Letters: AKA
Chapters: 800+
Members:  170,000
Founded: Jan 15 1908, Howard Univ, DC
Founders: 16 (Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Marjorie Hill, Alice P. Murray, Lucy D. Slowe, Ethel J. Mowbray, Lillie Burke, Norma Boyd, Anna E. Brown, Sarah M. Nutter, Marie Woolfolk Taylor, Beulah E. Burke, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Joanna B. Shields, Carrie E. Snowden, Harriet J. Terry)
Nickname: AKA
Colors: salmon pink and apple green
Flower: tea rose
Symbol: The Enambled Ivy
Mascot:
Jewel: 20 pearls
Magazine: Ivy Leaf
Patron: 
Open Motto: By Merit and By Culture 
Philanthropy: 5 targets implemented in the Ivy AKAdemy: Education (6 programs), The Black Family (2 programs), Health (4 programs), Economics (3 programs), and The Arts (on a local level by the chapters); Educational Advancement Foundation
Call: SKEE-WEE

Letters: DSQ
Chapters: 950+ (393 collegiate)
Members:  250,000+
Founded: Jan 13 1913, Howard Univ, DC
Founders: 22 (Winona Cargile Alexander, Madree Penn White, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Vashti Turley Murphy, Ethel Cuff Black, Frederica Chase Dodd, Osceola Macarthy Adams, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor, Edna Brown Coleman, Edith Mott Young, Marguerite Young Alexander, Naomi Sewell Richardson, Eliza P. Shippen, Zephyr Chisom Carter, Myra Davis Hemmings, Mamie Reddy Rose, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Florence Letcher Toms, Olive Jones, Jessie McGuire Dent, Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Ethel Carr Watson)
Nickname: DST, Delta
Colors: crimson and cream
Flower: violet
Symbol: Torch of Wisdom
Mascot: elephant (unoff)
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The DELTA Journal
Patron: 
Open Motto: Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom
Philanthropy: Five Point Program Thrust (Economic Development, Educational Development, International Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, Political Awareness and Involvement)
Call: OO-OOP (unofficial)

Letters: ZFB
Chapters: 650+
Members:  100,000+
Founded: Jan 16 1920, Howard Univ, DC
Founders: 5 (Arizona Cleaver-Stemmons, Fannie Pettie, Viola Tyler, Myrtle Tyler, Pearl Anna)
Nickname: Zeta, ZPhiB
Colors: royal blue and pure white
Flower: white rose
Symbol: white dove
Mascot: 
Jewel: white pearl
Magazine: The Archon
Patron: 
Open Motto: A Community-Conscious, Action-Oriented Organization
Philanthropy: National Education Foundation, Stork's Nest, Human Genome Project
Call: Z-PHI

Letters: SGR
Chapters: 400
Members:  72,000
Founded: Nov 12 1922, Butler Univ, IN
Founders: 7 (Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Vivian White Marbury, Bessie M. Downey Rhoades Martin, Cubena McClure, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside)
Nickname: SGRho
Colors: royal blue and gold
Flower: yellow tea rose
Symbol: yellow tea rose or poodle
Mascot: poodle
Jewel: 10 pearls and 2 rubies
Magazine: The Aurora
Patron:
Open Motto: Greater Service, Greater Progress
Philanthropy: Project Reassurance (teen mothers), Mwanamugimu Essay Contest (educate kids about Africa), Wee Savers (kids and finance), Project Africare (send grain grinders to African women), OPERATION BigBookBag (school supplies to needy kids), Sigma Youth Symposium, SPEAR, National Education Fund, and National Marrow Donor Program.
Call: EE-YIP

Letters: AFA
Chapters:
Members:  175,000
Founded: Dec 4 1906, Cornell Univ, NY
Founders: 7 (Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, Vertner Woodson Tandy)
Nickname: Alpha
Colors: black and old gold
Flower: yellow rose
Symbol: 
Mascot: 
Jewel: 
Magazine: The Sphinx
Patron: 
Open Motto: 
Philanthropy: Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation
Call: A-PHI or O-SIX

Letters: KAY
Chapters: 364
Members:  100,000
Founded: Jan 5 1911, Indiana Univ, IN
Founders: 10 (Elder Watson Diggs, Dr. Ezra D. Alexander, Dr. Byron K. Armstrong, Henry T. Asher, Dr. Marcus P. Blakemore, Paul W. Caine, George W. Edmonds, Dr. Guy Levis Grant, Edward G. Irvin, John Milton Lee)
Nickname: Kappa
Colors: crimson and cream
Flower: none
Symbol: 
Mascot: 
Jewel: Diamond
Magazine: The Journal 
Patron:
Open Motto:  "Achievement in every field of human endeavor."
National Philanthropy: Guide Right, Kappa League, American Cancer Society, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, NAACP, United Negro College Fund 
Call: YO

Letters: WYF
Chapters: 550
Members:  130,000
Founded: Nov 17 1911, Howard Univ, DC
Founders: 4 (Frank Coleman, Oscar J Cooper, Edgar A Love, Ernest E Just)
Nickname: Que's, Omega
Colors: royal purple and old gold
Flower: none
Symbol: 
Mascot: 
Jewel: 
Magazine: Oracle
Patron: 
Open Motto: Friendship is Essential to the Soul
National Philanthropy: NAACP, Habitat for Humanity, American Diabetes Association, College Endowment Fund
Call: ROO!

Letters: FBS
Chapters: 700+ (undergrad and grad chapters)
Members: 125,000+
Founded: Jan 9 1914, Howard Univ, DC
Founders: 3 (A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, Charles I. Brown)
Nickname: Sigma
Colors: royal blue and pure white
Flower: white carnation
Symbol: 
Mascot: white dove
Jewel: 
Magazone: The Crescent
Patron:
Open Motto: "Culture for Service and Service for Humanity"
National Philanthropy: Bigger and Better Business, Sigma Against Teenage Pregnancy (SATAP), Sigma Waging War Against Cancer (S.W.W.A.C.)
Call: BLUE PHI

Letters: IFQ
Chapters: 193
Members: 
Founded: Sept 19 1963, Morgan St, MD
Founders: 12 (Albert Hicks, Lonnie Spruill, Jr., Charles Briscoe, Frank Coakley, John Slade, Barron Willis, Webster Lewis, Charles Brown, Louis Hudnell, Charles Gregory, Elias Dorsey, Jr., and Michael Williams)
Nickname: Iota
Colors: charcoal brown and gilded gold
Flower: none or yellow rose
Symbol: 
Mascot: centaur
Jewel: 
Magazine: 
Patron: 
Open Motto: Building a Tradition, Not Resting Upon One
Philanthropy: NAACP, Big Brothers
Call: OW-OW