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THE DAVID SCHOOL INC

THE DAVID SCHOOL INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,157,817 to it, the largest being UD W BINGHAM 2ND 070535 ($600,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$549k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$1.0M
8/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 84%
01What it does

What The David School Inc does

Mission

The mission of the david school is to provide a comprehensive educational program for the appalachian youth and adults who have limited financial resources and the potential to succeed in a non-traditional setting. The mission is achieved by creating nuturing school environment that offers all students, through individualized attention, the opportunity to experience success and to serve their community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. School operations

    $401,785 spentof which $1,000 as grants$549,326 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $401,785.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($527k) Expenses 100 ($423k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 44 ($230k) Expenses 84 ($355k) Net assets 89 ($979k)2019 Revenue 57 ($300k) Expenses 82 ($348k) Net assets 85 ($940k)2020 Revenue 42 ($221k) Expenses 75 ($316k) Net assets 77 ($845k)2021 Revenue 84 ($441k) Expenses 87 ($367k) Net assets 83 ($920k)2022 Revenue 94 ($495k) Expenses 92 ($390k) Net assets 93 ($1.0M)2023 Revenue 56 ($296k) Expenses 98 ($416k) Net assets 82 ($904k)2024 Revenue 104 ($549k) Expenses 104 ($441k) Net assets 92 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (104)Expenses (104)Net assets (92)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 2017 to 2018, from $1.1M to $1.0M (−12%).

$1.1M
$1.0M
$945k
$846k
$925k
$1.0M
$907k
$1.0M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

64% of THE DAVID SCHOOL 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. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$104k
’17
−$125k
’18
−$48k
’19
−$95k
’20
$74k
’21
$105k
’22
−$120k
’23
$108k
’24
7.7
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.

Board chair

Ned Pillersdorf

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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No longer listed·0400001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $65k → $22k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 THE DAVID SCHOOL 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

THE DAVID SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

52%
largest funder
91%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 67% · 2019 73% · 2020 54% · 2021 86% · 2022 100% · 2023 77% — 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

44% of THE DAVID SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

THE DAVID SCHOOL INC draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 5 states in all.

OH
PA
KY
WV
TX

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

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Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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

THE DAVID SCHOOL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median
Months of reserve7.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

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

Organizations like THE DAVID SCHOOL INC

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 Kentucky

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 5%Fundraising 4%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE DAVID SCHOOL INC?
THE DAVID SCHOOL INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,157,817 to it, the largest being UD W BINGHAM 2ND 070535 ($600,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE DAVID SCHOOL INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,157,817 in grants to THE DAVID SCHOOL INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE DAVID SCHOOL INC?
UD W BINGHAM 2ND 070535 is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE DAVID SCHOOL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2017–2024), 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