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SIGMA PHI EPSILON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

EIN 54-6053821 RICHMOND, VA

Revenue 2024
$9,212,112
Expenses 2024
$6,160,460

Program services were 72.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B820
Classification
1000
Street
310 S ARTHUR ASHE BLVD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO STIMULATE INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT, PROMOTE MORALITY AND CITIZENSHIP AND ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT CHAPTERS OF SIGMA PHI EPSILON FRATERNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SIGMA PHI EPSILON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ADVANCES THE MISSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS THAT SUPPORT HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENTS AND PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE ACADEMIC AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE MEN.

  • TO ADVANCE THE MISSION OF SIGMA PHI EPSILON FRATERNITY OF "BUILDING BALANCED MEN" BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO SIG EP LEAD FUND TO FUND THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:PROGRAMS AND EVENT STAFFINGCARLSON LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES: FOR BROTHERS WHO HAVE SHOWN A DESIRE TO LEAD THEIR CHAPTER, CARLSON OFFERS TRAINING IN LEADERSHIP TECHNIQUES, PROBLEM-SOLVING AS A TEAM, GOAL-SETTING AND EXECUTION. THE ACADEMY IS FACILITATED BY ALUMNI WITH YEARS OF SIGEP INVOLVEMEN AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE. CHAPTER LEADERS LEAVE WITH INCREASED KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR BROTHERS TO GROW.RUCK LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: AN INTENSE 5-DAY EVENT FOR THE FRATERNITY'S TOP RISING LEADERS. CURRICULUM IS BASED ON THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE AND FOCUSES ON TEACHING THE FEW TO IMPACT THE MANY THAT WILL FOLLOW THEM.TRAGOS QUEST TO GREECE SCHOLARS: TRAGOS QUEST TO GREECE: AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO DISCOVER THE BIRTHPLACE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND SOUND MIND AND BODY.LIFE AFTER COLLEGE: LIFE AFTER COLLEGE ENGAGES INDUSTRY-LEADING PROFESSIONALS TO PREPARE UNDERGRADUATES FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREERS. GOING BEYOND A TYPICAL CAMPUS CAREER CENTER, BROTHERS RECEIVE CRUCIAL SKILLS TRAINING AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO TRANSLATE THEIR SIGEP INVOLVEMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD. ATTENDESS RECEIVE ONE-ON-ONE CAREER COACHING AS WELL AS EDUCATION ON TOPICS LIKE FINANIAL RESPONSIBILITY, INTERVIEW SKILLS, RESUME BUILDING AND PERSONAL GOALS.

    Expenses $1,764,594 · Grants $1,764,594

  • CHAPTER RESTRICTED & ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS - SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR TUITION, BOOKS AND ROOM AND BOARD TO STUDENTS AT CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE, BASED ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, CHAPTER LEADERSHIP, CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND FINANCIAL NEED. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS MADE FROM ENDOWMENTS ESTABLISHED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE ARE MADE TO STUDENTS NATIONWIDE FOR TUITION, BOOKS AND ROOM AND BOARD AWARDS.

    Expenses $851,809 · Grants $851,809

  • RESIDENTIAL LEARNING COMMUNITY GRANTS - GRANTS MADE FOR CHAPTER HOUSING THAT EXPANDS FACULTY CONNECTION AND IMPLEMENTS NEW INITIATIVES TO CREATE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS ARE SURROUNDED BY RESPONSIBLE PEERS AND UNIVERSITY FACULTY WHO ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING THEM SUCCEED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $1,868,358 · Grants $1,868,358

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CHARLES AMATO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER BITTMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT ENGELHARDT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARRY C KIEF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL MCCAUSLAND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR PERRY MOULDS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT PARRISH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL WATFORD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD W BENNETT III

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHIEU DUNCAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR GRANT BUTTRAM

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,212,112
    Expenses
    $6,160,460
    Contributions
    $8,660,089
    Grants paid
    $4,484,761
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,893,173
    Expenses
    $6,186,908
    Contributions
    $4,375,487
    Grants paid
    $4,395,818
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,762,895
    Expenses
    $5,880,837
    Contributions
    $4,283,657
    Grants paid
    $4,662,930

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,880,897
    Expenses
    $2,446,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,580,901

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,895,971
    Expenses
    $1,714,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,176,872

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,720,976
    Expenses
    $2,190,357
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,364,201

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,827,453
    Expenses
    $2,278,584
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,022,073

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,515,680
    Expenses
    $3,766,911
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,329,212

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,793,251
    Expenses
    $2,728,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,572,952

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,544,793
    Expenses
    $3,214,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,141,516

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,588,603
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,378,189

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,026,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,492,957

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
Principal officer
Nicholas Hardner
Mailing address
1 JOHN CARROLL BLVDUNIVERSITY HEIGHTS OH 44118

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.