Indiana · Nonprofit
DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Indiana) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,634,424 to it, the largest being STEVEN R MICHELS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,075,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $8.5M
What Delta Chi Educational Foundation does
Mission
The mission of Delta Chi Educational Foundation is to develop, manage and steward financial resources in support of the delta chi fraternity's role in promoting the acquisition of a sound education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Echi accounts: dcef provides grants for fraternity housing expenses deemed educational by the irs. These expenses include design and construction, maintenance for study rooms, libraries, computer rooms, leadership training rooms, utilities, and educational storage rooms. Donations to echi accounts are tax-deductible.
$60,468 spentof which $60,468 as grants14% of program spendingChapter scholarhip accounts provide a means to promote incentives that improve academics, support undergraduates for academic achievement, assist student members to increase their leadership skills, and provide educational programming for the members and chapters. Each chapter's csa can be unique in the way it assists in benefiting its members and can be customized based on the needs of the chapter.
$69,507 spentof which $69,507 as grants16% of program spendingDcf provides grants to the delta chi fraternity inc., to offset the incurred expenses associated with the regional leadership academies (rla), dale carnegie scholars, and convention programming. The rlas objective is to better equip members with the skills and confidence to lead their chapters and uplold the fraternity's values. Dale carnegie scholars is a world-renowned program that is designed to build greater confidence, strengthen people skills, enhance communication, develop leadership skills, reduce stress, and improve attitudes.
$303,002 spentof which $278,288 as grants70% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $432,977.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.2M to $6.7M (+62%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Justin Sherman
Executive director
Board chair
John Ziegler
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 8 funders, grant income rose $73k → $540k.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
32% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 36% · 2019 92% · 2020 51% · 2021 51% · 2022 48% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
42% of DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $417k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
42% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Indiana) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,634,424 to it, the largest being STEVEN R MICHELS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,075,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,634,424 in grants to DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- STEVEN R MICHELS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,075,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing