The Hopkins Society of Sigma Nu Fraternity Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510251015
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2029661773
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Sororities, Fraternities
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $192,706
- Expenses
- $169,683
- Assets
- $248,260
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMES BOGART (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JAMES BOGART (PRESIDENT)
- WALTER BIRKEL (TREASURER)
- JAMES MORIARITY (DIRECTOR)
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
The purposes of the hopkins society of the sigma nu fraternity are listed in its articles of incorporation paragraphs 2.(b) "to own, lease or maintain a chapter house for the benefit of such students of the university who may from time to time be elected to membership in the sigma nu fraternity.- and 2.(c) "to promote a high degree of scholarship and lasting christian fellowship among students of the university of Virginia by providing a legal entity through which the members may support a fraternal organization known as beta chapter, sigma nu fraternity.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provided student housing for approximately 20 university of Virginia student members of sigma nu fraternity's beta chapter and a safe facility for social activities and leadership training for approximately 60 university of Virginia students affiliated with sigma nu fraternity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 6.8%; rating input score 7
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 6.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.
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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.