GOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS

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2022 · Form 990 · revenue $205K · expenses $1.7M · assets $0

EIN
46-0734672
Address
1101 RED VENTURES DR, FORT MILL, SC 29707
Website
WWW.GOLDENDOORSCHOLARS.ORG
NTEE code
-
Exempt type
-
Ruling date
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Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OEXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO HIGH-PERFORMING, UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS BY PROMOTING AWARENESS AND FUNDING ADVANCED EDUCATION IN ORDER TO GIVE ALL STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO RECEIVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL NECESSARY TO SUCCEED IN THEIR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURSUITS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 10 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Ricardo Elias CHAIRMAN2013-2022 1 $0 reported 4
Kacey Grantham EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2015-2022 1 $0 reported 3
Mark Brodsky DIRECTOR2013-2022 1 $0 reported 5
Shannon Mcfayden DIRECTOR2013-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Scott Hamer DIRECTOR2018-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Melinda Narciso DIRECTOR2015-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Kristina Danburg (former) DIRECTOR2015-2018 1 $0 reported 1
John Comly (former) FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR2015-2017 1 $0 reported 3
Christina Danburg (former) DIRECTOR2017 1 $0 reported 1
Joe Peterson (former) DIRECTOR2015-2017 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2022 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
SHANNON MCFAYDEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT HAMER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MARK BRODSKY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $05
KACEY GRANTHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
MELINDA NARCISO DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
SHANNON MCFAYDEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT HAMER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MARK BRODSKY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $05
KACEY GRANTHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
MELINDA NARCISO DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
SHANNON MCFAYDEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT HAMER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MARK BRODSKY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $05
KACEY GRANTHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
MELINDA NARCISO DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
SHANNON MCFAYDEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT HAMER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MARK BRODSKY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $05
KACEY GRANTHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
MELINDA NARCISO DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 15 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
SHANNON MCFAYDEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT HAMER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
KRISTINA DANBURG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
KACEY GRANTHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
MELINDA NARCISO DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 15 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
SHANNON MCFAYDEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOHN COMLY FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $03
CHRISTINA DANBURG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
KACEY GRANTHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
MELINDA NARCISO DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOE PETERSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2016 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
SHANNON MCFAYDEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOHN COMLY FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $03
KRISTINA DANBURG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
KACEY GRANTHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
MELINDA NARCISO DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOE PETERSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2015 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
SHANNON MCFAYDEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOHN COMLY FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $03
KRISTINA DANBURG DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
KACEY GRANTHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
MELINDA NARCISO DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JOE PETERSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2014 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $04
MARK BRODSKY VP, SECRETARY & TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $05
SHANNON MCFAYDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2013 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICARDO ELIAS CHAIRMAN10 $0$0$0 $04
MARK BRODSKY VP, SECRETARY & TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $05
SHANNON MCFAYDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$205,149$1,667,419 $0$0 $205,149$0 $000
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$5,169,066$2,292,168 $3,477,661$3,169,505 $5,169,066$0 $0020
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,262,548$2,587,909 $427,877$292,607 $2,261,811$0 $0020
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,720,620$2,675,838 $1,760,376$617,968 $2,717,867$0 $0020
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,464,148$1,675,328 $627,912$573,186 $1,460,763$0 $0015
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$278,736$1,508,556 $784,366$784,366 $278,736$0 $0015
2016 · Form 990 period ending 2016-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,664,248$1,098,899 $2,016,430$2,014,186 $1,664,248$0 $000
2016 · Form 990 period ending 2016-12-31 · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,664,248$1,098,899 $2,016,430$2,014,186 $1,664,248$0 $000
2015 · Form 990 period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$359,432$1,003,105 $1,448,837$1,448,837 $359,432$0 $000
2014 · Form 990 period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$979,180$710,160 $2,092,510$2,092,510 $979,180$0 $000
2013 · Form 990 period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$674,868$343,709 $1,961,992$1,945,284 $674,868$0 $000

