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PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION

PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,526,406 to it, the largest being ET BOLES ENDOWMENT FUND PHI KAPPA TAU ($1,753,323). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.6M
Funders on record
27
Grants received
$2.5M
Net assets
$19M
19/27 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Phi Kappa Tau Foundation does

Mission

To support the educational undertaking of the phi kappa tau fraternity and its chapters.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Fraternity educational support - provides support for various educational programs of the fraternity and fraternity housing facilities.

    $672,960 spentof which $548,928 as grants
    89% of program spending
  2. Scholarships - provides funds for scholarships and financial assistance to phi kappa tau undergraduates and alumni.

    $36,052 spentof which $36,052 as grants
    5% of program spending
  3. Grants to camps serving children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses including travel reimbursement of members who volunteer at one of the camps.

    $46,375 spentof which $46,375 as grants
    6% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $755,387.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($982k) Net assets 100 ($12M)2018 Revenue 117 ($1.5M) Expenses 97 ($955k) Net assets 106 ($13M)2019 Revenue 153 ($1.9M) Expenses 101 ($992k) Net assets 110 ($14M)2020 Revenue 207 ($2.6M) Expenses 186 ($1.8M) Net assets 112 ($14M)2021 Revenue 284 ($3.6M) Expenses 110 ($1.1M) Net assets 132 ($16M)2022 Revenue 151 ($1.9M) Expenses 69 ($675k) Net assets 122 ($15M)2023 Revenue 221 ($2.8M) Expenses 178 ($1.8M) Net assets 130 ($16M)2024 Revenue 137 ($1.7M) Expenses 159 ($1.6M) Net assets 140 ($17M)2025 Revenue 204 ($2.6M) Expenses 154 ($1.5M) Net assets 152 ($19M)
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Revenue (204)Expenses (154)Net assets (152)

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 $15M to $17M (+18%).

$13M
$13M
$14M
$15M
$17M
$16M
$17M
$18M
$19M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$290k
’17
$530k
’18
$951k
’19
$806k
’20
$2.5M
’21
$1.2M
’22
$1.1M
’23
$178k
’24
$1.1M
’25
10
months of
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

K Craig Rogers

Executive director

Board chair

Doug Adams

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed221717141421232223
Joined·+0+4+0+0+14+3+4+6
No longer listed·54307155
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $38k → $278k.

13 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION’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

PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION.

69%
largest funder
85%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 55% · 2019 90% · 2020 42% · 2021 83% · 2022 91% · 2023 88% — 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

53% of PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

99% of PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

IL
WI
NY
IN
OH
CT
NC
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $749k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like PHI KAPPA TAU 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

50% of spending goes to programs.

Program 50%Management 27%Fundraising 23%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

54%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 32 states

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
FL

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity · exempt
  • Phi Kappa Tau Properties · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION?
PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,526,406 to it, the largest being ET BOLES ENDOWMENT FUND PHI KAPPA TAU ($1,753,323). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $2,526,406 in grants to PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION?
ET BOLES ENDOWMENT FUND PHI KAPPA TAU is the largest funder on record, with $1,753,323 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PHI KAPPA TAU 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing