New York · Nonprofit
DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND
DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,115 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($37,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $162k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $82k
- Net assets
- $485k
What David & Dovetta Wilson Scholarship Fund does
Mission
The David & Dovetta Wilson Scholarship Fund promotes academic achievement and educational opportunity by providing renewable scholarship awards to graduating high school seniors who demonstrate academic promise, community involvement, leadership potential, and financial need. Scholarships are awarded annually and may be renewed for up to four years, contingent upon continued academic progress and compliance with program requirements. The Fund also supports student success through mentoring, leadership development, and other educational support initiatives.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The Fund awarded renewable scholarships and educational assistance to undergraduate students demonstrating academic achievement, leadership potential, community involvement, and financial need. During the year, assistance was provided to 36 students, including 9 new scholars and 27 continuing recipients.
$37,103 spentof which $37,103 as grants33% of program spendingStudent Support, Retention, and Scholar Development This includes: a. Scholar Ambassadors, b. Program Development, c. Technology supporting scholars, d. Educational support activities, e. Executive Director program support, and f. Scholar engagement activities
$28,463 spent26% of program spendingLeadership Development, Scholar Summit, and Educational Events Description: The organization conducted leadership development and scholar engagement activities, including peparation for its annual Scholar Summit and related educational programming. These activities provides students with opportunities for leadership training, mentoring, networking, personal development, and engagement with alumni, community leaders, and fellow scholarship recipients. Program activities included conferences, meetings, travel, lodging, and educational workshops supporting student growth and leadership development.
$45,244 spent41% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $110,810.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $221k to $399k (+81%).
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.
93% of DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Crystal Wilson
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $26k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND’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
DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 39% · 2022 81% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
95% of DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND'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. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $78k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,238 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,238 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND?
- DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,115 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($37,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $82,115 in grants to DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $37,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAVID & DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2019–2026), and the filings of 8 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing