Our Commitment to Transparency
Gamma Phi Beta is committed to a culture of trust. We want you to be well informed when it comes to Gamma Phi Beta’s policies and finances. On this page you will find our 990s, financial reports and answers to your questions.
FINANCIAL REPORTING AND RESOURCES
Visit the About the Foundation page under financial and annual reporting for the Foundation's current 990.
MEMBERS DUES AND FEES
A breakdown of required member dues and fees can be found in Gamma Phi Beta's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws (on page 13). A vote of the Convention body is required to amend the Bylaws. To propose an amendment, please email Chief Administration Officer Kendra Bocher.
To view how dues were spent in the previous fiscal year, please see the audited financials in the Convention 2022 report (under Financial Reporting and Resources).
Our International Dues Infographic provides an overview of how international dues are utilized.
Policy Against Hazing
Hazing is prohibited in any chapter of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Gamma Phi Beta Sorority defines hazing as any act or behavior whether physical, mental, emotional or psychological, which subjects a person, voluntarily or involuntarily, to discomfort, abuse, mistreatment, degradation, humiliation, harassment, embarrassment or intimidation, or which may in any fashion compromise her inherent human dignity irrespective of member/new member status. Chapters, members and new members must follow all laws and university policies regarding hazing.
FRATERNITY AND SORORITY PAC (FSPAC)
The Fraternity and Sorority PAC (FSPAC) is an organization that works to defend and enhance the Greek life student experience.
There have been several inquiries as to what kind of involvement Gamma Phi Beta has with the FSPAC, and we want to be clear on our involvement.
While the FSPAC does give money to political candidates, only personal money contributed by individuals can be used to give direct support to political candidates. By law, corporate contributions go to an account separate from individual donors. The account where corporate money is held is legally prohibited from giving directly to support the election of a candidate. This means no national/local organization support goes to directly support election of a specific candidate.
The traditional PAC account has received contributions from:
- Individual Gamma Phi Beta members.
- Some affiliated house corporations (AHC), who are separate legal entities from the Sorority. These AHCs have given to the FSPAC to support efforts to pass CHIA (legislation designed to make donations to sorority housing be tax deductible). For example, if this legislation passed, donations used to pay for sprinkler systems or upgrading the kitchen, etc., would be tax deductible.
Gamma Phi Beta has contributed to the Fraternity and Sorority Action Fund (FSAF). This is separate from FSPAC, but the PAC’s board is the sole shareholder. The FSAF is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization the PAC founded to do things the PAC is not allowed to raise and spend money on. Again, the FSAF does not contribute to candidate campaigns. Gamma Phi Beta donated to the action fund in order to support the lawsuit against Harvard regarding the ability of college students to join and belong to single-sex organizations.
All funds are subject to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing. The FEC filing is available here. As a point of reference, funds donated to the traditional PAC are part of the “contribution” account. All other funds are represented as the part of the “non-contribution” account.