Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237162509
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lawrence, KS, USA
- Phone
- 5072690704
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $936,522
- Expenses
- $649,972
- Assets
- $3,550,096
- Liabilities
- $578,444
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Elizabeth Bickley (President)
- Susan Kerr (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Elizabeth Bickley (President)
- Susan Kerr (Vice President)
- Elizabeth Scheib (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
As a College Campus Sorority, we build confident women of character who celebrate sisterhood and make a difference in the world around us. Our vision is to inspire the highest type of womanhood. Our guiding principles are: We promote lifelong commitment, intellectual and personal growth and service to humanity. We perpetuate our heritage as we commit to the growth of our Sorority. We foster enduring friendships. We advocate ethical behavior, respect, authenticity, accountability and integrity. We aspire to excellence in all that we do.
What it reported doing in 2024
In March of 2025, three members of our Sigma Chapter Affiliated Housing Corporation (AHC) Board and our chapter's house director attended the Housing and Facilities Conference which was presented by Gamma Phi Beta's Facility Management Company for three days in St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose of the conference was to assist AHC volunteers in fostering welcoming, inclusive spaces that promote sisterhood by providing innovative, industry-leading properties and asset management services for Gamma Phi Beta and her members. The interactive sessions attended were Food Service Essentials, Impactful Facility Design, Partners in Preventative Maintenance, Fostering Sisterhood Through the Facility Experience, Getting to Know Gen Z, Trends in Risk Management, Trends in Insurance, and No More Empty Beds: How to Market Your Facility. Valuable discussions and active participation were a highlight. Networking between various AHC boards from across the country was invaluable. These networking opportunities gave us many ideas and inspiration for improving our facility and its management. Sigma chapter AHC strives to give our members access to living, learning, and gathering spaces that foster community and belonging.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 88% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 85
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.6%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.46; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.