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Phi Beta Sigma Members in Blue Blazers

For Chapters

The PBS Impact Foundation believes that the greatest resource we have are the brothers and chapters of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity who are meeting the needs of the most vulnerable in our communities. The Foundation is committed to ensuring that chapters and members have opportunities and resources to raise funds for scholarships and community projects while operating within the regulations governing each organization’s IRS classification.

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Sigma chapters are encouraged to partner with the foundation by establishing a Chapter Charitable Fund (CCF). The benefits of establishing a CCF include: 

 

  • Increasing fundraising opportunities and resources, due to the favorable tax treatment provided to 501(c)(3) organizations

  • Not having to establish your own foundation, alleviating fiduciary obligations, startup costs, and tax and recordkeeping responsibilities

  • Foundation staff and volunteers assisting with fundraising activities, including but not limited to creating crowdfunding pages, accepting multi-year pledges, and establishing gift agreements with donors 

  • Increasing the foundation’s visibility throughout the fraternity and communities served 

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Creating a 501(c)(3) affiliate to your chapter could take up to six months and more than $1,000 investment; starting a Chapter Charitable Fund with the PBS Impact Foundation can be set up in less than 30 days! The entire process is completed in three steps: 

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  1. Complete the application 

  2. Sign the Memo of Understanding (MOU) between the chapter and Foundation

  3. Make the $1,000 deposit to your CCF 

Once completed, you’ll have an onboarding meeting with a member of the Foundation team, which will detail all the information and documents you will need for a successful partnership.

 

To start the process, download the form below and follow the instructions within. If you have any questions, contact the Foundation directly at info@pbsimpact.org.  

PBS Impact Foundation

Establishing a Chapter Charitable Fund

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Charitable Chapter Application

Use this form to establish a Chapter Charitable Fund with the PBS Impact Foundation for charitable purposes, as outlined by the IRS Code 501(c)(3). Please email this completed form to funds@pbsimpact.org

I. Chapter Information

II. Restricted Purpose Information

III. Acknowledgment

I am aware and acknowledge that when making this gift and future gifts to the Foundation or any of its funds, I am making it of my own free will and that once the asset is transferred I becomes the property of the PBS Impact Foundation to be used for charitable and educational purposes as outlined by the Foundation, subject to such approved donor restrictions as are permitted by law. I understand that that unless approved in writing by the Foundation, my requests regarding the Foundation’s use of my contribution is a non-binding request and that the Foundation’s Board of Directors makes all grant decisions at its sole and independent discretion, subject to applicable law and approved donor restrictions. I certify that I, nor any other individual, will receive any goods, services or other private benefit from the organization as consideration for the amount of the contribution that is tax deductible.

PBS Impact Foundation, Inc.

1025 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 917

Washington, DC 20036

"In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive."

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Acts 20:35

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