Nevada · Nonprofit
SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION
SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Nevada) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $64 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($64). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $428k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $64
- Net assets
- $506k
What Sigma Public Education and Research Foundation does
Mission
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As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The national shoe drive initiative provides new shoes to individuals and families by collecting gift card donations instead of physical shoes. This ensures recipients receive the correct size and style for their needs while maintaining dignity and choice. Through the program spear donates shoe store gift cards to help provide essential footwear and partners with local organizations for distribution nationwide. Partner with local organizations for distribution support communities nationwide
$18,000 spent27% of program spendingThe lades program is a virtual learning and leadership development series designed to empower women through education mentorship and skill-building. Our sessions feature renowned speakers and experts who provide insight on personal and professional development emotional intelligence and mental toughness and equity and inclusive leadership. Equity inclusive leadership
$10,788 spent16% of program spendingThe regional mini grant program provides one time grants ranging from usd 500 to usd 1500 to chapters and affiliates of sigma gamma rho sorority inc. Grants are awarded across all five regions with funding decions based on the quality and quantity of applications received. This program helps empower grassroots efforts to create meaningful measurable change at the local level.
$33,660 spent50% of program spendingThe corine j green partnership program honors the legacy of our founder by providing funding and support to sigma gamma rho chapters and community based organizations dedicated to service education and advocacy.
$5,228 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $67,676.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $35k to $428k (+1132%).
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.
100% of SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
La Tonya Theus Nelson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $21.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 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 Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 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 SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Nevada) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $64 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($64). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $64 in grants to SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $64 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIGMA PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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