Virginia · Nonprofit
KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $922,774 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($277,396). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $923k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation does
Mission
The foundation provides grants for educational programs of kappa alpha order and provides scholarships to deserving graduate and undergraduate students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation provides grants to kappa alpha order for educational programs. "the crusade" places emphasis on academic excellence, team building and leadership. The number I's leadership institute is an intensive informational and educational retreat for each ka chapter's highest officer. Officer training conferences are regional meetings that are held across the country and addressing one third of the ka active membership. The subject matter of officer training conferences covers risk management, personal development and scholarship.
$404,250 spentof which $404,250 as grants19% of program spendingScholarship awards for 138 students were made in the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025. Scholarship recipients complete applications that include a statement of need, personal recommendations, transcripts, photos and other material. The applications are screened by a committee of foundation trustees.
$182,147 spentof which $148,650 as grants8% of program spendingGrants are made for chapter support for scholarship activities and educational area facility construction. Any substantial construction programs are based on extensive contracts and documentation of the qualifying educational purposes of the facilities.
$800,704 spentof which $800,704 as grants37% of program spendingThe e fleming mason intership program provides deserving undergraduate students the opportunity to gain professional public and private sector work experience while living in the washington dc, atlanta ga, and dallas tx areas.
$35,029 spent2% of program spendingServices to kappa alpha order
$92,652 spent$44,858 earned by the program4% of program spendingServices to alumni chapters of kappa alpha order, nic, disaster relief, and hazing prevention initiatives
$630,451 spentof which $76,847 as grants29% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,145,233.
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 2020 to 2021, from $10M to $13M (+33%).
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: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of KAPPA ALPHA ORDER 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. 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.
Board chair
R Scott Health
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $31k → $116k.
16 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
88% 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 KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 43% · 2019 36% · 2020 35% · 2021 34% · 2022 32% · 2023 26% — 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
50% of KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
88% of KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL 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 $108k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $815k arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KAPPA ALPHA ORDER 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 1 related entity
- Kappa Alpha Order · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KAPPA ALPHA ORDER 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 KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $922,774 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($277,396). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $922,774 in grants to KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $277,396 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 34 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