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Emerging Scholars Program Inc

Emerging Scholars Program Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $842,881 to it, the largest being THE ERKILETIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($349,100). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$267k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$843k
Net assets
$-26243
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What Emerging Scholars Program Inc does

Mission

Since June 2004, Emerging Scholars has been dedicated to providing opportunities that change the educational trajectory of low income intellectually gifted students.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $195,242 spentof which $6,405 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $195,242.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($297k) Expenses 100 ($337k) Net assets 100 ($19k)2020 Revenue 123 ($363k) Expenses 108 ($364k) Net assets 98 ($19k)2021 Revenue 124 ($369k) Expenses 103 ($345k) Net assets 220 ($42k)2022 Revenue 110 ($326k) Expenses 103 ($348k) Net assets 110 ($21k)2023 Revenue 114 ($338k) Expenses 105 ($353k) Net assets 96 ($18k)2024 Revenue 90 ($267k) Expenses 92 ($312k) Net assets -137 ($-26243)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (90)Expenses (92)Net assets (-137)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 2020 to 2021, from $33k to $75k (+125%).

$37k
$33k
$75k
$68k
$59k
$22k
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 14% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

123% of Emerging Scholars Program Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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. 5 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$40k
’19
−$437
’20
$23k
’21
−$21k
’22
−$15k
’23
−$45k
’24
0.8
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.

Chief executive

Ruth Hazel

Executive Director

Board chair

Stefanie Erkiletian

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed151414141515
Joined·+1+1+1+1+2
No longer listed·21102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $118k → $74k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 Emerging Scholars Program 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

Emerging Scholars Program Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48% 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 Emerging Scholars Program Inc.

41%
largest funder
84%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 76% · 2019 61% · 2020 55% · 2021 65% · 2022 79% · 2023 78% — growing more concentrated.

“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

57% of Emerging Scholars Program Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

96% of Emerging Scholars Program Inc's grant income comes from Virginia funders.

NY
NJ
VA
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $401k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

Emerging Scholars Program Inc receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $843k to it.

Operating margin−17% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

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

63% of spending goes to programs.

Program 63%Management 24%Fundraising 13%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

75%

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 Emerging Scholars Program Inc?
Emerging Scholars Program Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $842,881 to it, the largest being THE ERKILETIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($349,100). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Emerging Scholars Program Inc have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $842,881 in grants to Emerging Scholars Program Inc, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Emerging Scholars Program Inc?
THE ERKILETIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $349,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Emerging Scholars Program 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 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