Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
THE FRATERNITY GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY IN EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE BETTER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS THROUGH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, GOOD CHARACTER, AND THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY.
- Income
- $12.5 million
- Spending
- $8.5 million
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 350
- Highest pay
- $178,500, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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)
- $2.4 million spent. MEMBERSHIP SERVICES: INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY IN EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE BETTER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS THROUGH THE PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, GOOD CHARACTER, AND THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY.
- $2.1 million spent. NATIONAL AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING BROTHER'S KEEPER, FORMALLY CALLED THE A. CHARLES HASTON BROTHER'S KEEPER PROGRAM. THIS SERVICE PROGRAM DEVELOPED WITH THE MISSION OF ADVOCATING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. BROTHERS, THEIR SPOUSES, AND WIDOWS WHO ARE RETIRED, ARE ELDERS, HAVE DISABILITIES, AND ARE AILING. "A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE" - (AKA VPHP) WAS INITIATED AS A NATIONAL PROGRAM OF ALPHA DURING THE 1930'S WHEN MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE BUT WERE PREVENTED FROM VOTING BECAUSE OF POLL TAXES, THREATS OF REPRISAL, AND LACK OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS. VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION HAVE REMAINED A DOMINANT FOCUS OF THIS OUTREACH ACTIVITY FOR OVER 65 YEARS. IN THE 1990'S, THE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO INCLUDE POLITICAL AWARENESS AND EMPOWERMENT, DELIVERED MOST FREQUENTLY THROUGH TOWN MEETINGS AND CANDIDATE FORUMS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1974.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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