To establish and support scholarships and leadership training programs which promote academic achievement and strengthen moral, social and community values.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
55¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$187K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
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
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $374K a year · 19% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
55%
of spending
Worth a look: 55% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$187K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $7.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$116K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
-12% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
55%
Net assets
$9.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2021▼ -12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$2.2M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2021▼ -23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.9M
Net assets
$9.7M
FY2021▲ +24%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.8M
FY2021$9.7M
FY2022$9.6M
FY2023$9.7M
FY2024$11.0M
FY2025$11.8M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending May 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1975.

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Where the money goes

55 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 55% · $644K Management & general 25% · $290K Fundraising 20% · $231K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $187K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$187,140Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Grand Prytanis
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Steve Strathmann$190,127$187,140$182,505

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides scholarships and leadership training to foster academic success and strong community values.

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2 programs · $644K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Undergraduate Programs

Develop and provide educational, leadership development, and scholastic programming for collegiate members through the sponsorship of tke educational PROGRAMMING.UNDERGRADUATE programs includes the leadership academy, a leadership training program for collegiate members of tke.

$392Kprogram expense
02

Alumni Development

Promoting alumni communications and creating relationships designed to enlist alumni volunteer commitments to foster member education endeavors.

$252Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 13 grants · $2.5M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$122,404
Unitemized GrantFY2023$74,499
Unitemized GrantFY2022$71,825
Unitemized GrantFY2021$79,609
Unitemized GrantFY2020$207,813
Unitemized GrantFY2019$53,550

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$262K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$644K
Managementcol C$290K
Fundraisingcol D$231K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$446K
Total assetsLn 16$9.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$116K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$92K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$33K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$21K
Investment incomeLn 3$262K
Gains on assetsLn 7$97K
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$446K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$446K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$30K
Other assetsLn 15$320K
Total assetsLn 16$9.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$116K
Net assetsLn 32$9.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$781K$446K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.8M$7.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$46K$30K
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M$9.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$233K$116K
Net assetsLn 32$7.8M$9.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$177K$177K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$208K$208K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$208K$66K$88K$54K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$269K$89K$110K$70K
Legal feesLn 11b$300$300
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Investment management feesLn 11f$20K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$29K$4K$26K
Office expensesLn 13$94K$45K$10K$39K
Information technologyLn 14$99K$41K$31K$27K
OccupancyLn 16$18K$7K$6K$5K
TravelLn 17$10K$4K$3K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$677$609$68
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$16K$7K$5K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5K$1K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$650$650
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$644K$290K$231K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.2M$1.9M$241K$11.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.0M$1.8M$201K$11.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$1.5M$278K$9.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1M$1.5M$604K$9.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.7M$1.2M$522K$9.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.9M$1.5M$400K$7.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,686,546 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,741,782$1,433,391
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $187,984$261,536
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$7,987−$8,381
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,921,779$1,686,546
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $468,608$384,500
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $541,131$477,229
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $512,424$303,094
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,522,163$1,164,823
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $399,616$521,723
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,686,546 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$21,000
VIII-1e Government grants$92,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,319,891
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$32,619
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,433,391
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $164,307$164,307
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $97,229$97,229
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$8,381−$8,381
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $253,155$1,686,546
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,164,823 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $176,687$176,687
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $207,813$207,813
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $66,433 · Management $88,091 · Fundraising $53,728$208,252
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $89,492 · Management $109,596 · Fundraising $69,889$268,977
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $300$300
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,395$4,395
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $20,257$20,257
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $3,690 · Fundraising $25,677$29,367
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $44,820 · Management $9,852 · Fundraising $39,063$93,735
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $40,571 · Management $31,269 · Fundraising $27,114$98,954
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,380 · Management $5,688 · Fundraising $4,932$18,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,043 · Management $3,116 · Fundraising $2,703$9,862
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $609 · Fundraising $68$677
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,633 · Management $5,111 · Fundraising $4,429$16,173
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $5,918$5,918
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $1,007 · Fundraising $3,799$4,806
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $650$650
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $643,872 · Management $289,549 · Fundraising $231,402$1,164,823
Part X · Balance sheet $9,794,668 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $536,745; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $781,217$445,794
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $587,374$715,653
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $24,053$31,822
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $45,874$29,700
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,787,208$7,715,002
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $272,800$319,952
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,035,271$9,794,668
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,904$26,910
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $222,952$89,292
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $232,856$116,202
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$772,583−$508,597
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $8,574,998$10,187,063
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,802,415$9,678,466
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,035,271$9,794,668
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,678,466 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,686,546
XI-2 Total expenses$1,164,823
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$521,723
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,802,415
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,323,981
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$30,347
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,678,466

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