National Panhellenic Conference

The National Panhellenic Conference is an umbrella organization for 26 national women's sororities throughout the United States and Canada. Each member group is autonomous as a The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) was established in 1902 to assist collegiate and alumnae chapters of the NPC member organizations in cooperating with colleges and universities and to foster interfraternal relationships. Greek-letter society of college women and alumnae

The members of the National Panhellenic Conference are 26 inter/national sororities. They are private, women’s-only social member organizations. They have collegiate chapters across the U.S. and Canada. Sorority alumnae live and are organized across the globe.

NPC also has two affiliated organizations: College Panhellenic Associations and Alumnae Panhellenic Associations.

College Panhellenics are formed when there are two or more active NPC member organization chapters on a campus. They are based on democratic principles and facilitate cooperation among sororities.

Alumnae Panhellenics are made up of alumnae representatives of NPC member organizations, and typically meet based on geographic location. Examples of Alumnae Panhellenic activities include social events, promoting scholarship, fundraising, community service or hosting informational and educational events for potential new members.

NPC is one of the largest organizations advocating for women. NPC sororities are located on 670 campuses with nearly 370,000 undergraduate members in more than 3,350 collegiate chapters. Alumnae are represented in more than 3,400 associations throughout the world.


Alpha Chi Omega
Founded: Oct. 15, 1885

Alpha Delta Pi
Founded: May 15,1851

Alpha Epsilon Phi
Founded: Oct. 24, 1909

Alpha Gamma Delta
Founded: May 30, 1904

Alpha Omicron Pi
Founded: Jan. 2, 1897

Alpha Phi
Founded: Oct. 10, 1872

Alpha Sigma Alpha
Founded: Nov. 15, 1901

Alpha Sigma Tau
Founded: Nov. 4, 1899

Alpha Xi Delta
Founded: April 17, 1893

Chi Omega
Founded: April 5, 1895

Delta Delta Delta
Founded: Nov. 27, 1888

Delta Gamma
Founded: Dec. 25, 1873

Delta Phi Epsilon
Founded: March 17, 1917

Delta Zeta
Founded: Oct. 24, 1902

Gamma Phi Beta
Founded: Nov. 11, 1874

Kappa Alpha Theta
Founded: Jan. 27, 1870

Kappa Delta
Founded: Oct. 23, 1897

Kappa Kappa Gamma
Founded: Oct. 13, 1870

Phi Mu
Founded: March 4, 1852

Phi Sigma Sigma
Founded: Nov. 26, 1913

Pi Beta Phi
Founded: April 28, 1867

Sigma Delta Tau
Founded: March 25, 1917

Sigma Kappa
Founded: Nov. 9, 1874

Sigma Sigma Sigma
Founded: April 20, 1898

Theta Phi Alpha
Founded: Aug. 30, 1912

Zeta Tau Alpha
Founded: Oct. 15, 1898