Sigma Kappa Sorority

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010158948
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Carmel, IN, USA
Phone
3178723275
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,955,210
Expenses
$5,581,223
Assets
$14,861,754
Liabilities
$6,848,198

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHLEEN BRANGAN HELD (NATIONAL PRESIDENT)
  • SUZANNE BRAUN (NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DESTINY BROWN (NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE FLEER (NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STACY LONA HICKS (NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JEN HOHMAN (NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JORDAN BENTLAGE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $141,454 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sigma kappa fosters lifelong connection in sisterhood while being true to our founding as an intellectual and social women's sorority. Through mutual support and respect, we inspire all members to lead a life of purpose.

What it reported doing in 2024

Programming and training- the main expenses in this program section include funding for talkspace, elearning and programming partnerships. Talkspace is an online platform that provides personal, convenient, and confidential online counseling. Expenses related elearning are to cover our learning management system and the ability for our members to access online educational resources. Programming partnership expenses include funding on-demand trainings for members to help them gain clarity and direction in their career as well as for additional mental health resources to support members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 90% 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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • 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: 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.3%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.66; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $141K · 9 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $164K reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.