Colorado · Nonprofit
GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION
GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,505,477 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($232,861). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Gamma Phi Beta Foundation does
Mission
Mission: to support the sustainability of gamma phi beta's educational and philanthropic legacy. Vision: to inspire and invest in a culture of philanthropy for the benefit of our sisterhood.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Philanthropy - the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation supports the fundraising efforts of the sorority's collegiate and alumnae chapters, which give to the sorority's philanthropic focus, building strong girls. The foundation grants fund donations to the sorority's national nonprofit partner and local nonprofit organizations that align with the sorority's philanthropic focus and mission to provide experiences and resources that build spiritual, mental, and social resiliency in girls.
$743,148 spentof which $650,970 as grants$300,127 earned by the program35% of program spendingFinancial aid - based on scholastic achievement, financial need, and commitment to the community and the sorority, the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation provides scholarships to young women for undergraduate study, fellowships for graduate study, and loyalty grants for women who are experiencing unforeseen, extreme financial challenges created by a health crisis, natural disaster, or other unexpected life circumstances.
$757,735 spentof which $516,438 as grants35% of program spendingEducational and leadership development-the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation is building tomorrow's leaders by making grants for educational and leadership training to build self-esteem, confidence, and life skills in women. The foundation also makes grants to collegiate chapters and house corporations to support the educational portion of chapter housing.
$652,063 spentof which $324,676 as grants30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,152,946.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $15M to $19M (+28%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Megan Wick
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Barbara Chadwick
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $144k → $165k.
12 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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: $200k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 funders by total. 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
GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
89% 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 GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 35% · 2019 66% · 2020 44% · 2021 35% · 2022 24% · 2023 31% — 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
27% of GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
50% of GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $753k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 22 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $753k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like GAMMA PHI BETA 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 22 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Gamma Phi Beta Sorority · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION?
- GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,505,477 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($232,861). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $1,505,477 in grants to GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $232,861 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 52 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