Ohio · Nonprofit
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 146 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,698,147 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,403,975). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 146
- Grants received
- $6.7M
- Net assets
- $66M
What Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation does
Mission
Investing in our members by funding programs that fulfill the evolving needs of women.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships and aid to members in need: the foundation awards annual scholarships to qualified recipients for undergraduate and graduate education. Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation scholarships are awarded based on a combination of factors including academic merit, financial need, and participation and leadership in the organization, campus and community activities. The foundation provides confidential aid to qualifying members of all ages who suddenly find themselves in unexpected times of need due to financial, medical or disaster situations. Recipients may be undergraduates or alumnae, and aid may be a one-time grant or ongoing support.
$1,619,532 spentof which $1,574,400 as grants49% of program spendingEducational and leadership programming: the foundation supports the development and use of educational and leadership programs that are available to over 320,927 members, in-person and virtually. The programs provide training that allows members to develop skillsets they can implement in professional and personal settings throughout their lives. Through these programs we are making a lifetime investment in the education and training of women so they are prepared to lead and serve in their communities around the world.
$1,162,382 spentof which $1,110,044 as grants35% of program spendingHeritage: the foundation supports the operation of the stewart house museum, home of kappa kappa gamma founder minnie stewart, in monmouth, illinois. The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation is committed to funding the preservation of kappa's heritage as the organization pursues the comprehensive digitization of all museum and archive collections. Sharing these collections with the general public and the members of kappa kappa gamma highlights the positive impact of women's fraternities on society, the history of women in higher education, and kappa kappa gamma's role in empowering women for nearly 150 years.
$285,720 spent9% of program spendingEducational area grant: provides grants for the educational areas of chapter houses.
$214,349 spentof which $201,162 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,281,983.
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 $48M to $62M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA 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. 5 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 43 funders to 49 funders, grant income rose $214k → $304k.
28 of 146 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 146 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 KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 20% · 2019 19% · 2020 49% · 2021 17% · 2022 15% · 2023 31% — 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
44% of KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
70% of KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA 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 $2.0M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 32 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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 KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half 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 KAPPA GAMMA 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity · exempt
- Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Housing Corporation · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trust Dba Drais Trust · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION?
- KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 146 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,698,147 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,403,975). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 146 organizations giving $6,698,147 in grants to KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION, 78 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,403,975 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 146 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