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Beta Sigma Phi Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Beta Sigma Phi Charitable Foundation

The foundation's mission is to accept charitable donations from the members of beta sigma phi and to make grants in furtherance of charitable purposes that are consistent with the intents of the donors.

$910k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$700kFood & Nutrition$90kInternational$80kHuman Services$5kPhilanthropy$5k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $70,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $910,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $840,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$10,000
RETT SYNDROME$10,000
ST LUKE'S MID-AMERICA HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE$10,000
RANCH HOPE$10,000
HARVESTOR'S BACKSNACK PROGRAM$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION$10,000
CAMP-MAK-A-DREAM$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INTERMOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HOME: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$810k · 12 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
10

Total granted

$810k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+22%

Still filing today

92%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SL
    St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +44%
  • HT
    HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +40%
  • MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • LF
    LUPUS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +12%
  • NATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +58%
  • CF
    Cystic Fibrosis of the Americas Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +22%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
5
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
8
Alliance for Childhood Diseases

To advance cures and treatment of childhood cancer and other rare diseases.

Health
9
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
10
Children's Cancer Research Fund

Children's cancer research fund fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.

Philanthropy
11
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
12
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's National Rehabilitation and Specialized Care; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis of the Americas Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City: $90,000 · HealthSt Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $80,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute IncRanch Hope Inc: $70,000 · HealthRanch Hope IncCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INCAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $60,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSNST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $40,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC+6 more: $40,000 · Health+6 moreRETT SYNDROME: $90,000 · OtherRETT SYNDROM…SEEDLINGS BRAILLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · OtherHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $90,000 · Food & NutritionHARVESTERS …MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $80,000 · InternationalMEDICAL TEA…Cystic Fibrosis of the Americas Inc: $10,000 · InternationalCystic Fibr…CHILDRENS ONCOLOGY CAMP FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Recreation & SportsCHILDRENS…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationHope For The Warriors: $5,000 · PhilanthropyIntermountain Childrens Home: $5,000 · Human Services
Health$520,000Other$95,000Food & Nutrition$90,000International$90,000Recreation & Sports$70,000Education$5,000Philanthropy$5,000Human Services$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Lukes Hospital of Kansas City: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS ONCOLOGY CAMP FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetRanch Hope Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetNATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAMI National: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL REHABILITATION AND SPECIALIZED CARE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEEDLINGS BRAILLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIntermountain Childrens Home: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Beta Sigma Phi Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beta Sigma Phi Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Beta Sigma Phi Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Beta Sigma Phi Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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