Colorado · Nonprofit
DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,011 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($65,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $375k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $133k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Denver Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship Foundation does
Mission
The Denver Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship Foundation was formed to support and honor African American young men for their academic and civic accomplishments. We have for over 50 years achieved that goals and remain dedicated to our mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
11 College / University Scholarships were awarded to students planning to attend college in Fall 2025. Denver Scholarship Foundation contribution to further assist students pursuing a college / university degree. Board Members have performed speaking series addressing community members on various subjects around leadership and preparing for the professional working environment. Business advising to other foundations in existence or planning to form that have similar missions and goals as the DKAPS Foundation. Continued management of our endowment with minimal fees and administrative cost.
$125,224 spent100% of program spendingThe Denver Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship Foundation was formed to honor African American young men who have demonstrated excellence in their academic pursuit and have demonstrated the desire to participate in activities that give back to their communities. The Foundation relies on the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc Denver Alumni Chapter to execute a fair scholarship selection process without the influence of the Foundation to select a number of students each year to honor to the extent of the budget set by the Foundation. In addition, the Foundation funds programs such as Kappa League and Guide Right to build a pipeline of well deserving young men for the scholarship program. The Foundation has been successful in raising funds and managing our funds utilizing very strict financial policies we hold our financial advising partners too, along with following the rules of the Secretary of State and any laws or guidelines set forth by regulating bodies of non profit organizations. Our Board met as scheduled and acted upon any decision necessary as outlined in our meeting minutes and elected very qualified members to serve as officers, board members, and advisors (an entity to train…
$0 spent0% of program spendingKappa League program contribution to mentor high school young men by providing life skills and support for their goals. Guide Right program contribution to mentor middle school young men by teaching them the importance of community service and other life skills appropriate for their age.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $125,224.
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.
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 $1.1M to $1.7M (+49%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $37k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION’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
DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 79% · 2020 71% · 2021 87% · 2022 91% · 2023 68% — 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
75% of DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 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
71% of DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION'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 $38k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k 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.
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION?
- DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,011 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($65,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $133,011 in grants to DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $65,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENVER KAPPA ALPHA PSI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing