Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2007.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
41 people listed on the 990; $561K paid to officers and key staff.
Lorii Rabinowitz’s $240K as CEO is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorii Rabinowitz | $240,307 | $232,603 | $220,636 | $204,200 | $172,823 |
| Patti Schwartzberg | $203,085 | $179,150 | $171,803 | $146,615 | $131,572 |
| Nate Cadena | $188,593 | $161,207 | $150,433 | $140,056 | $126,909 |
| Jake Wenger | $137,395 | $128,632 | — | — | — |
| Erin Henninger | — | $134,254 | $130,865 | — | — |
| Margaret Bachrach | — | — | — | — | $129,850 |
| Patricia Whitehouse | $129,623 | $125,345 | $120,770 | $103,110 | — |
| Olivia Omega | $116,701 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Helps Denver Public School students enroll in and graduate from college by providing scholarships, financial aid guidance, and ongoing campus support services.
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Scholarships
Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) awards need-based scholarships to Denver Public Schools (DPS) graduates who enroll in any one of our 31 postsecondary institutional partners in Colorado, including universities, community colleges and technical colleges.
College Access
DSF provides free college-going advisement services for students at 22 DPS high schools through 14 DSF Future Centers, which are on-site resource centers. College Access services are provided to over 5,000 DPS students each year.
College Success
DSF provides critical wraparound services to all DSF Scholars, ensuring each receives additional financial aid, academic, and social support to help them persist and graduate from college. DSF's embedded team of DSF Campus Advisors provide College Success services directly to over 1,000 DSF Scholars enrolled on one of three colleges…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $28.4M | $20.7M | $22.8M | $25.7M | $26.9M |
| Given inLn 1b | $661K | $150K | $50K | $1.0M | |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $66K | $2.7M | $3.8M | $2.9M | $1.5M |
| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $5.3M | $716K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $20.6M | $35.0M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $72K | $45K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $27.8M | $37.0M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.2M | $585K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $26.6M | $36.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $4.6M | $4.6M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $515K | $197K | $212K | $106K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $3.5M | $2.5M | $300K | $716K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $159K | $113K | $13K | $33K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $363K | $244K | $50K | $69K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $305K | $207K | $36K | $61K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $6K | $6K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $54K | $54K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $126K | $126K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $71K | $12K | $60K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $83K | $16K | $47K | $21K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $209K | $156K | $19K | $34K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $201K | $150K | $19K | $32K |
| TravelLn 17 | $1K | $934 | $35 | $255 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $35K | $26K | $3K | $6K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $19K | $19K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $232K | $141K | $64K | $27K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $10.5M | $8.3M | $973K | $1.2M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 27, 2026 | $29.9M | $19.5M | $10.4M | $43.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 5, 2024 | $16.5M | $17.3M | −$775K | $37.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 | $15.2M | $16.2M | −$985K | $35.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 | $14.0M | $12.0M | $2.0M | $33.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 5, 2021 | $15.7M | $10.5M | $5.2M | $36.4M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $15,663,097 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 31 of 31 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $15,663,097 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,470,482 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $37,023,782 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $36,438,979 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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