Sigma Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842416669
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Wayne, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2156687688
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Domestic Fraternal Societies
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $50,018
- Expenses
- $43,515
- Assets
- $40,667
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kewin Gales (President)
- Spencer Palmer (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Kewin Gales (President)
- Spencer Palmer (Vice President)
- Adrian Coles (Recording 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Serve Montgomery and Chester County communities as a chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc with a mission to develops leaders promotes brotherhood and academic excellence while providing service and advocacy for our communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Ithaca 1906 Scholarship Committee - Provided scholarships for local youth going to college who need a dditional financial support and built a fund to support future students
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.9%; rating input score 33
- Program expense ratio: 37.8%; rating input score 38
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 55.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 32.9% of revenue deployed · 37.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.