Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
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What it says it does
SIGMA ALPHA MU'S MISSION IS TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLEGIATE MEN AND OUR ALUMNI BY INSTILLING STRONG FRATERNAL VALUES, OFFERING SOCIAL AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, ENCOURAGING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND TEACHING LEADERSHIP SKILLS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ATTRACT MEMBERS OF ALL BELIEFS WHO APPRECIATE OUR GREAT HERITAGE AS A FRATERNITY OF JEWISH MEN.
- Income
- $864,966
- Spending
- $563,354
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 2
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 31, 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 July 31, 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 July 31, 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 (3)
- THE SIGMA THETA CHAPTER OF SIGMA ALPHA MU WAS FOUNDED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ON OCTOBER 22,1922 AND IS A STRONG MEMBER OF THE INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL. THE FRATERNITY CONSISTENTLY RANKS IN THE TOP 3 FOR ACTIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG 26 FRATERNITIES ON CAMPUS. WE HOLD OUR MEMBERS TO A VERY HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARD. OUR MEMBERS MAKE UP A WIDE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY WITH MEMBERS COMING FROM ALL OVER TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. MANY SOCIAL EVENTS ARE HELD AT THE CHAPTER HOUSE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS COMPETITIONS AMONG THE OTHER FRATERNITIES ON CAMPUS.
- MEMBERS OF THE FRATERNITY HOLD LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ON-CAMPUS STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS STUDENT GOVERNMENT, INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL, TEXAS COWBOYS, TEXAS SILVER SPURS, UNIVERSITY FINANCE ASSOCIATION AND UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS COUNCIL.
- THE FRATERNITY CULTIVATES A STRONG BOND BETWEEN ITS MEMBERS AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS THROUGH INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CHABAD JEWISH STUDENT CENTER AND THE TEXAS HILLEL FOUNDATION. THE CHAPTER ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT IN PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR BY DONATING THEIR TIME AND RAISING MONEY FOR VARIOUS AREA- WIDE CHARITABLE CAUSES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 31, 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 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 July 2025.
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 April 1941.
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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