Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
To support its members and their chapters to help fulfill their educational aspirations and goals; to promote programs teaching leadership, scholarship, and personal development; and to ensure the presevation of Levere Memorial Temple.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation at a glance
In short: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation gave $683K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $85K), top state Alabama. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $682,671
- -55.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 8
- -20.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $85,334
- -43.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $66,092
- Total assets
- $28,352,844
- +9.4% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Alabama (44% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 8 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Alabama Alpha Mu Fraternal Association ($300K). Together the top 8 received $683K.
Grant Size Distribution
44 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 19 grants of 44 (43%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−1%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $368K (2019) to $1.7M (2021). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $683K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Alpha Mu Fraternal Association Auburn, AL | Housing Library Grant | $300,000 |
| Mississippi Theta House Corporation of SAE Evanston, IL | Housing Library Grant | $106,168 |
| Wyoming Alpha SAE Fraternity House Corporation Laramie, WY | Housing Library Grant | $100,000 |
| Georgia Phi Association of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Inc Atlanta, GA | Housing Library Grant | $97,184 |
| Illinois Beta Housing LLC Evanston, IL | Housing Library Grant | $35,000 |
| North Dakota Alpha Housing LLC Evanston, IL | Housing Library Grant | $19,319 |
| SAE Pennsylvania Zeta Chapter Evanston, IL | Leadership Development Training | $15,000 |
| Kansas Gamma SAE Building & Education Foundation Wichita, KS | Housing Library Grant | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $28,352,844 | $4,656,583 | $2,919,538 | $682,671 | 8 | $1,418,751 |
| 2024 | $25,927,919 | $3,905,211 | $3,751,942 | $1,518,883 | 10 | $771,570 |
| 2023 | $23,508,126 | $3,347,919 | $2,715,988 | $699,386 | 8 | $455,772 |
| 2022 | $21,163,081 | $4,148,154 | $2,546,305 | $686,640 | 10 | $1,018,143 |
| 2021 | $23,237,112 | $6,022,292 | $3,338,472 | $1,672,340 | 8 | $3,126,597 |
| 2020 | $18,656,401 | $3,033,561 | $2,307,286 | $809,860 | 4 | $767,339 |
| 2019 | $18,859,844 | $2,212,097 | $1,914,420 | $368,273 | 6 | $488,507 |
About Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Evanston, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $28.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $683K. Net investment income was $1.4M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation is led by Steve Mitchell, CEO since 2020 (on filings since 2019); none of the 16 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Steve Mitchell
CEO
Trustee → CEO, 2020
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Les Ireland
Chairman
Trustee → Vice Chairman, 2022
Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Lamantia
Trustee
President & Chair → Chairman, 2024
Chairman → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Grant Gier
Trustee
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jack Counts
Trustee
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bo Sederstrom
Trustee
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Debashis Chowdhury
Trustee
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Alsaker
Trustee
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Graham Hill
Trustee
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Henry Beattie
Trustee
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Weinstein
Trustee
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hugh Miller
Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Mitchell
Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Juan Faria
Senior Director of Finance
New on the 2025 filing
13 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Stanczak
Chief Bus. Officer
Senior Director- → Chief Bus. O, 2022
Chief Bus. O → Chief Bus. Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
16 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Scott Pointner
Secretary
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (19)
- Former: Fred Kleisner (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Steve Burt (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Jeff Rovner (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Joe Halcomb (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Chris Hancock (2021–2022) — CEO
- Former: Mark McDonough (2022) — Council Liai
- Former: Bob Watts (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jim Mountain (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Mike Rodgers (2019–2021) — Council Liai
- Former: Curtis Frasier (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Dean Morell (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Ed Fuller (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Greg Beltran (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Mike Sophir (2019–2020) — CEO
- Former: Todd Buchanan (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Will Grimsley (2019–2020) — CEO
- Former: Brad Cohen (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Carter McCain (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Rick Sherburne (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
How much does Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation give each year?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation gave $683K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.5M across 10 grants.
What is Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation's typical grant size?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $66,092, and its average grant was $85,334, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation give grants?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation's top state is Alabama, with 44% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Illinois (26%) and Wyoming (15%). The most frequent recipient cities were Evanston, IL (4 grants).
Does Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Housing Library Grant" (7 grants).
Who are Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation's largest grantees?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Alabama Alpha Mu Fraternal Association ($300,000), Mississippi Theta House Corporation of SAE ($106,168) and Wyoming Alpha SAE Fraternity House Corporation ($100,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 74% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation reported $28.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.7M.
What is Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Evanston, IL. It holds $28.4M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation's EIN?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2170145. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 8, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/sigma-alpha-epsilon-foundation-morg_2630a6fc8135463e837e5eba53919bcc
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