Nevada · Nonprofit
DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT
DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT (Nevada) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $230,629 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($106,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $231k
- Net assets
- $220M
What Davidson Institute for Talent Development does
Mission
Our mission is to recognize the nation's profoundly gifted youth and support them holistically so they may reach their highest potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development holds four summer programs for profoundly gifted students, ages 8-11. The five-day residential program focuses on supporting academic and social needs. Davidson summer participants attend academic sessions taught by davidson academy instructors, attend academic field trips on or near campus, and participate in social team-building activities. Participants stay in the university's residence hall, which is staffed by program staff members 24 hours a day. Students share a room with other program participants. Academic sessions and field trips differ every summer.davidson institute also offers two summer retreats for davidson young scholars and families to attend a three-day in-person conference on the university of nevada, reno campus with guest speakers from the profoundly gifted community. To be eligible to register for the davidson programs, participants must be part of the davidson young scholars program. The program fee cover room and board and cost of the planned program activities. Participants are responsible for transportation to and from the program, and pocket money. Registration assistance based on financial need is…
$1,980,857 spentof which $11,011 as grants$462,530 earned by the program16% of program spendingDavidson academy online, llc, a subsidiary of davidson institute, is an online school for the profoundly gifted servicing 95 - 105 students from 8th - 12th grade throughout the u.s. Davidson academy online charges out-of-state students of the online campus with annual tuition up to $16,200 per year for full-time high school credits. Discounted tuition is available based on financial need.
$3,455,164 spent$1,126,038 earned by the program28% of program spendingIn furtherance of its objective to serve gifted youth, the Davidson Institute for Talent Development operates a tuition-free, public school for profoundly gifted middle and high school students. Davidson academy is a "university school for profoundly gifted pupils" that was established pursuant to legislation enacted by the nevada legislature in 2005 (nrs chapter 392a). Davidson academy is located on the campus of the university of nevada, reno and has an enrollment (as of spring 2024) of 167 students and 100 online students. Students are admitted solely on the basis of meeting certain minimum criteria set forth in the nevada statute. The majority of the students also participate in other programs of the institute such as the young scholars program. Although designated as a public school, davidson academy receives less than one third of its operating budget from public sources (the state of nevada).
$5,285,464 spent$111,800 earned by the program44% of program spendingThe davidson institute fellows award ceremony is a one-day event held in boston to recognize and honor young people selected as davidson fellows who will receive either a $25,000, $50,000 or $100,000 scholarship commitment to further the development of their talent through attendance at an accredited academic institution of learning.the purpose of this event is to recognize the outstanding achievements of highly intelligent young people who have demonstrated the development of their talents with a significant piece of work. This award program seeks to recognize and award the truly extraordinary in recognized areas of science, technology, mathematics, literature, philosophy, and music as well as outside the box ideas. Each submission must be a piece of original work recognized by experts in the field as significant and it must have the potential to make a positive contribution to society. Each submission is evaluated on its scope and quality, level of significance and the applicant's depth of knowledge and understanding of the work and the related domain area.once the independent team of judges, who are professionals with expertise in the domain areas submitted, have identified a…
$1,425,161 spentof which $800,000 as grants12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,146,647. The per-program figures do not add up to the total the return states; both are shown as filed.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.9M to $212M (+10892%).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $31k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT’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
DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 70% · 2021 56% · 2022 78% · 2023 90% — 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.
Where its funders are
88% of DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT'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 $29k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Nevada, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $202k 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
DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Online Resources Az LLC · disregarded
- Davidson Academy Online LLC · disregarded
- The Davidson Foundation Inc · exempt
- Lakeshore Foundation · exempt
- The Davidson Group · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT?
- DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT (Nevada) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $230,629 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($106,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $230,629 in grants to DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $106,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAVIDSON INSTITUTE FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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