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Filing year 2024

JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION

Charlottesville, Virginia·EIN 31-1755873·NTEE T30 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$36.6M
Total assets
$899.1M
Total expenses
$39.6M
Reported officers
39
Mission

THE JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION) PROVIDES ACADEMIC MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP AND PROFESSORSHIP SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (UVA).

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President/secretary/treasu
$1.1M
$1.2M
Director of Development
$500k
$530k
Director of Jefferson Scholars Program and Alumni
director (operational)
$301k
$320k
Assistant Secretary
secretary (operational)
$273k
$290k
Assistant Treasurer
$248k
$263k
Director, Graduate Fellows Program
director (operational)
$235k
$249k
Director of Gift Planning
highest compensated employee
$205k
$217k
Associate Director of Development
$167k
$177k
Director of Communications
director (operational)
$156k
$165k
Director of Technology
highest compensated employee
$155k
$164k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 29 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Down 27%
from 2023

From $1.6M in 2023 to $1.1M in 2024.

$1.6M
2023
$1.1M
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 29% in real terms$1.7M to $1.2M

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$33.2M
$32.4M
2023
$36.6M
$39.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Virginia

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in Virginia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $41,100.

25th percentile
$12k
Median
$41,100
75th percentile
$111k
90th percentile
$245k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 323 organizations across 323 filings (2022 – 2024).

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