Indiana · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC
FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,166,698 to it, the largest being Richard G Miller Memorial Foundation ($325,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $818k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Foundation for Fraternal Excellence Inc does
Mission
Ffe advances the fraternal movement by cultivating a culture of philanthropy and enhancing the sophistication of fraternal foundations. We deliver on this mission by supporting our member foundations' associated professionals and volunteers through our core priorities of culture of care, connection, and research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Now more than ever, our campuses, workplaces and communities need strong, value driven leaders. A healthy, positive fraternity/sorority experience acts as an incubator for leadership and personal development. The ffe has a responsibility and commitment to protect and preserve the integrity of that experience.research grants: ffe coordinates, shares, and champions research on the fraternity/sorority experience and within its members to help inform data-driven decision making within the fraternal industry. Ffe maintains critical partnerships to advance necessary research and grow funding available.
$784,967 spentof which $421,781 as grants58% of program spendingScholarships to support 59 high school graduates in the men's college scholarship program to inspire college attendance and academic success by young men.
$33,500 spentof which $33,500 as grants2% of program spendingThree different events by over 530 participants. Continuing education webinar series and virtual coffee chats with peer-learning and networking with over 280 participants annually. A compendium of educational resources electronically available to members to meet the needs of the continually evolving industry.
$416,611 spent$271,205 earned by the program31% of program spendingOther
$113,077 spent$127,375 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,348,155.
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 $2.0M to $3.0M (+50%).
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: 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (73% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $6k → $277k.
4 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $25k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Panhellenic Conference Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC’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
FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
72% 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 FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 70% · 2022 49% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“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
75% of FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- North American Interfraternity Conference Inc · exempt
- Center for Fraternal Excellence Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,166,698 to it, the largest being Richard G Miller Memorial Foundation ($325,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,166,698 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC?
- Richard G Miller Memorial Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 27 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing