The BEACON OF LIGHT Foundation is Iota Epsilon Sigma’s 501 c 3., created for charitable and nonprofit purposes. Additionally, the Foundation was created to:
- Raise money for scholarships to be awarded to eligible college bound high school seniors and continuing college students in Northern Virginia
- Develop and execute charitable and educational programs to uplift the youth of Northern Virginia and their families
- Support the service programs of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Iota Epsilon Sigma Chapter
- Support individuals and groups in educational and charitable activities
- Enter into any kind of activity, and to perform and carry out contracts of any kind necessary to, or in connection with, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Corporation
- Receive and administer funds and properties of all kinds for the above purposes, and to that end to take and hold by bequest, devise, gift, purchase, loan, or lease, either absolutely or , for said purpose of any of them, any property, real, personal, or mixed, without limitations, if any, as may be imposed by law or by the provisions of the articles of incorporation; to sell, convey, and dispose of any such property and to invest and reinvest the principal thereof, and to deal with and expand such principal thereof