Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC
GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $282,990 to it, the largest being AARP ($97,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $38M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $283k
- Net assets
- $38M
What Grand Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc does
Mission
Delta sigma theta sorority, inc. (grand chapter) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1913 to promote sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action. The grand chapter provides leadership, advocacy, and community programs aligned with its five point programmatic thrusts: (1) economic development, (2) educational development, (3) international awareness and involvement, (4) physical and mental health, and (5) political awareness and involvement. During 2024, the grand chapter hosted seven regional conferences, supported over 900 active local chapters, awarded scholarships, facilitated public-service program initiatives, and provided civic-education and wellness programming across the united states and abroad.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Chapter and member services: provided leadership training, member-development programs, and operational support to more than 900 active local chapters. Delivered cultural, educational, and community service programming that advanced the organization's public-service mission.
Conferences and events: hosted seven regional conferences attended by thousands of members to strengthen program implementation, civic engagement, and international service initiatives.
Public and community programs: implemented initiatives under the five point programmatic thrusts, including economic-empowerment workshops, voter-education efforts, international-relief partnerships, and health-awareness campaigns. These activities were funded primarily through membership dues, conferences, and grants, and collectively advanced the sorority's mission of service, scholarship, and sisterhood.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2018 to 2019, from $36M to $47M (+31%).
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: 2017 7% · 2019 5% · 2020 4% · 2021 12% · 2022 4% · 2023 3% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $40k → $87k.
1 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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
GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 38% · 2021 68% · 2022 86% · 2023 60% — 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
20% of GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 30% 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
51% of GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Government funding GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.8M on record.
- Department of Education$9.8M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc Group Local Chapters · exempt
- Delta Research and Educational Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC: 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 GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC?
- GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $282,990 to it, the largest being AARP ($97,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $282,990 in grants to GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC?
- AARP is the largest funder on record, with $97,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRAND CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 10 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