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ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC

ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,538 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$186k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$17k
Net assets
$830k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Alpha Phi Alpha Ira Dorsey Scholarship Endowment Fund Inc does

Mission

IDSEF was incorporated on June 9, 1994 and operates for educational, philanthropic and educational purposes. The guiding light of IDSEF is to provide scholarships, educational outreach and mentorship for college bound students in the Prince William and Southern Fairfax County areas in Virginia

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Black and Gold Scholarship Gala: 17 scholarships were awarded to new recipients and 3 renewable scholarships were awarded to previous years' scholarship recipients. Includes plaques and certificates presented to scholarship recipients at the gala.

    $175,817 spentof which $86,500 as grants$95,644 earned by the program
    97% of program spending
  2. Golf tournament - Funds were raised and donated to the Prince William County, Virginia public school system in support of Title I, and the purchase of backpacks and school supplies for needy students.

    $5,526 spent$7,873 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  3. There was no third program.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $181,343.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($120k) Expenses 100 ($71k) Net assets 100 ($515k)2021 Revenue 71 ($85k) Expenses 57 ($41k) Net assets 130 ($668k)2022 Revenue 139 ($166k) Expenses 175 ($124k) Net assets 112 ($579k)2023 Revenue 284 ($340k) Expenses 243 ($171k) Net assets 152 ($784k)2024 Revenue 155 ($186k) Expenses 294 ($208k) Net assets 161 ($830k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (155)Expenses (294)Net assets (161)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $579k to $784k (+35%).

$515k
$668k
$579k
$784k
$851k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

93% of ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$49k
’20
$44k
’21
$42k
’22
$169k
’23
−$22k
’24
1.4
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20202021202220232024
Listed11716421
Joined··+4+3+17
No longer listed··5150
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $292 → $322.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC.

91%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC has grown faster than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 1%Fundraising 11%

Governance

21
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

93%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC?
ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,538 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $16,538 in grants to ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALPHA PHI ALPHA IRA DORSEY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing