Chi Omega Fraternity

Not tax-deductible

Madison, WI501(c)(7)EIN 39-0206270Revenue $378K in FY2025

On file with the IRS115 Langdon St, 53703-1306 · Madison, WITax-exempt since Dec 1940

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Chi Omega Fraternity is an intergenerational women's organization forever committed to our founding purposes of promoting friendship, personal integrity, service to others, sincere learning and credible scholarship, community and campus involvement, and career development.

94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(7)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $6K a year · 2% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $13K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$160K
72% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 72% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$378K
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$356K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$63K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$378K
FY2025▲ +14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$195K
FY2022$361K
FY2023$359K
FY2024$333K
FY2025$378K
Expenses
$356K
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$385K
FY2023$329K
FY2024$338K
FY2025$356K
Net assets
$63K
FY2025▲ +52%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$40K
FY2022$17K
FY2023$47K
FY2024$42K
FY2025$63K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 2025) · see the original

Form 990 (PDF) Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1940.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $336K Management & general 6% · $21K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promotes friendship, integrity, learning, and service for women through community involvement and career development.

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1 program · $336K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The Fraternity is committed to promoting friendship, personal integrity, service to others, sincere learning and credible scholarship, community and campus involvement and career development.

$336Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$13K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$378K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$376K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$306
Money outPt IX
$356K
Ln 25
Programscol B$336K
Managementcol C$21K
Owns and owesPt X
$63K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$63K
Total assetsLn 16$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$160K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$376K
Investment incomeLn 3$306
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$378K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$49K
SavingsLn 2$14K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$63K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$160K
Net assetsLn 32$63K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$40K$63K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$202K$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$160K$160K
Net assetsLn 32$42K$63K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$2K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$29K$29K
Office expensesLn 13$36$36
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$256K$256K
All other expensesLn 24e$61K$46K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$356K$336K$21K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $378K$356K$22K$63K 990 PDF
FY2024 $333K$338K−$5K$42K 990 PDF
FY2023 $359K$329K$30K$47K 990 PDF
FY2022 $361K$385K−$24K$17K 990 PDF
FY2021 $195K$40K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $378,069 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $332,393$376,213
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $200$306
I-11 Other revenue$1,550
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $332,593$378,069
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $67,774$7,213
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $269,777$349,191
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $337,551$356,404
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$4,958$21,665
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $378,069 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$376,213
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$376,213
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $306$306
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,550$1,550
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,856$378,069
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $356,404 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,196 · Management $5,017$7,213
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,200$1,200
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $28,778$28,778
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $36$36
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,147$2,147
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $256,256$256,256
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $46,280 · Management $14,494$60,774
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $335,657 · Management $20,747 · Fundraising $0$356,404
Part X · Balance sheet $223,149 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $35,296$49,170
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,723$14,030
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $160,027$159,906
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,559$43
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $201,605$223,149
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $160,027$159,906
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $160,027$159,906
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $41,578$63,243
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $201,605$223,149
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $63,243 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$378,069
XI-2 Total expenses$356,404
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$21,665
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$41,578
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$63,243

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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