THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC
EIN 13-3840394 · Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
What they do
POSSE STARTED BECAUSE of ONE STUDENT WHO SAID, "I NEVER WOULD HAVE DROPPED OUT of COLLEGE IF I HAD MY POSSE WITH ME." THE POSSE FOUNDATION, FOUNDED IN 1989, IDENTIFIES PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH EXTRAORDINARY ACADEMIC and LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL WHO MAY BE OVERLOOKED BY TRADITIONAL COLLEGE SELECTION PROCESSES. THE FOUNDATION EXTENDS to THESE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY to PURSUE PERSONAL and ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BY PLACING THEM IN SUPPORTIVE, MULTICULTURAL TEAMS ("POSSES") of 10 STUDENTS. THE FOUNDATIONS PARTNER UNIVERSITIES AWARD POSSE SCHOLARS FOUR-YEAR, FULL-TUITION LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS.
Financial picture
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1996
- Location
- 14 WALL STREET 8A-60, NEW YORK, NY 10005
- County
- New York
- In care of
- DEBORAH BIAL
- Primary officer
- DEBORAH BIAL, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- CBIZ ADVISORS LLC
- NTEE classification
- Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
- IRS tax category
- Scholarships & Student Financial Aid
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes
More public IRS record details
These are classification codes from the organization’s public nonprofit record.
- Subsection
- 03
- Affiliation
- 3
- Classification
- 1000
- Deductibility
- 1
- Foundation
- 15
- Activity
- 994040059
- Organization
- 1