Build the capacity to act.
Help people strengthen confidence, initiative, and leadership—so they can make choices, take responsibility, and pursue what matters to them.
WELCOME TO THE SIGMA DELTA ALPHA FOUNDATION
Determination, Dedication, Motivation
THE SIGMA FOUNDATION AT A GLANCE
OUR STORY
Working Towards a Better Tomorrow
Sigma Foundation was founded in 2013 by alumni of Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity, Inc. to support educational and professional excellence in communities where its brothers serve. Sigma Foundation is dedicated to improving the retention and success of all underrepresented groups at institutions of higher learning by providing academic, social, personal, and professional support to college students, alumni networks, and the communities they serve.
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Make A True Change
Our organization always appreciates the generosity and involvement of our donors, with every contribution going towards funding ongoing and new Sigma Foundation programs.
We are a 501(c(3 and all donations are subject to a tax deduction.
WAYS TO GIVE
ANNUAL SUPPORT
Donations to this fund are used to distribute to various programs throughout the Foundation as needed which may also include scholarships and personal and professional development programs.
People. Partnerships. Possibility.
Develop people.
Build partnerships.
Create opportunity.
People need opportunities—and the confidence, initiative, and support to act on them. We’re bringing people and organizations together to build both.
Let’s create opportunity together
01Strengthen agency
02Connect people
03Build possibilities
What we believe
An open door matters.
So does the confidence to step through it.
We help create conditions for people to move themselves forward. Personal development and access to opportunity work together: one builds the capacity to act; the other makes more paths possible.
Bring people into the conversation.
Connect students, families, mentors, businesses, and nonprofits around shared goals and the strengths each can contribute.
Make room for a next step.
Work with partners to shape opportunities for learning, participation, and growth, with people taking an active role in their own progress.
Partnerships are the centerpiece
What could we build together?
You don’t need a finished program to start a conversation. Bring an idea, a resource, a connection, or a community need. Together, we can explore a practical way to turn it into opportunity.
Businesses
Explore career conversations, workplace exposure, shared projects, and ways to contribute knowledge or resources.
Nonprofits & community organizations
Bring local insight and complementary strengths. Let’s explore joint activities and opportunities that respond to the people we serve.
Mentors
Share your experience, ask useful questions, and help someone think through a next step they can take for themselves.
Donors
Help build the resources behind future opportunities, personal development activities, and the scholarship initiative we’re developing.
Start with a conversation. We’ll explore shared goals, what each of us can bring, and a realistic next step.
Become a PartnerOur foundation
Rooted in community.
Looking forward, together.
Founded in 2013 by alumni of Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the Foundation supports educational and professional excellence in the communities its brothers serve.
That purpose includes academic, social, personal, and professional support for college students, alumni networks, and their communities, with a commitment to underrepresented groups in higher education.
Our next chapter centers on partnerships that connect personal development with opportunity.
Meet our leadershipHelp create the conditions for people to move themselves forward.Our guiding approach
The people behind this work
Generosity is part of our story.
Our donor acknowledgments recognize people who have supported the Foundation, including Roberto Ramirez, Charles Carbajo, Rafael Covarrubias, and Vinicio Franco Rivas.
These existing acknowledgments are part of our community history. We’re grateful for that support as we build the next chapter together.
Read our donor acknowledgmentsFind your place
There’s more than one way to contribute.
Students
Tell us what you’re working toward and the opportunities you want to explore.
Start a conversationFamilies
Share what would help your family take a next step. Your perspective can help shape what we build.
Connect with usMentors
Bring your experience and your willingness to listen. Explore how you could contribute.
Explore mentoringDonors
Support the Foundation’s work or help build the resources for a future scholarship initiative.
Support the FoundationBuilding toward educational opportunity
Future initiative · In developmentA scholarship fund.
A shared next chapter.
We’re developing a future scholarship initiative and inviting donors and partners to help build its foundation. Scholarships have not yet been awarded.
Eligibility, application details, award amounts, and timing will be shared when the initiative is ready.
Help Build the Scholarship FundGet Scholarship Updates
Hear when details about the future initiative are available.
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Let’s start with a conversation
Let’s create opportunity together.
Tell us who you are, what you’d like to build, and what you can bring. We’ll explore where our goals meet.
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