Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund

Public charity · Grantmaker Dallas, TX EIN: 75-6368492

Endowment fund to provide tuition assistance to students of st. John's episcopal school.

Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund at a glance

In short: Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund gave $3K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$3,363
+12.4% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$3,363
+12.4% vs 2024
Median grant
$3,363
Total assets
$1,809,308
+7.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Dallas

How Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund gives

  • Giving fell 81% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K1 grant2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2023) to $57K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $3K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
1 individual scholarship Recipients not named —$3,363
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,809,308$129,475$12,720$3,3631$127,725
2024$1,677,220$89,110$11,345$2,9931$88,510
2023$1,431,146$64,947$8,839$2,3301$50,516
2022$1,420,110$119,364$25,865$17,3211$108,976
2021$1,556,426$207,438$8,107——$109,465
2020$1,095,450$56,338$6,806——$53,328
2019$1,033,802$70,616$62,404$56,5571$63,091

About Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund

Based on IRS filings

Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund is a public charity, based in Dallas, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $3K. Net investment income was $128K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund is led by Rea Foster, President since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Rea Foster

    President

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anne Raymond

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Stuart

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kassidy Opitz

    Parliamentarian

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katherine Stenesen

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (14)
  • Former: Jennifer Sharpe (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Scott Parks (2022–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Amy Hofland (2023–2024) — President
  • Former: Wilson Schoellkopf (2024) — Parliamentarian
  • Former: Jill Elliot (2020–2023) — President
  • Former: Deidre Bacala (2022–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Will McDaniel (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Audra Chavis (2021–2022) — Parliamentarian
  • Former: Melissa Eakes (2020–2021) — President
  • Former: Diedre Bacala (2021) — Vice President
  • Former: John DeGroote (2020) — Parliamentarian
  • Former: Derek Claybrook (2019) — Parliamentarian
  • Former: Mike Androvett (2019) — President
  • Former: Tiffany Fleckenstein (2019) — Secretary

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund

How much does Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund give each year?

Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund gave $3K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $3K across 1 grant.

How large is Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund?

Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund reported $1.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $129K.

Where does Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund operate?

Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund's EIN?

Dorothy Patterson Scholarship Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-6368492. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 19, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 14, 2023)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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