A Legacy of Leadership Since 2007

Rooted in mentorship initiatives launched in 2007, the Rose City Sigmas Foundation was established in 2025 to expand, formalize, and sustain long-term impact across multiple youth and community programs.

The Rose City Sigmas Foundation supports mentorship, scholarships, leadership development, and community engagement initiatives that prepare young men in Pasadena and surrounding communities for college, careers, and lifelong service.

Through structured programming and sustained alumni guidance, our work bridges adolescence to adulthood — building character, academic excellence, and community responsibility.

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Why This Foundation Exists

Youth mentorship in our community began in 2007 through the Sigma Beta Club, a structured junior fraternity focused on leadership, scholarship, and service.

From 2007 to 2011, formal cohorts provided group-based mentorship and community engagement. In the years that followed, alumni relationships continued through one-on-one advisement, college guidance, career mentorship, and fraternity development as young men transitioned into adulthood.

In 2025, the Rose City Sigmas Foundation was established to institutionalize and expand this work — ensuring sustainable funding, measurable outcomes, and long-term program stability across multiple initiatives.

The Foundation exists to:

  • Provide consistent, structured mentorship pipelines

  • Increase academic access and postsecondary attainment

  • Develop principled leaders prepared for civic and professional life

  • Sustain community-based programming through accountable governance

Mentorship
Pipeline

Structured youth development rooted in accountability, guidance, and character formation.

Scholarship
Fund

Financial support and academic incentives designed to increase postsecondary success.

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Community Engagement

Service initiatives and partnerships that strengthen Pasadena and surrounding neighborhoods.

Leadership Development

Training and experiential learning that prepares participants for campus, career, and civic leadership.

Impact

What all began as one students plan to create a junior fraternty in Pasadena’s, has turned into lifelong partnerships and dreams fulfilled

From Sigma Beta Club to Film Director

A mentorship journey that began in 2007

From Sigma Beta Club to Priest

A mentorship journey that began in 2007

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  • If it wasn't for the Sigma Beta Club I would have never thought it possible to go to college.

    ~ Student N

  • "It took a group of brothers believing in me to see the man that I was meant to be.

    ~ Student D

  • "When it was clear to me that this organization was about the progress of the overlooked and under served it was imperative that I provide any help that I could"

    ~ Community Member

Serving youth in Pasadena and surrounding communities
Established 2007
501 (c) (3) Public Charity
In Partnership with Upsilon Psi Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.