Delta Gamma Foundation
Columbus, OH · EIN 31-6034001. Reported 158 grants totalling $5,362,257 to 70 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Delta Gamma Foundation, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B83I) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 70 distinct organizations, with 42% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 69% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,250 and the largest $800,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Gamma Fraternity | Upper Arlngtn, OH | $2,274,890 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blind Childrens Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $304,237 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Blind Children | Phoenix, AZ | $270,995 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childrens Center for the Visually Impaired | Blue Springs, MO | $243,539 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gallant Hearts Guide Dog Center | Madison, MS | $227,639 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | San Rafael, CA | $224,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Delta Gamma Center for Children With Visual Impairments | Saint Louis, MO | $218,412 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children | Denver, CO | $191,476 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $107,492 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | Palmetto, FL | $97,136 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Foundation for the Blind Inc | Huntington, WV | $77,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Foundation Inc | Talladega, AL | $54,336 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Society for the Blind | Cleveland, OH | $49,616 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends for Sight | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $45,880 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Retina Foundation of the Southwest | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seedlings Braille Books for Children | Livonia, MI | $44,395 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired | Baton Rouge, LA | $42,404 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc | Columbia, MD | $40,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc | Smithtown, NY | $35,369 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alphapointe | Kansas City, MO | $33,127 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United States Association for Blind Athletes Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired | Austin, TX | $30,682 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Beep Baseball Association | Glenview, IL | $30,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dean Mcgee Eye Institute | Oklahoma City, OK | $29,733 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Glaucoma Research Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $29,243 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Visually Impaired Preschoolers Services of Greater Louisville Inc | Louisville, KY | $27,433 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| U S Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation | Huntsville, AL | $25,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Winnetka, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brandon Burlsworth Foundation | Harrison, AR | $24,926 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Eyes for the Needy Inc | Short Hills, NJ | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired | San Francisco, CA | $23,943 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Computers for the Blind | Richardson, TX | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Printing House for the Blind Inc | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leading Authorities Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Association for the Blind | Cincinnati, OH | $18,580 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Cincinnati, OH | $17,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sight Savers America Inc | Pelham, AL | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young & Scrappy | Stone Mountain, GA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safe Toddles Inc | Fishkill, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Envision Foundation | Sachse, TX | $15,787 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc | Crested Butte, CO | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Nystagmus Network Inc | Decatur, AL | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kansas University Endowment Assoc | Lawrence, KS | $13,437 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Carolina School for Deaf and Blind | Spartanburg, SC | $13,079 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Msu Foundation | Mississippi State, MS | $13,031 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sports Vision 20-20 | Austin, TX | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indiana Blind Childrens Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $12,793 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mira Foundation USA Inc | Southern Pnes, NC | $12,248 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind Inc | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwest Association for Blindathletes | Vancouver, WA | $8,666 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc | Sylmar, CA | $8,032 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ski for Light Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Council of the Blind Inc | Alexandria, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carroll Center for the Blind Inc | Newton, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Iowa Center for Advancement | Iowa City, IA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Overbrook School for the Blind | Philadelphia, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indiana School for the Blind & Visually Impaired | Indianapolis, IN | $6,958 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | $6,725 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Braille Institute of America Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $6,640 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Lucy's School for Children With Visual Impairments | Philadelphia, PA | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Envision Dallas Lighthouse Foundation | Wichita, KS | $6,183 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation | E Hampstead, NH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newview Oklahoma Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Restoringvision | San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Veterans Guest House Inc | Reno, NV | $5,841 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $5,677 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blind Recreation Center of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $5,377 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
41 of 70 (59%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 42 of 70 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $1,243,777 | $9,515 |
| 2022 | 35 | $1,455,469 | $9,953 |
| 2023 | 44 | $1,499,549 | $12,224 |
| 2024 | 47 | $1,163,462 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
44% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Delta Gamma Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 41 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 6 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3250 Riverside Drive, Columbus, OH, 43221.
EIN 31-6034001 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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