Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity Collegiate Chapter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
940276810
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$199,439
Expenses
$237,419
Assets
$39,822

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Handson Li (Fraternity President)

People named in this filing

  • Rosette Kinney (House Manager)
  • Calvin Lee (House Treasurer)
  • Handson Li (Fraternity President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alpha Chi Sigma is the professional Chemistry fraternity for those working in Chemistry-related fields. The Sigma Chapter was founded at the University of California Berkeley in 1913. Since our foundation we operate with the following objects in mind: 1. To bind its members with a tie of true and lasting friendship. 2. To strive for the advancement of chemistry both as a science and as a profession. 3. To aid its members by every honorable means in the attainment of their ambitions as chemists throughout their mortal lives.

What it reported doing in 2025

We provide and maintain the building used for meetings tutoring and low-cost student housing for up to 25 students at the University of California Berkeley in addition to rent maintenance utilities supplies and food we also have expenses for community outreach.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 61.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -26.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $237K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.