Psi Lambda Educational Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481263914
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Chattanooga, TN, USA
Phone
4236971760
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,932
Expenses
$12,086

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

Overview

Mission

Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 3 grants totaling $1,800. The stated grant purpose was scholarship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the endowment provides a meaningful financial cushion. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 97

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 15; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 8; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 41.46; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: 97th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.