University of Texas Phi Endowment Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
741501841
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5126982575
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,794
Expenses
$24,254
Assets
$1,332,310
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Gray (President)
  • Charles Tate (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • William Gray (President)
  • Charles Tate (Vice President)
  • Carl McCaslin (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See Schedule O.The promotion of the threefold spiritual, mental, and physical development of students of the University of Texas who are members or who are pledged to become members of the Texas Beta Chapter or Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. To specifically promote (a) the literary and educational advancement of deserving students and to assist them incompleting their work (b) to strengthen and develop the spirituality of young men by cultivating the principles of fraternal brotherhood (c) to improve educational facilities (d) to supplement the work of the University in the promotion of scholarship, character, and morality of the students (e) to promote literary, scientific and health education (f) to acquire or construct a house, lodge or assembly hall for the maintenance or students and for study and discussions (g) to encourage and provide opportunities for the physical development and well-being of the students.

What it reported doing in 2025

To support the student members of the Texas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 0

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54.9%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 54.93; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -81.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.