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Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council

To support the educational and philanthropic activities of the combined chapters of EPSILON SIGMA ALPHA INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL by Bringing Good People Together to do Good Deeds for Others.

$4.4M
Granted FY2023
15
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$3.1M
Largest
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 2023.

Education$6.1MHealth$6.1MHuman Services$128kMembership Benefit$55kHousing & Shelter$29kArts & Culture$28kPublic Benefit$20kYouth Development$16kOther$0
02FY2023 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $3,237,429, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,384,052 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,146,623 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.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k13 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.1M
$8,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital$3,123,582
Easterseals$16,575
Wishes & More$8,811
WovenLife$8,655
Annas Celebration of Life Foundation Inc$8,428
James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association$8,325
Southwest Human Development$8,000
The Umbrella Project Inc$8,000
Help for the Homeless Inc$7,950
Alzheimer's & Related Disorders Association$7,650
ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation$6,814
Special Love Inc$6,814
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$6,185
Hope Ranch Ministries$5,840
Camp New Hope Inc$5,800
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wishes & More: $9k → 7%Help for the Homeless Inc: $21k → 11%WovenLife: $9k → 16%Rainbows United Inc: $21k → 16%Alternatives to Violence Inc: $13k → 11%Help for the Homeless Inc: $8k → 11%WovenLife: $8k → 16%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

MN
IL
MA
IN
UT
CO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
OK
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 52 repeat orgs$628k to everyone else

52 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 45 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
57

Total granted

$12M
$570k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+20%

Still filing today

13%
5%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’22’23
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $6.0M · revenue +59%
  • James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association
    2× · 2022–2023 · $77k · revenue +6%
  • HF
    HELP FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $29k · revenue +178% · 39% of their budget

Funded once

  • GJ
    GENERAL JOHN A LOGAN MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue +20% · 35% of their budget
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE COUNCIL
    one grant, 2017 · $28k
  • 0A
    0343 Alpha Kappa
    one grant, 2020 · $22k
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
Teamability Inc

Teamability strives to ensure that children with severe multiple disabilities have the opportunity to benefit from therapeautic educational intervention to participate actively in life.

Education
3
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
4
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
5
Easter Seals North Texas

We help advance the independence of individuals with disabilities & other special needs.

Health
6
Easter Seals New York Inc

We provide services so that people with disabilities can live, learn, & work in our communities.

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7
Association of Infant Mental Health in Tennessee

Aimhitn supports professionals through training, resources, and community involvement to foster the early relational health of infants, young children, and families.

Health
8
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
9
Easter Seals Hawaii

Easterseals hawaii (esh) is creating a more equitable world so people with developmental disabilities can choose their path. we do this by reimagining how care and support can be better connected to fill gaps in human services across an…

Health
10
Crossroads Rehabilitation Center Inc

Easterseals crossroads purpose is to change the way the world defines and views disability by making profound and positive differences in people's lives every day.

Health
11
Richie Mcfarland Children's Center

The center is an early childhood program whose purpose is to help young children reach their full developmental potential and to support their families through that process.

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12
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wovenlife Inc; the most unlike its peers is Help for the Homeless 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

17 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. 17 of the 117 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)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Z906 Colorado State Council: $4,352,980 · OtherZ906 Colorado State Council+103 more: $1,923,360 · Other+103 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,953,173 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC+3 more: $36,336 · HealthHELP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $29,274 · Human ServicesRAINBOWS UNITED INC: $21,157 · Human ServicesWOVENLIFE INC: $16,283 · Human ServicesAlternatives to Violence Inc: $12,528 · Human ServicesWISHES & MORE: $8,811 · Human ServicesJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $77,466 · PhilanthropyANNA'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $8,428 · PhilanthropyGENERAL JOHN A LOGAN MUSEUM: $27,838 · Arts & CultureTHE UMBRELLA PROJECT INC: $8,000 · Youth Development
Other$6,276,340Health$5,989,509Human Services$88,053Philanthropy$85,894Arts & Culture$27,838Youth Development$8,000

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 JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,953,173 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $77,466 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $68,740 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHELP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $29,274 over 2y, 39% of budgetGENERAL JOHN A LOGAN MUSEUM: $27,838 over 1y, 35% of budgetRAINBOWS UNITED INC: $21,157 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOVENLIFE INC: $16,283 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,690 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL LOVE INC: $14,461 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAlternatives to Violence Inc: $12,528 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWISHES & MORE: $8,811 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANNA'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $8,428 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $6,814 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $6,185 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NEW HOPE INC: $5,800 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds HELP FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds GENERAL JOHN A LOGAN MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOWS UNITED INC ↗

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 Charitable Foundation IncNC1.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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 Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–50%
    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 Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council?

    Find your warmest path to Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council 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 117 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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