Weiss Scholarship Foundation: FY2024 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 82-2875554)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$101K
FY2021	$133K
FY2022	$202K
FY2023	$281K
FY2024	$445K
FY2025	$432K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	Not on file
FY2021	Not on file
FY2022	$113K
FY2023	$182K
FY2024	$230K
FY2025	$269K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$162K
FY2021	$209K
FY2022	$277K
FY2023	$444K
FY2024	$655K
FY2025	$849K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2018.

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Where the money goes

58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

58%

42%

Program services 58% · $133K Management & general 42% · $96K

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

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Brett Henry Weiss

Executive Director/Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Eugene a Trainor III

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Warren M Weiss

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Susan Anyango Kigamwa

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

John Knobloch

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides educational opportunities for children in Dago, Kenya.

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1 program · $133K · in their own filed words · FY2024

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Provided the funds to educate high school students, university students, and students in vocational schools in Kenya.

$133Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

American Endowment FoundationFY2024$75K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$15K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$14K

National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$13K

Paypal Charitable Giving FundFY2024$13K

Marin Community FoundationFY2024$12K

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INCFY2024$10K

Naperville Rotary Charities INCFY2024$8K

Total grants receivedfrom 13 funders$175K

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Grants paid · 4 grants · $92K · 2022–2025

Unitemized GrantFY2025$35,740

Unitemized GrantFY2024$24,925

Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,145

Unitemized GrantFY2022$8,175

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$445K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$428K

Investment incomeLn 3$14K

Other incomeLn 4–11$3K

Money outPt IX

$230K

Ln 25

Programscol B$133K

Managementcol C$96K

Owns and owesPt X

$655K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$384K

Total assetsLn 16$655K

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

PeoplePt VI, VII

5

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$428K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$219K

Investment incomeLn 3$14K

Other incomeLn 4–11$3K

Gains on assetsLn 7$4K

Total revenueLn 12$445K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$384K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$384K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$241K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K

Other assetsLn 15$2K

Total assetsLn 16$655K

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

Net assetsLn 32$655K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 645

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3More from this return

Abroad and in kindSch F, M

Grants to other countriesSch F Pt II–III$108K

4Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$189K	$384K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$195K	$241K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$5K	$3K
Total assetsLn 16	$451K	$655K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$7K	$0
Net assetsLn 32	$444K	$655K

5Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$25K	$25K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$108K	$108K
Legal feesLn 11b	$86		$86
Accounting feesLn 11c	$5K		$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$24K		$24K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$6K		$6K
Office expensesLn 13	$6K		$6K
Information technologyLn 14	$15K		$15K
TravelLn 17	$32K		$32K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$4K		$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2K		$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$2K		$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$230K	$133K	$96K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 4, 2026	$432K	$269K	$163K	$849K	990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 6, 2025	$445K	$230K	$215K	$655K	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 16, 2024	$281K	$182K	$98K	$444K	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 15, 2023	$202K	$113K	$89K	$277K	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Mar 11, 2022	$133K			$209K	990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 12, 2021	$101K			$162K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $444,634 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $279,194$428,324

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,486$13,631

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$2,679

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $280,680$444,634

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $140,130$133,286

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $42,297$96,369

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $182,427$229,655

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $98,253$214,979

Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members6

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $444,634 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$218,963

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$209,361

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$428,324

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $9,590$9,590

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $4,041$4,041

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,679$2,679

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $16,310$444,634

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $229,655 across 12 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $24,925$24,925

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $108,361$108,361

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $86$86

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,925$4,925

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $24,346$24,346

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $6,154$6,154

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $6,244$6,244

IX-14 Information technologyManagement $14,800$14,800

IX-17 TravelManagement $32,164$32,164

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $3,515$3,515

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,343$2,343

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $1,792$1,792

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $133,286 · Management $96,369 · Fundraising $0$229,655

Part X · Balance sheet $654,583 assets, 11 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $188,630$384,021

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,419$1,050

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $60,412$23,740

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,114$2,771

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $195,280$241,474

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$1,527

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $450,855$654,583

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,000$0

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $443,855$654,583

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $443,855$654,583

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $450,855$654,583

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $654,583 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$444,634

XI-2 Total expenses$229,655

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$214,979

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$443,855

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$4,251

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$654,583

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Weiss Scholarship Foundation FY2024 filing

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Weiss Scholarship Foundation

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV