Grants for fraternities and sororities

Name: Top 25 grants made to fraternities and sororities
Creator: Cause IQ
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509 fraternities and sororities received at least $602,752 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 285 grants made from 246 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 246 foundations, 91% made just a single grant to frats and sororities, and 2% made grants to four or more frats and sororities. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$602,752

Total grant dollars given to fraternities and sororities

285

Number of grants made annually to fraternities and sororities

246

Number of grantmakers funding fraternities and sororities

$1,500

Median grant size to fraternities and sororities

Foundations that support fraternities and sororities

Out of all grants made to fraternities and sororities, 80% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 15% of the dollar-value of grants to frats and sororities. Foundations funding frats and sororities also made grants to colleges, universities, religious organizations, multiservice human service organizations, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	197
Medium	30
Large	18

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	2
Private	215
Corporate	15
Other	14

Grants made

Grants made to frats and sororities	Number of grantmakers
1	225
2-3	16
4-10	5
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting fraternities and sororities

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to frats and sororities	Number of grants made to frats and sororities	Median grant size
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	8	$175
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	5	$150
Paul Lauzier Scholarship Foundation	WA	Metro	1.9%	4	$3,500
Alpha Xi Delta Foundation	IN	Metro	6.6%	4	$2,805
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	4	$522
Mass Society for Univ Education of Women	MA	Metro	33.3%	3	$4,000
Watson-Brown Foundation	GA	National	0.3%	3	$4,500
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.0%	3	$240
T D Frank Thomson Scholarships	NV	State	9.2%	2	$4,575
Alpha Delta Pi Foundation	GA	National	0.7%	2	$3,972

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Fraternities and sororities grantees

Fraternities and sororities with more than $5 million in total revenues received 27% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 20% of all frats and sororities.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	285
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$1,750
$500k-$1M	$500
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$2,930

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Massachusetts	30
New York	23
Pennsylvania	22
Indiana	22
Other	188

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Boston	29
Indianapolis	16
New York City	10
Jacksonville, FL	10
Other	184

Top 25 grants made to fraternities and sororities

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000		Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC)
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Charitable- for Education	Nabholz Charitable Foundation
Delta Upsilon Fraternity - Lehigh Univ Delta Upsilon Assoc	$5,000	Robert E Behmer Scholarship	Speedwell Foundation
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Scholarship	Lesher Fbo F&M Coll Etal-Shl FDN-TR
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Educational - General Tax Exempt Purpose	DB Anderson Charitable Foundation
Alpha Tau Omega (ATO)	$5,000	To Provide Assistance To Recognize Ato'S Most Outstanding Senior Candidates for Undergraduate Degrees.	Norton Family Foundation
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	General Support	MutualOne Charitable Foundation
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Corporation	$5,000	General	Weigle Family Foundation
Psi Chi the International Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Education	Fund for Education
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Scholarships	Constance and Carl Ferris Charitable
Psi Chi the International Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Unrestricted	The Saramar Charitable Fund
Pope John Paul Ii at University of Florida Council 13900	$5,000	Scholarship	Blanche M & George L Watts Mountainside Comm Fdtn
Latinos Unidos Del Condado de Sonoma	$5,000	For Core Operating Support To Serve and Assist the Children of Farm Workers in Sonoma County Through Educational Outreach and Scholarships.	California Wellness Foundation
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi - 285 Berry College	$5,000	Scholarships	The Mabel Amos Memorial Fund Regions Bank Trustee
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity / University of Texas Tyler	$5,000	4-h Scholarships	Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation
Psi Chi the International Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Social	Harry A Lieberman Foundation
Unc Chapel Hill Alpha Phi House Corporation	$5,000	General Charitable	David and Terri Kester Foundation
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Contribution To Educational Institution.	Nydick Family Foundation
Phi Kappa Psi FND Phi Psi Foundation	$5,000	Other (Literacy, Computers, Libraries)	Greater Houston Community Foundation
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority / Beta Eta Chapter	$5,000	For Grant Receipient	BVM Capacity Building Institute
Psi Chi the International Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Tuition Scholarship - Skylar S. Lesser	Paul Lauzier Scholarship Foundation
Sigma Sigma Sigma Incorporated	$5,000	Educational	The Glenridge Charitable Foundation
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Covid Relief	Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity - Northern Kentucky University	$5,000	Scholarships	Wheeler Charitable Trust Foundation
Psi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology	$5,000	Institutionaladvancement	The-Cord Of Three-Foundation Charitable Trust

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Fraternities and sororities" category for this page is determined by the "B83: Student Sororities, Fraternities" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.