Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,599,843

Total expenses

$3,738,708

Contributions and grants received

$4,355,928

Grants paid

$1,372,602

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$243,188

Other revenue

$727

Total assets, end of year

$11,396,762

Total liabilities, end of year

$123,933

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$11,272,829

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,478,476

Management and general expenses

$250,089

Fundraising expenses

$10,143

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,478,476

Program services were 93.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• CHAPTER GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE - TO SEEK FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THE PROGRAMS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC.; SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE INITIATIVES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE SORORITY'S PROGRAMMATIC THRUST; PROMOTE RESEARCH THAT IS PIVOTAL IN RESOLVING CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES; AND RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $3,068,261 · Grants $1,345,568

• CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN - THE CENTER ENGAGES IN RESEARCH-ORIENTED PROJECTS THAT EXAMINE THE LIVES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, ECONOMICS, AND HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. THE CENTER PUBLISHES PHILLIS, A BIENNIAL SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION, NAMED IN THE HONOR OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERSON TO PUBLISH IN THE UNITED STATES. OTHER PROGRAM AREAS OF THE CENTER INCLUDE:THE VIVIAN WARE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPTHE STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES SUMMER INTERNSHIPTHE STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES SOCIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE ANNUAL FORUM

  Expenses $359,075 · Grants $6,669

• YOUTH AND RISK REDUCTION - THE DELTA STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (DSEP) IS A 12-MONTH AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER-BRIDGE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE DATA-INFORMED, PREVENTION-BASED ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT PROMOTE A POSITIVE OUTCOME IN SEVERAL INTERRELATED AREAS: (A) ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, (B) SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, (C) RISK PREVENTION RELATED TO CRIME, DRUGS, AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY, (D) HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND (E) PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. THE PROGRAM AIMS TO SERVE PRIMARILY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN THE LIBERTY ROAD CORRIDOR OF BALTIMORE COUNTY BY PROVIDING RELEVANT INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES AT NO COST TO PARTICIPANTS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES TARGETED ACTIVITIES (E.G. SUBJECT AREA TUTORING) AND BROAD ACTIVITIES (BOOK CLUB, STEAM PROJECTS, GARDENING, RECREATION AND SPORTS) AS WELL PARENT INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS, VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON. THE PROGRAM ADDRESSES SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RISK PREVENTION, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS VIA AGE-APPROPRIATE LESSONS, SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS.

  Expenses $51,140 · Grants $20,365

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH - GRANT TO CONDUCT PROACTIVE OUTREACH IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS PART OF A NATIONAL NIH HEALTH INITIATIVE ENTITLED: "RESEARCH MATTERS: CREATING POSSIBILITIES TO ACHIEVE HEALTH & WELLNESS FOR ALL OF US." THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE OF THIS MAJOR INITIATIVE IS TO ENGAGE AND ENROLL AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NIH NATIONAL REGISTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS RESULTING IN PRECISION MEDICINE THAT ADDRESSES CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND DISEASES IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FDTN

  $125,873

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - INDIANAPOLIS AC

  $44,302

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - JACKSONVILLE (FL) AC

  $39,650

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - SAN JOSE AC

  $27,500

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - PRINCE WILLIAMS COUNTY AC

  $22,921

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - UNION COUNTY AC

  $20,297

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - STARK COUNTY AC

  $20,000

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - WINSTON SALEM AC

  $19,100

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - BALTIMORE COUNTY AC

  $18,269

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• DST - ATHENS (GA) AC

  $18,000

  CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC

  501(C)(7) · FORM A CLOSER UNION AMONG COLLEGE WOMEN · DC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

8 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202531289349304313

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