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← DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$38,279,295
Total expenses
$39,095,100
Contributions and grants received
$4,213,003
Grants paid
$1,250,065
Program service revenue
$28,985,912
Investment income
$953,516
Other revenue
$4,126,864
Total assets, end of year
$59,590,263
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,530,234
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,060,029
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,305,621

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,907,382

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $16,679,545 · related or exempt $16,679,545

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES

    total $10,772,222 · related or exempt $10,772,222

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EVENTS

    total $1,534,145 · related or exempt $1,534,145

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $953,516 · excluded $953,516

  • 11a · Other revenue: STORE SALES

    total $1,824,580 · related or exempt $1,824,580

  • 11b · Other revenue: LICENSE FEE

    total $611,520 · related or exempt $611,520

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,690,764 · related or exempt $1,690,764

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,126,864

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,199,998

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $50,067

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,634,875

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,580,723

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $223,507

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,281,864

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $644,487

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $607,434

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $139,756

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,584,140

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,528,409

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,034,680

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $978,211

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,247,178

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,062,674

  • 20 · Interest

    total $506,728

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $430,437

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,836,362

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF STORE SALES

    total $698,673

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS& MAINTENANCE

    total $234,114

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $228,407

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTION

    total $120,487

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $236,389

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,067,849 · end of year $6,339,748

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $581,584 · end of year $503,845

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year -$113,768 · end of year $1,629,534

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,854,785 · end of year $1,422,361

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,378,272 · end of year $3,537,600

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $23,753,866

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $12,717,905

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,468,070 · end of year $11,035,961

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $31,766,138 · end of year $34,970,150

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $225,018 · end of year $151,064

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,093,651 · end of year $3,734,447

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $12,534,057 · end of year $12,648,775

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,167,685 · end of year $4,995,948

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $225,018 · end of year $151,064

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $37,567,592 · end of year $37,733,230

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $639,945 · end of year $326,799

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. (GRAND CHAPTER) IS A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1913 TO PROMOTE SISTERHOOD, SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE, AND SOCIAL ACTION. THE GRAND CHAPTER PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ALIGNED WITH ITS FIVE POINT PROGRAMMATIC THRUSTS: (1) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, (2) EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, (3) INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT, (4) PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND (5) POLITICAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT. DURING 2024, THE GRAND CHAPTER HOSTED SEVEN REGIONAL CONFERENCES, SUPPORTED OVER 900 ACTIVE LOCAL CHAPTERS, AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS, FACILITATED PUBLIC-SERVICE PROGRAM INITIATIVES, AND PROVIDED CIVIC-EDUCATION AND WELLNESS PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.

  • CHAPTER AND MEMBER SERVICES: PROVIDED LEADERSHIP TRAINING, MEMBER-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO MORE THAN 900 ACTIVE LOCAL CHAPTERS. DELIVERED CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMMING THAT ADVANCED THE ORGANIZATION'S PUBLIC-SERVICE MISSION.

  • CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: HOSTED SEVEN REGIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS TO STRENGTHEN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE INITIATIVES.

  • PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: IMPLEMENTED INITIATIVES UNDER THE FIVE POINT PROGRAMMATIC THRUSTS, INCLUDING ECONOMIC-EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS, VOTER-EDUCATION EFFORTS, INTERNATIONAL-RELIEF PARTNERSHIPS, AND HEALTH-AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. THESE ACTIVITIES WERE FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH MEMBERSHIP DUES, CONFERENCES, AND GRANTS, AND COLLECTIVELY ADVANCED THE SORORITY'S MISSION OF SERVICE, SCHOLARSHIP, AND SISTERHOOD.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • AMARIS JOHNSON

    SOUTHERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • AMINA GEDEYA CUASCUT

    EASTERN REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ANDREA HAGOOD

    CHAIR, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • ANGELA EWELL-MADISON

    CO-CHAIR, CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • ARILYNN GRACE MILLER

    CENTRAL REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ARTIS HAMPSHIRE-COWEN

    LEGAL ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • BEVERLY E SMITH

    26TH NATIONAL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • BISHOP VASHTI MCKENZIE

    NATIONAL CHAPLAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • BRITTANI BLACKWELL

    MIDWEST REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • CANARA PRICE

    CO-CHAIR, ARTS & LETTERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • CRYSTAL T BARKER

    SOUTHWEST REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • CYNTHIA MA BUTLER-MCINTYRE

    24TH NATIONAL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DEBORAH WILDER

    CO-CHAIR, SOCIAL ACTION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DESIREE FAITH MORRIS

    CO-CHAIR, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DORCAS WASHINGTON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR ADDIE PERKINS WILLIAMSON

    CO-CHAIR, STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR CHARLENE MICKENS DUKES

    CO-CHAIR, STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR CYNTHIA GOOCH-GRAYSON

    CHAIR, HERITAGE AND ARCHIVES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR DEBORAH C THOMAS

    CO-CHAIR, PROTOCOL AND TRADITIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR GWENDOLYN E BOYD

    22ND NATIONAL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR JANELLE BAKER

    CHAIR, NOMINATING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR JOAN M PRINCE

    CHAIR, INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR LATASHA JENNINGS

    CO-CHAIR, DOCUMENTS REVIEW AND MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR LOUISE RICE

    23RD NATIONAL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR MICHELLE V HAGANS

