Chi Delta Theta Sorority

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
301157676
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Lakewood, CA, USA
Phone
8059108414
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreation& Sports N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,676
Expenses
$82,815
Assets
$22,205
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dawn Evangelista (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Dawn Evangelista (Executive Director)
  • Therese Eden Zabala (Deputy Director)
  • Glynn Caberte (Director of Finances)

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

The purpose of this sorority is to promote friendship, communication, cultural awareness, and social activity among university women. Being in Chi Delta Theta proudly signifies one who is spiritually sincere, morally conscious, and financially responsible. The members of Chi Delta Theta should strive to further our goals both academically and socially.

What it reported doing in 2025

The sorority hosted formal events during the fiscal year to foster sisterhood, celebrate member achievements, and provide leadership opportunities in event planning and execution. These events promote personal development, strengthen interpersonal connections, and enhance member engagement in alignment with the organization's mission to develop strong, confident members through leadership and service.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.