Contact

This page explains how to reach the editorial and administrative office behind the Greek Alumni Authority reference network, what geographic scope the resource covers, and what to include when submitting a query. Understanding these parameters helps contributors, chapter administrators, and researchers route inquiries appropriately and receive accurate, timely responses.

How to reach this office

Greek Alumni Authority operates as a reference-grade publication, not a membership organization or chapter registry. Accordingly, contact is structured around three distinct inquiry categories, each handled through a different queue:

1. Editorial and factual corrections — Requests to update, dispute, or supplement published reference content, including chapter data verified in the Greek Alumni Associations Network.
2. Contributor and sourcing submissions — Organizations, national headquarters staff, or fraternal archivists who wish to provide primary documentation for topics such as record-keeping and archives, 501(c)(3) tax status guidance, or housing corporation governance.
3. Institutional partnership inquiries — Universities, National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) affiliates, National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) graduate chapter networks, or Professional Fraternity Association (PFA) members seeking to provide authoritative data to inform reference pages.

All three categories are handled through the site's administrative contact form. Routing is determined by the subject line and the structured fields described in the section below.

Named public bodies whose published guidelines inform this site's standards include the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA), which publishes the Journal of Fraternity/Sorority Life, and the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC), whose operational guidance documents are used as sourcing benchmarks.

Service area covered

The Greek Alumni Authority reference network covers fraternal alumni activity across all 50 U.S. states, with topical depth concentrated on four recognized interfraternal councils:

• NPC (National Panhellenic Conference) — 26 member sororities as of its most recent published roster
• NIC (North-American Interfraternity Conference) — the primary governing body for men's general fraternities
• NPHC (National Pan-Hellenic Council) — the council of 9 historically Black Greek-letter organizations, covered in detail at Greek Alumni NPHC/BGLO Overview
• PFA (Professional Fraternity Association) — professional fraternities organized around academic or vocational disciplines, addressed at Professional Fraternities Overview

Geographic coverage does not extend to Canadian chapters, international alumni associations, or honor societies. Inquiries concerning those entities are outside the scope of this resource and will not receive editorial responses.

The distinction between general, professional, and historically Black Greek-letter organizations is meaningful for routing purposes. Editorial standards and sourcing requirements differ across these classifications; a correction request for an NPHC graduate chapter advisory board structure, for example, follows different verification protocols than one for an NPC housing corporation document. Routing inquiries with the correct classification code (NPC, NIC, NPHC, or PFA) reduces processing time significantly.

What to include in your message

Incomplete submissions are the single most common cause of delayed or unresolved editorial responses. Every message should include the following structured elements:

1. Inquiry type — Select from Editorial Correction, Contributor Submission, or Institutional Partnership (as defined in the first section above).
2. Organization name and council affiliation — State the full legal name of the fraternity, sorority, or alumni association and identify its governing council (NPC, NIC, NPHC, PFA, or independent).
3. Specific page or slug reference — Identify the exact page where a correction or addition is needed. A full URL or the page title as it appears on this site is sufficient. Vague references to "the alumni dues page" without a direct link extend processing time.
4. Supporting documentation — Attach or link to publicly available primary sources. Acceptable sources include IRS determination letters for 501(c)(3) questions, state incorporation filings, chapter bylaws filed with a university Greek life office, or published national headquarters policy documents. Undocumented assertions are not actionable.
5. Contact name and role — Provide the name and organizational title of the person submitting the request. Anonymous corrections are reviewed at lower priority than attributed submissions.

Requests related to hazing prevention initiatives or insurance and liability that involve time-sensitive institutional concerns should be flagged as urgent in the subject line. These topics intersect with guidance from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education and FIPG, Inc. (the Fraternity Insurance Purchasing Group), and may warrant expedited editorial review.

Response expectations

Editorial review operates on a 5-business-day standard turnaround for clearly documented correction requests. Contributor submissions involving new sourcing or expanded reference content enter a structured review queue with a 15-business-day target. Institutional partnership inquiries receive an acknowledgment within 3 business days, with a full editorial decision issued within 30 business days.

Two factors extend these timelines:

• Missing documentation — Submissions lacking primary source attachments are placed in a pending queue and are not actively reviewed until documentation is provided.
• Cross-council complexity — Inquiries that span more than 1 interfraternal council classification (for example, a joint alumni event involving both NPC and NPHC chapters) require review by editorial staff with familiarity across both frameworks, which adds an average of 7 business days to the standard timeline.

Responses are issued in writing only. Telephone consultations and real-time chat are not available through this office. Submitters should retain a copy of their original inquiry because follow-up threads referencing a specific submission number are processed faster than new submissions on the same topic.

Content published on this site reflects editorial judgment informed by named public sources including AFA standards documents, NIC operational guidance, NPHC graduate chapter frameworks, and applicable IRS guidance for tax-exempt fraternal organizations under IRC Section 501(c)(7) and Section 501(c)(3). Sourcing disputes that cite these same named authorities are treated with highest editorial priority.

References

• IRC Section 501(c)(7)