    CO-CHAIR, HOUSING AND PROPERTIES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR MONA DAVENPORT

    UNDERGRADUATE AND UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS TASKFORCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR PAULETTE C WALKER

    25TH NATIONAL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR THELMA DAY

    CHAIR, DISTINTUISHED PROFESSOR ENDOWED CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR THELMA T DALEY

    16TH NATIONAL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DR TONYA SMALLS

    CHAIR, AUDIT AND CORPORATE COMPLIANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • GWENDOLYN GRANT

    CO-CHAIR, RITUAL AND CEREMONIES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • JEANNE COSTLEY

    CO-CHAIR, RITUAL AND CEREMONIES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • JOANELL LAWSON

    CO-CHAIR, PROTOCOL AND TRADITIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • JUANITA MASSENBURG

    CO-CHAIR, LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • KAMYIA JAYNAE GIBBS

    SOUTHWEST REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KAREN STANLEY

    CO-CHAIR, HOUSING AND PROPERTIES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • KIMBERLY ROBINSON

    CO-CHAIR, SOCIAL ACTION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • KIMBERLY USHER

    FARWEST REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • LAURIE REID

    CHAIR, INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT TASK FORCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • LOURDES SYDNEY OTIS

    CO-CHAIR, MEMBERSHIP SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • MADISON RENEE MANLEY

    SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • MARCIA BUTLER-HOLT

    CO-CHAIR, ARTS & LETTERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • MARIE-CARMEL DURANDISSE PRESSLEY

    EASTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • MICHELLE SERMON DAVIS

    CO-CHAIR, LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • MICHELLE TUCKER

    CENTRAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • NICHELLE POE

    CO-CHAIR, TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • NOEL GABRIEL SEYMOUR

    SOUTHERN REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • NORMA LEFTWICH

    CHAIR, COUNCIL OF LEGAL ADVISORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • PAMELA E SMITH

    CHAIR, PROGRAM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • PAMELA MURPHY LEWIS

    SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • RADIAT OLUWAFUNMILAYO AJIBADE

    FARWEST REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • RENEE HARPER

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • RHONDA ARRINGTON

    CHAIR, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • RHONDA BRIGGINS

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • RYLEIGH KYNDLE CLAYBORN

    MIDWEST REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • SANDRA K PARKER

    CO-CHAIR, DOCUMENTS REVIEW AND MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • SHERYL BATTLES

    CO-CHAIR, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • SORAYA WILLIAMS FARVER

    CHAIR, FINANCE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • STEPHANIE SINGLETON

    CO-CHAIR, TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • TERRI RIVALTE

    CO-CHAIR, CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • THE HON MARCIA L FUDGE

    21ST NATIONAL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • WENDY JOHNSON

    CO-CHAIR, MEMBERSHIP SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • CHERYL W TURNER

    NATIONAL FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • DR JOI L MOORE

    NATIONAL SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • ELSIE COOKE-HOLMES

    NATIONAL PRESIDENT, CHAIR NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROSALYN L GLENN

    NATIONAL TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • SADE RIED

    NATIONAL SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DORCAS WASHINGTON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $389,875
    From this org
    $331,836
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,039
    Hours/week
    40

  • LINDA THOMAS

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $347,904
    From this org
    $296,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,410
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,992
    Bonus
    $94,502
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,020
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,390
    Filer's total
    $347,904

  • CANDICE PRICE

    DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $116,045
    From this org
    $100,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,982
    Hours/week
    40

  • CAROLYN MCCREA

    DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $183,195
    From this org
    $147,998
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,197
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,748
    Bonus
    $34,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,230
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,967
    Filer's total
    $183,195

  • DAPHNE SNOWDEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEOC

    Total calculated
    $190,378
    From this org
    $157,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,602
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,412
    Bonus
    $38,364
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,073
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,529
    Filer's total
    $190,378

  • FRANKESHA ROBINSON

    DIRECTOR, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $217,134
    From this org
    $180,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,476
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,175
    Bonus
    $20,483
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,335
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,141
    Filer's total
    $217,134

  • KELLI JAMES

    DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $168,070
    From this org
    $148,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,495
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,620
    Bonus
    $36,955
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,295
    Filer's total
    $168,070

  • LAKEISHA SCOTT

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $264,000
    From this org
    $221,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,917
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,941
    Bonus
    $79,142
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,184
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,733
    Filer's total
    $264,000

  • NOELLE BONHAM

    DIRECTOR, MEMBER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

    Total calculated
    $186,604
    From this org
    $147,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,633
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,877
    Bonus
    $37,094
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,768
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,865
    Filer's total
    $186,604

  • PATREA CHEATHAM-LOGAN

    DIRECTOR, EVENTS MANAGEMENT AND MEETINGS

    Total calculated
    $259,283
    From this org
    $185,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,372
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,331
    Bonus
    $51,580
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,768
    Nontaxable benefits
    $54,604
    Filer's total
    $259,283

  • TAMEKA SIMMONS

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $312,388
    From this org
    $277,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,584
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,437
    Bonus
    $76,367
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,935
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,649
    Filer's total
    $312,388

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Itemized on Schedule J with no Part VII listing of the same name on this return:

  • DORCAS WASHINGTON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Schedule J breakdown

    Base
    $218,724
    Bonus
    $113,112
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,582
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,457
    Filer's total
    $389,875

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY

    $100,000

    EDUCATIONAL AWARD FOR PROFESSORS

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349318595

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