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

20 grantors reported grants to this organization, $9,278,407 in all, tax years 2013 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2016-2019, 2021 5$5,069,850 2021$25,100
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NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2019-2023 5$1,570,010 2023$502,510
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2021-2022 2$1,002,000 2022$501,000
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE DAF sponsor Exact 2019-2023 5$500,000 2023$100,000
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FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS DAF sponsor Exact 2015-2017, 2022 4$221,099 2022$100,000
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LUND MCFEELEY FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS” 2013-2014, 2016-2020, 2022 8$175,000 2022$25,000
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OPPORTUNITY DRIVE Public charity Exact 2020-2021 2$175,000 2021$75,000
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FORD FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Golden Door Scholars” 2020 1$100,000 2020$100,000
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COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Public charity Exact 2014-2016 3$100,000 2016$35,000
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BLEU BLANC ROUGE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS” 2018 1$75,000 2018$75,000
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COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF GREATER BOSTON INC DAF sponsor Exact 2016-2018, 2020 4$60,000 2020$15,000
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GASTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2013-2015, 2017 4$51,000 2017$10,000
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CALIPARI FOUNDATION INC Public charity Exact 2014-2015 2$50,000 2015$25,000
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S & C HARVEST FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS” 2013-2018 6$39,000 2018$6,000
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BILL & LINDA MITCHELL FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS” 2021-2022, 2024 3$35,000 2024$10,000
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COLUMBUS FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2016 1$25,000 2016$25,000
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2019 1$15,000 2019$15,000
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GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2019 1$10,000 2019$10,000
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY DAF sponsor Exact 2013 1$5,000 2013$5,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS” 2020-2023 4$448 2023$98
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Nearby + Similar BETA

Organizations like this one: what they do and who they are linked to

Same category: NTEE code and revenue

Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. Same state only

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
GOLDEN DOME SCHOLARSHIP FUNDGAB82 $1,193,172$1,098,017 PRESIDENT$0 Similar name, revenue within 10x

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 1 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$7,4383 12012–2013 GOLDEN DOME SCHOLARSHIP FUND

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2022 · Form 990 · $1,667,419 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,549,899 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $1,549,899$1,549,899-- 93.0%
Other (as described)MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT $45,606$45,606-- 2.7%
Office expenses $21,286$21,286-- 1.3%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $19,918$19,918-- 1.2%
Fees: other services $13,775$13,775-- 0.8%
Information technology $12,816$12,816-- 0.8%
Travel $3,416$3,416-- 0.2%
Insurance $703$703-- 0.0%
Total$1,667,419100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $2,292,168 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,232,355 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $2,232,355$2,232,355-- 97.4%
Office expenses $46,207$46,207-- 2.0%
Fees: other services $8,489$8,489-- 0.4%
Other (as described)MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT $3,145$3,145-- 0.1%
Insurance $938$938-- 0.0%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $889$889-- 0.0%
Travel $145$145-- 0.0%
Total$2,292,168100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $2,587,909 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,533,021 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $2,533,021$2,533,021-- 97.9%
Office expenses $37,376$37,376-- 1.4%
Fees: management $7,349$7,349-- 0.3%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $6,051$6,051-- 0.2%
Other (as described)MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT $2,039$2,039-- 0.1%
Insurance $1,616$1,616-- 0.1%
Travel $457$457-- 0.0%
Total$2,587,909100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $2,675,838 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,595,065 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $2,595,065$2,595,065-- 97.0%
Travel $31,307$31,307-- 1.2%
Other (as described)MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT $24,731$24,731-- 0.9%
Office expenses $17,352$17,352-- 0.6%
Fees: management $5,580$5,580-- 0.2%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $1,490$1,490-- 0.1%
Insurance $313$313-- 0.0%
Total$2,675,838100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $1,675,328 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,648,531 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $1,648,531$1,648,531-- 98.4%
Travel $13,912$13,912-- 0.8%
Office expenses $12,830$12,830-- 0.8%
Fees: management $55$55-- 0.0%
Total$1,675,328100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $1,508,556 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,483,640 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $1,483,640$1,483,640-- 98.3%
Office expenses $15,895$15,895-- 1.1%
Travel $8,968$8,968-- 0.6%
Fees: management $53$53-- 0.0%
Total$1,508,556100%

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2016 · Form 990 · $1,098,899 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,086,789 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $1,086,789$1,086,789-- 98.9%
Travel $9,812$9,812-- 0.9%
Office expenses $2,298$2,298-- 0.2%
Total$1,098,899100%

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2015 · Form 990 · $1,003,105 spent · pay $0 · grants $998,622 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $998,622$998,622-- 99.6%
Travel $4,329$4,329-- 0.4%
Office expenses $154$154-- 0.0%
Total$1,003,105100%

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2014 · Form 990 · $710,160 spent · pay $0 · grants $692,164 · events $8,701
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $692,164$692,164-- 97.5%
Advertising and promotion $9,295$9,295-- 1.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $8,701$8,701-- 1.2%
Total$710,160100%

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2013 · Form 990 · $343,709 spent · pay $0 · grants $295,735 · events $3,376
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $295,735$295,735-- 86.0%
Advertising and promotion $43,000--$43,000 12.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $3,376$3,376-- 1.0%
Travel $1,598$1,598-- 0.5%
Total$343,709100%

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