Fraternity of Alpha Zeta
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What it says it does
Alpha Zeta at Cornell University is a co-ed fraternity devoted to the furtherance of agriculture and the life sciences, emphasizing scholarship, character, fellowship, and service.
- Income
- $166,621
- Spending
- $186,947
- Employees
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $179,929 spent. TO PROVIDE LIVING SPACE AND FELLOWSHIP TO MEMBERS OF THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY INTERESTED IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
- $500 spent. CALS CHARITABLE TRUST FRESHMEN AND TRANSFER AWARDS. The CALS Charitable Trust is an endowment formed by a group of alumni from the Agriculture and Life Sciences Fraternity of Alpha Zeta. Each year, the CALS Charitable Trust provides awards to CALS freshmen and transfer students. These awards are open to all CALS freshmen and transfer students who are in their first year at Cornell. The criteria for these awards are academic performance, Cornell and external activities and service especially relating to agriculture and the life sciences and vision as to personal goals. Preference is given to students who plan to be involved in some way with agriculture in the broadest sense including biological, environmental, and physical and social sciences.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(7) social or recreational club.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(7) social or recreational club as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1993.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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