Tennessee · Public charity
Chi Omega Foundation
The CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION supports educational & leadership development through scholarships, grants and other learning opportunities.
- $4.0M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $3.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,945,933
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 8
- Total assets, FY2026
- $75M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 20% of the organizations Chi Omega Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 9 | $3.4M | 33% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $2.5M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $2.0M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $3.4M | 43% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $3.3M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $900k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $962k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $997k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chi Omega Fraternity | $6,246,056 | 10 | 8% |
| Alumnae of Tau Beta Chapter of Chi Omega Fraternity | $3,882,749 | 4 | 100% |
| Chi Omega Psi Chapter Corporation | $2,262,659 | 8 | 6% |
| Chi Omega of Purdue University Inc Chi Omega of Purdue University Inc | $1,945,933 | 1 | n/a |
| Epsilon Beta of Chi Omega Foundation | $1,701,732 | 2 | 55% |
| Tau of Chi Omega Fraternity House Corp | $1,559,519 | 5 | 28% |
| Chattanooga Chi Omega Alumnae House Corporation | $358,667 | 2 | 66% |
| Phi Delta House Corporation | $254,917 | 4 | 10% |
| Chi Omega Fraternity Nu Chapter | $187,958 | 4 | 29% |
| Building Association Epsilon Alpha of Chi Omega Fr | $156,583 | 4 | 8% |
Show all 21 grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Chi Omega Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
About Chi Omega Foundation
- How much does Chi Omega Foundation give?
- Chi Omega Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $3,383,161, out of $3,950,116 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Chi Omega Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (55%), Membership Benefit (45%), Education (0%).
- Who are Chi Omega Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Chi Omega Fraternity ($6.2M), Alumnae of Tau Beta Chapter of Chi Omega Fraternity ($3.9M), Chi Omega Psi Chapter Corporation ($2.3M).
- Does Chi Omega Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Chi Omega Foundation based?
- Chi Omega Foundation is based in TN.
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