Alexander Dawson Foundation

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2009 to Jun 30, 2010

Signed

Apr 25, 2011

Return Version

2009v1.7

Gross Receipts

$32,430,511

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The Alexander Dawson School in Las Vegas, Nevada, a $37.7 million facility built by the Alexander Dawson Foundation in 2000, provides a rigorous, college preparatory educational program that challenges 624 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 to achieve excellence in mind, body, and character.During the 2009-2010 school year, the school provided $1,692,620 in financial aid to 128 deserving and talented students who otherwise would not have been able to afford a Dawson education.In June 2010, the school graduated 60 eighth-graders, who have gone on to attend local public and independent high schools as well as such boarding schools as Choate Rosemary Hall and Stevenson School.

Activity 3

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning offered free academic summer programs for high achieving, public school students in Las Vegas, Nevada and Boulder County, Colorado. The Center recruited top educators locally and from across the country and the United Kingdom to present advanced, problem-based projects to talented junior high school students recommended by local public school principals.During July and August 2010, approximately 100 sixth and seventh graders participated in a five-week program and 42 sixth and seventh graders participated in a two-week program in Las Vegas. Approximately 34 sixth and seventh graders participated in a five-week program in Boulder County, Colorado. Over 240 students participated in a one-day Brookings/UNLV program on the campus of UNLV. All of the program's costs were borne by the Alexander Dawson Foundation; there was absolutely no cost to the participants.

Filer

EIN

22-6044616