New York · Nonprofit
THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC
THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,460,182 to it, the largest being SHIPPY FOUNDATION ($325,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $20M
What The Oliver Scholars Program Inc does
Mission
Oliver scholars prepares high-achieving black and latino students from underserved new york city communities for success at top independent schools and prestigious colleges. We provide crucial support for our scholars so they can realize their full potential and ultimately give back to the city, the nation, and the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholar immersion program: the scholar immersion program, also known as sip, is a 14-month academic and social enrichment program intended to give students the academic, study, and social skills they will need to be successful at rigorous high schools. Students attend the program for two 6-week summer sessions and a year of saturday classes. The summer program includes one-week of residential programming at a partner boarding school to give students exposure to that experience and to deepen connections across their cohorts.
$1,306,327 spentof which $2,000 as grants33% of program spendingScholar services: once our scholars matriculate at competitive high schools, they continue to receive support from the oliver scholars scholar services team. Every scholar attending an independent boarding school receives 1-2 on-campus visits from a member of our team. We monitor how students are adjusting academically and socially and meet with school officials to ensure that students have the support they need to thrive. Our public high school scholars attend programming once a month to stay connected and receive the same academic and social support as their independent school cohorts. Signature activities include an annual community service day and our annual student conference, in our own voices. Additionally, our high school students and their families receive ongoing college counseling, college visits, college essay reviews, and financial aid guidance. And we continue to support them via access to internships and mentors once they matriculate at college - where we continue to provide financial aid and transfer support.
$1,257,014 spent32% of program spendingAdmissions & placement: our admissions and placement program is focused on developing trusting relationships with middle schools and community-based organizations across the five boroughs of new york city to identify high-achieving black and latinx 7th graders for participation in the oliver scholars program. We host admissions information sessions across the city to educate families about the education options available to their high potential students. Once admitted, these students have access to our signature scholar immersion program and high school application support from our placement team for independent day, boarding schools and competitive public high schools. The placement team develops strong partnership relationships with our independent consortium schools in the city and across the country to ensure our scholars have the support and financial aid they need to succeed in high school.
$992,967 spent25% of program spendingThe goal of the college bound initiatives department is to lead the college search and application process, inspire scholars to seek "best fit" colleges, collaborate with independent school counselors, educate and prepare families for the transition to college. While scholars receive intensive support specifically geared toward preparing them for the college application process beginning in their junior year, oliver is intentional in creating a college-going culture and building college readiness skills beginning in middle school through high school.
$228,464 spent6% of program spendingOliver honors event, an incredible night celebrating our scholars and their achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service.
$164,929 spent4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,949,701.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $29M to $22M (−22%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Dr Danielle R Moss-Cox
CEO
Board chair
Dorothea Schlosser
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $99k → $862k.
18 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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 OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
47% 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 THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 46% · 2019 36% · 2020 20% · 2021 24% · 2022 16% · 2023 15% — 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
33% of THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
85% of THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC?
- THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,460,182 to it, the largest being SHIPPY FOUNDATION ($325,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $3,460,182 in grants to THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC?
- SHIPPY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 61 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