What are the main focus areas of Sigma Delta Tau Foundation Inc?

The foundation supports child abuse prevention and parenting education, Jewish women’s empowerment and service programs, and sorority education and leadership activities. Recent grants show programming support to Prevent Child Abuse America and Jewish Women International, plus educational programming for Sigma Delta Tau Society.

Does Sigma Delta Tau Foundation Inc give recurring grants?

Yes. Prevent Child Abuse America appears in 2024 and 2025, Jewish Women International appears in 2024 and 2025, and Sigma Delta Tau Society appears in 2024 and 2025. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than isolated awards.

What is a typical grant size?

The typical grant size is $47,215 at the 25th percentile, $52,360 at the median, and $325,850 at the 75th percentile. That shows a cluster of mid-sized grants with some substantially larger awards.

Where do most grants go?

The foundation gives most often in Indiana, which accounts for 33% of grants. Recent recipient locations also include Chicago, Washington, DC, and Carmel, and all listed grants went to U.S. recipients.

Sigma Delta Tau Foundation

Name: Sigma Delta Tau Foundation — grants, 990 financials & funding data
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CARMEL, INWebsite3178467747

About Sigma Delta Tau Foundation

The Sigma Delta Tau Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on child- and youth-focused prevention and support programs, Jewish women's services, and internal sorority education/leadership activities. Its largest single beneficiary is Prevent Child Abuse America, indicating a strong commitment to child abuse prevention and parenting education alongside repeated support for Jewish women's programming and its own Sigma Delta Tau Society.

Focus Areas

Child abuse prevention and parenting-education programs (national funding of Prevent Child Abuse America)Jewish women's empowerment and service programs (support for Jewish Women International)Sorority education, leadership development, and alumni programming for Sigma Delta Tau members

Who They Fund

students/learnerschildren and youth

Giving Approach

Highly concentrated giving: a small number of multi-year, repeat grants dominate total dollars (one organization receives ~80% of funding). Grants are relatively large and focused rather than widely distributed.

Funding Style

About Sigma Delta Tau Foundation

A repeated programming-support grant to Prevent Child Abuse America anchors the Sigma Delta Tau Foundation Inc’s recent giving. That relationship sits alongside funding for Jewish Women International and the foundation’s own Sigma Delta Tau Society, showing a grantmaker that supports child-abuse prevention, Jewish women’s programming, and sorority-based education and leadership work. Across the recent grants list, awards range from larger program commitments to smaller educational grants, with the biggest line items directed to national child-prevention work. The foundation’s internal programming also appears in the record, indicating that some giving is designed to strengthen Sigma Delta Tau member experiences, education, and leadership development. Recent grantees are based in Chicago, Washington, DC, and Carmel, reflecting a mix of national nonprofits and an in-house beneficiary. The pattern is consistent with a funder that ties external philanthropy to mission-related programming and member support rather than a broad, open-ended grant portfolio.

What Sigma Delta Tau Foundation Funds

Child abuse prevention is the clearest external cause area in the record. Sigma Delta Tau Foundation Inc awarded $438,827 in 2025 to Prevent Child Abuse America in Chicago for programming support, and also gave $325,850 to the same organization in 2024 for the same purpose. Jewish women’s services are another recurring theme: Jewish Women International received $65,561 in 2025 for programming support, following $52,360 awards in both 2024 and 2025. The foundation also funds its own member-focused work. Sigma Delta Tau Society in Carmel received $47,215 in 2025 for educational programming, and additional awards of $28,030 in 2025 and 2024 reinforce that internal education and chapter support are part of the grantmaking mix.

How Sigma Delta Tau Foundation Gives

Recent grants show a median size of $52,360, with a first quartile of $47,215 and a third quartile of $325,850. The distribution includes both repeated mid-sized awards and a much larger program grant at the top end. Several recipients appear across multiple years: Prevent Child Abuse America, Jewish Women International, and Sigma Delta Tau Society all received support in both 2024 and 2025, pointing to recurring relationships rather than one-time awards. The foundation does not fund individuals and it does not make program-related investments. Its active grant programs are all U.S.-based, and the listed programs are not marked as accepting unsolicited applications.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$609K

Total Assets

$1.7M

Total Revenue

$955K

Total Expenses

$893K

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $47K and $326K, with a median of $52K.

25th Percentile

$47K

Median

$52K

75th Percentile

$326K

Geographic Reach

Regional3 states funded

About 33% of grants go to recipients in DC.

Funding intensity

Low

High

Headquarters

Leadership

BETH SESLER

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA	CHICAGO, IL	$442,303	2026	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL	WASHINGTON, DC	$70,143	2026	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
SIGMA DELTA TAU SOCIETY	CARMEL, IN	$68,700	2026	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
SIGMA DELTA TAU - GAMMA LAMBDA CHAPTER	ITHACA, NY	$28,248	2026	EDUCATIONAL HOUSING PROJECT
PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA	CHICAGO, IL	$438,827	2025	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA	CHICAGO, IL	$325,850	2025	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL	WASHINGTON, DC	$65,561	2025	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL	WASHINGTON, DC	$52,360	2025	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
SIGMA DELTA TAU SOCIETY	CARMEL, IN	$47,215	2025	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
SIGMA DELTA TAU SOCIETY	CARMEL, IN	$28,030	2025	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA	CHICAGO, IL	$325,850	2024	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL	WASHINGTON, DC	$52,360	2024	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
SIGMA DELTA TAU SOCIETY	CARMEL, IN	$28,030	2024	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA	CHICAGO, IL	$165,922	2023	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
SIGMA DELTA TAU SOCIETY	CARMEL, IN	$47,000	2023	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL	WASHINGTON, DC	$6,783	2023	PROGRAMMING SUPPORT

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