Lambda Chi Alpha Housing Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237148456
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Murray, KY, USA
Phone
2702934479
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,974
Expenses
$52,863
Assets
$616,965
Liabilities
$390,057

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT MICTHELL (Vice President)
  • PHIL SUITER (President)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT HUTCHESON (Director)
  • DIRK BOWMAN (Director)
  • ZACH CALHOUN (Treasurer)

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

Maintain housing for college social fraternity.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide/maintain/operate housing for murray state university chapter of lambda chi alpha social fraternity, house 30 student members and serve 75 members of the exempt social fraternity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.67; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.