Delta Chi Fraternity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461189498
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Ames, IA, USA
Phone
3195739100
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,872
Expenses
$90,504
Assets
$22,474
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

  • Nolan Caravello (President)
  • Aalok Patel (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Aidan Ziegler (Treasurer)
  • Nolan Caravello (President)
  • Aalok Patel (Vice 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

Delta chi fraternity mission is to promote the social intellectual and moral development of college and university men both members and pledges of delta chi fraternity to continue among graduate members the close friendship and loyalty inspired and stabilized by mutual aid and understanding to support the education of members and outstanding scholars to assist members in time of need and to support selected humanitarian activities our organization supports numerous charitable organizations and we hold many community service events annually

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided meals housing and social programs for the local social fraternity members - total of 65 members for the year

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 21; 21st 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.