Virginia · Nonprofit
SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,181,365 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,500,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Sigma Nu Educational Foundation Inc does
Mission
The sigma nu educational foundation secures and provides enduring resources to support the educational and charitable initiatives of sigma nu fraternity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grants and educational assistance to chapters and housing entities:provides grants to support the educational programs of individual chapters and housing entities of sigma nu, fraternity, inc. These programs include the implementation of hte lead program, qualified educational expenditures for housing, and other educational programs of the chapter.
$2,617,373 spentof which $2,598,264 as grants79% of program spendingProvides for the care and maintenance of the sigma nu headquarters shrine located in lexington, virginia.
$587,076 spent18% of program spendingScholarships and educational assistance to collegiate members:supports the educational pursuits of individual members of sigma nu fraternity, inc. Through scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance for the obtainment of educational and leadership activities.
$89,834 spentof which $70,725 as grants3% of program spendingGrants and educational assistance to sigma nu fraternity, inc.provides grants to support the various chapter educational programsincluding the lead program. The lead program, (which is an acronym forleadership, ethics, achievement, and development), is a multi-phaseleadership development program designed to build ethical leaders anddevelop the heart, mind, and character of its members.
$20,459 spentof which $1,350 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,314,742.
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 2023 to 2024, from $20M to $26M (+32%).
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: 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC’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. 1 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
Robert J Lalanne
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $484k → $1.1M.
22 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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
SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 60% · 2019 80% · 2020 26% · 2021 45% · 2022 41% · 2023 68% — 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 SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
86% of SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC'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 $733k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M 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
SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sigma Nu Fraternity Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC?
- SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,181,365 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,500,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $5,181,365 in grants to SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC 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 66 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