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US nonprofit · EIN 812886019 · Palm Desert, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 812886019) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Desert Scholarship Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$2.8m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$16m
$102k liabilities
Net assets
$15.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
4.6y av
Staff
2
39 volunteers
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Gay Weake
Left since last filing
2
33% of the board
How am I connected?

Desert Scholarship Foundation's network

6 people2 organisationsi6 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
GAY Weake ChairChair2020
6 yrs
Kathi SalvogCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Linda GriffeyMember2024
2 yrs
Lisa LaclairTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Margaret Sentous-GehlMember2024
2 yrs
Sean WebbMember2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Blair MossPresident &since 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Blair MossPresident & CEO40$105k
Gay WeakeChair1$0
Kathi SalvogSecretary1$0
Lisa LaclairTreasurer1$0
Linda GriffeyDirector1$0
Margaret Sentous-GehlDirector1$0
Sean WebbDirector1$0

About

Legal name
Desert Scholarship Foundation
EIN
812886019
Address
44801 Village Ct Ste 201, Palm Desert, CA, 92260-3819
State
California
Mission
Desert scholarship foundation mission is to administer and manage scholarship programs to facilitate more opportunities for neighbors to better themselves through education. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B82 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2016
Principal officer
Blair Moss (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2016
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsLisa Laclair
≥6years on the filingsGAY Weake
≥6years on the filingsKathi Salvog
≥2years on the filingsLinda Griffey

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$16m
Total liabilities
$102k
Net assets or fund balances
$15.9m
Contributions and grants received
$2.4m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$914k
Employees
2
Volunteers
39

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$5.1m$922k$4.2m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.