Missouri · Nonprofit
PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION
PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 153 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,384,910 to it, the largest being PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY LOUISIANA BETA CHAPTER ($717,534). 102 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 153
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $37M
What Pi Beta Phi Foundation does
Mission
Pi Beta Phi Foundation enables the fraternity to realize its vision and ensures the future of our sisterhood. Through funding for leadership programs, educational scholarships, and select philanthropic support, the foundation improves the fraternity, its members and the communities in which they live across the united states and canada.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pi beta phi has had a focus on philanthropy from the very start. It was the first greek lettered organization to establish its own national philanthropic project with the founding of the pi beta phi settlement school in appalachia (now modern day gatlinburg, tn) in 1912. Today, pi phi's focus on philanthropy remains centered on advancing literacy through read>lead>achieve. Tens of thousands of children were assisted through pi phi's literacy efforts in fy24-25 through specific initiatives including champions are readers, fraternity day of service signature events, arrow in the arctic, and literacy grants. On july 1, 2013, pi beta phi unveiled the story of one, pi phi's campaign to impact one million lives through read>lead>achieve by its 150th anniversary in 2017 reaching more than 1,128,156 lives impacted. The literacy advocacy project support is provided through grants. Pi Beta Phi Foundation also offers direct literacy programming grants in the form of local impact grants. Local impact grants are made to 501(c)(3) organizations with literacy programs via nominations from pi beta phi chapters and alumnae clubs.Pi Beta Phi Foundation also offers direct grants through the emma…
$878,030 spentof which $799,396 as grants21% of program spendingOther programs and grant areas for Pi Beta Phi Foundation include support for qualified education areas of specific chapter housing campaigns and support for the heritage and history of pi beta phi and women's advancement in higher education, through holt house located in monmouth, il and centennial plaza located in gatlinburg, tn. Support for arrowmont school of arts and crafts is also related to the heritage and history of pi beta phi.
$2,402,158 spentof which $2,187,028 as grants58% of program spendingPi Beta Phi Foundation funds a broad array of programs designed to benefit the fraternity, its members and the community at large. Leadership programming educates undergraduate women and alumnae to develop the next generation of leaders equipped to serve their communities and to combat illiteracy, so that pi phi can work towards its mission to contribute to the betterment of society. Scholarships assist women in undergraduate and graduate school programs, as well as alumnae continuing education awards. There were 104 awards totaling $306,046 made in fy24-25. Specific philanthropic programs assist individuals in dire financial distress, support the heritage and history of holt house and provide assistance for educational area grant programs for specific chapter housing, and provide essential support for pi phi's literacy efforts, including champions are readers, arrow in the arctic, and first book. Literally tens of thousands of children were assisted through pi phi's literacy efforts in fy24-25.
$269,207 spentof which $245,098 as grants6% of program spendingLeadership is at the core of pi beta phi, dating back to its foundingin 1867 in monmouth, il. Pi beta phi has been a leader in developingwomen of intellect, courage, integrity and committed to service. It wasthis focus on leadership that enabled pi beta phi to be the first greeklettered organization to adopt its own philanthropy in 1912. Today,leadership programming is a key part of the membership experience atall levels of the organization, from undergraduate collegians toalumnae of all ages. Every leadership program offered by pi beta phifraternity for women is supported in some way by Pi Beta Phi Foundationgrants. These programs include pi phi's trademarked leading with valuesprogramming, critical conversations, leadership academies andconvention, online learning, leadership institute preparing young womento make the impossible the inevitable, and the leadership developmentconsultant program. Leadership programming educates undergraduate womenand develops the next generation of leaders, creating impact on ourcommunities, families and leading the way to fight illiteracy.
$592,257 spentof which $539,216 as grants14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,141,652.
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 2020 to 2021, from $26M to $32M (+26%).
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 3% · 2022 1% · 2025 4%. 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.
Chief executive
Jill Carrel
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 67 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $1.5M.
23 of 153 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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: $230k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Missouri Alpha Chapter). These are real filings, and they are not money PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 153 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
PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 7% of grant income, and it takes 13 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 13 funders to its left
94% 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 PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 8% · 2018 12% · 2019 9% · 2020 11% · 2021 22% · 2022 13% · 2023 39% — 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
43% of PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
89% of PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 PI BETA PHI 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Pbp Holdings LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION?
- PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 153 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,384,910 to it, the largest being PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY LOUISIANA BETA CHAPTER ($717,534). 102 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 153 organizations giving $10,384,910 in grants to PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION, 102 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION?
- PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY LOUISIANA BETA CHAPTER is the largest funder on record, with $717,534 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 153 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