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Pi Beta Phi Foundation

PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION enables the fraternity to realize its vision and ensures the future of our sisterhood.

$3.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$1.2M
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.

Housing & Shelter$7.7MEducation$5.2MMembership Benefit$1.2MYouth Development$131kArts & Culture$7kHealth$5k
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $3,313,244, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,770,738 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $457,494 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $154k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.1M
$10,704
Median grant
18
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OK BETA OF PI BETA PHI HOUSING CORP$1,210,315
MISSOURI ALPHA CHAPTER OF PI BETA PHI$1,083,449
TEXAS ETA CHAPTER OF PI BETA PHI CORPORATION$406,548
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY$397,741
AR ALPHA HOUSING CORP$27,000
THE LEAP FROG PROGRAM$21,850
TUSCALOOSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI$16,000
MN ALPHA CHAPTER OF PI BETA PHI$15,269
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$11,950
INDIANA UNIVERSITY - BLOOMINGTON$11,500
OKLAHOMA ALPHA CHAPTER OF PI BETA PHI$10,704
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$8,900
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 (FY21–22, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10k → 19%CHICAGO LITERACY ALLIANCE: $8k → 14%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
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
TX
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 21 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
36

Total granted

$12M
$664k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+9%

Still filing today

76%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PB
    PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $5.3M · revenue +27%
  • PB
    PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY OKLAHOMA BETA CHAPTER
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3.8M · revenue +62%
  • PB
    PI BETA PHI ARKANSAS ALPHA HOUSE CORPORATION
    6× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +34% · 82% of their budget

Funded once

  • PB
    PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY MISSISSIPPI BETA CHAPTER
    one grant, 2024 · $359k · revenue +19%
  • TF
    TPL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -34%
  • TF
    TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $16k · revenue +88%
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
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Texas Zeta Chapter

To mutually encourage and assist members in social, mental, and moral advancement.

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2
Alpha Pi Building Corporation

Provide a suitable social environment for collegiate members.

Recreation & Sports
3
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Missouri Alpha Chapter

To mutually encourage and assist members in social, mental, and moral advancement.

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4
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity

To promote friendship, develop women of intellect and integrity, cultivate leadership potential and enrich lives through community service.

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5
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Beta Alpha Chapter

Brotherhood, Scholarship,Leadership

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6
Delta Sigma Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi House Corporation

Provide housing for undergraduate chapter of a national collegiate social sorority.

Education
7
Alpha Psi House Corporation of Delta Gamma Inc

Provide a suitable social environment for collegiate members.

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8
Beta Theta Pi Holding Company

Provide housing for college students at kansas state university.

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9
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity

The organization is an association of men of integrity who strive to develop the individual in his intellect, in his involvement in the community, and in his faith.

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10
Delta Chi Fraternity Kansas Chapter

Provide fraternal services - room & board and social activities for members

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11
Gamma Iota House Corporation

Provide for our members a safe, quality living environment that promotes academic excellence and individual and chapter success. We are committed to fiscal responsibility, operating with integrity , honoring tradition and demonstrating…

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12
Beta Omega House Corporation of Delta Gamma Frater

Provide a suitable social environment for collegiate members.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Mississippi Beta Chapter; the most unlike its peers is Umom New Day Centers 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

55 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 55 of the 71 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/55
Grantees still filing
30/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY: $5,295,226 · OtherPI BETA PHI FRATERNITYPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY OKLAHOMA BETA CHAPTER: $3,765,274 · OtherPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY OKLAHOMA BETA CHAPTERPI BETA PHI ARKANSAS ALPHA HOUSE CORPORATION: $1,439,119 · OtherPI BETA PHI ARKANSAS ALPHA HOUSE CORPORATIONPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY MISSOURI ALPHA CHAPTER: $1,083,449 · OtherPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY MISSOURI ALPHA CHAPTER+41 more: $2,193,340 · Other+41 moreLAFAYETTE COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL: $24,512 · EducationTHE LEAP FROG PROGRAM INC: $21,850 · EducationTPL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationHATTIESBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: $17,383 · EducationEDUCATE FAIRFAX: $17,000 · EducationDrury University: $13,100 · EducationKIDS NEED TO READ: $12,726 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $11,950 · EducationTHE BOOK TRUCK INC: $10,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $10,000 · EducationMaryville University - St Louis: $7,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $7,000 · Education+5 more: $29,914 · EducationBoys Club of Brazos County Inc: $124,214 · Youth DevelopmentTUSCALOOSA CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyTUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS: $15,883 · Arts & CultureWords Alive: $5,105 · Arts & CultureUNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10,276 · Human ServicesCHICAGO LITERACY ALLIANCE: $8,315 · Human ServicesDeaf Community Services of San Diego Inc: $5,894 · HealthThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $5,312 · HealthUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $8,630 · Housing & Shelter
Other$13,776,408Education$202,935Youth Development$124,214Philanthropy$45,000Arts & Culture$20,988Human Services$18,591Health$11,206Housing & Shelter$8,630

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY: $5,295,226 over 8y, 14% of budgetPI BETA PHI ARKANSAS ALPHA HOUSE CORPORATION: $1,439,119 over 6y, 82% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY MISSOURI ALPHA CHAPTER: $1,083,449 over 1y, 65% of budgetKANSAS BETA OF PI BETA PHI HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $443,027 over 4y, 48% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY TEXAS EPSILON CHAPTER: $412,301 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY MISSISSIPPI BETA CHAPTER: $359,130 over 1y, 12% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY ARIZONA ALPHA CHAPTER: $274,910 over 2y, 13% of budgetOKLAHOMA BETA OF PI BETA PHI INC: $144,898 over 4y, 15% of budgetBoys Club of Brazos County Inc: $124,214 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetPi Beta Phi Corp of Lubbock co Michelle Stephens: $107,153 over 2y, 30% of budgetINDIANA DELTA OF PI BETA PHI INC: $73,774 over 2y, 10% of budgetTUSCALOOSA CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPI BETA PHI OREGON ALPHA HOUSE: $35,238 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetLAFAYETTE COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL: $24,512 over 2y, 21% of budgetTHE LEAP FROG PROGRAM INC: $21,850 over 1y, 20% of budgetTPL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetEDUCATE FAIRFAX: $17,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY OKLAHOMA ALPHA CHAPTER: $16,223 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS: $15,883 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDrury University: $13,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS NEED TO READ: $12,726 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $11,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN BETA OF PI BETA PHI ASSN INC: $10,492 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10,276 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING CONNECTIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BOOK TRUCK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $9,696 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $8,630 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO LITERACY ALLIANCE: $8,315 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SCHOOL OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $7,685 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE READING CONNECTION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF EAST ALABAMA: $7,039 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY TENNESSEE DELTA CHAPTER: $6,823 over 1y, 10% of budgetSTETSON UNIVERSITY INC: $6,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY IOWA GAMMA CHAPTER: $6,271 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTraveling Stories: $6,176 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCornell University: $5,960 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF J L KING: $5,898 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY COLORADO ALPHA CHAPTER: $5,794 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY CALIFORNIA GAMMA CHAPTER: $5,767 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $5,312 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $5,280 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FRATERNITY MISSISSIPPI GAMMA CHAPTER: $5,180 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWords Alive: $5,105 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Dollar General Litera…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Dollar General Literacy FoundationTN10.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dollar General Literacy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Pi Beta Phi Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pi Beta Phi 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • United Community Action Program Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Stetson University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Pi Beta Phi Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pi Beta Phi 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 71 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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