,294
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $33,501,224
    Expenses
    $33,928,905
    Contributions
    $33,160,494
    Grants paid
    $22,562,420

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,629,374
    Expenses
    $25,722,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $761,742,846

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,860,748
    Expenses
    $20,517,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $547,483,075

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $106,985,067
    Expenses
    $21,531,318
    Assets (EOY)
    $530,655,981

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,363,472
    Expenses
    $17,865,721
    Assets (EOY)
    $424,436,388

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,835,640
    Expenses
    $18,707,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $394,206,233

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS (6)

    TRUST · VA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.