National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations

National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations

Facts
Established	1998
Member affiliates	17
Continent	North America
Country	United States
Organization type	Trade association

The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for 17 Latino Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs) established in 1998. The purpose of NALFO is to promote and foster positive interfraternal relations, communication, and development of all Latino fraternal organizations through mutual respect, leadership, honesty, professionalism and education.

History

Established in 1998, the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations, set out to become the uniting force for Latin-based fraternities and sororities. Latino organizations had developed in different parts of the United States in their early years, and this created difficulties for the organizations to find information on their peer groups in an effort to come together. As a result, two different umbrella organizations evolved, the ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas (founded by Phi Iota Alpha and Omega Phi Beta),^[1] which primarily consisted of fraternities and sororities on the east coast, and NALFO which primarily consisted of fraternities and sororities that originated on the midwest/west coast. In the winter of 2001 the two groups merged under the NALFO name and made history in developing one umbrella organization for all Latin-based fraternities and sororities.

Affiliate organizations

Name	Greek Letters	Type	Founding Date	Founding University	Active Collegiate Groups	Total Initiates	Alumni Associations	Joined NALFO
Alpha Pi Sigma	ΑΠΣ	Sorority	March 10, 1990	San Diego State University	16			October 2001
Alpha Psi Lambda^[2]	ΑΨΛ	Co-ed Fraternity	February 11, 1985	Ohio State University	50	4000+	7	1998
Chi Upsilon Sigma	ΧΥΣ	Sorority	April 29, 1980	Rutgers University	73		9	October 2000
Gamma Phi Omega	ΓΦΩ	Sorority	April 17, 1991	Indiana University	27		5	1998
Gamma Zeta Alpha^[2]	ΓΖΑ	Fraternity	December 3, 1987	Chico State	22			1998
Kappa Delta Chi	ΚΔΧ	Sorority	April 6, 1987	Texas Tech University	74	4000+	25	January 2001
Lambda Alpha Upsilon^[2]	ΛΑΥ	Fraternity	December 10, 1985	SUNY Buffalo	20		6	1998
Lambda Pi Chi	ΛΠΧ	Sorority	April 16, 1988	Cornell University	29		11	April 2000
Lambda Pi Upsilon	ΛΠΥ	Sorority	November 6, 1992	SUNY Geneseo	19		8	April 2000
Lambda Sigma Upsilon^[3]	ΛΣΥ	Fraternity	April 5, 1979	Rutgers University	80		6	October 2003
Lambda Theta Nu^[2]	ΛΘΝ	Sorority	March 11, 1986	Chico State	44			1998
Lambda Upsilon Lambda	ΛΥΛ	Fraternity	February 19, 1982	Cornell University	75	3000+	15	September 1999
Omega Phi Beta^[2]	ΩΦΒ	Sorority	March 15, 1989	SUNY Albany	54		14	1998
Phi Iota Alpha^[3]	ΦΙΑ	Fraternity	December 26, 1931	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	82			October 2003
Sigma Iota Alpha	ΣΙΑ	Sorority	September 29, 1990	SUNY Albany, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY New Paltz, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	44			January 2001
Sigma Lambda Upsilon^[2]	ΣΛΥ	Sorority	December 1, 1987	SUNY Binghamton	46		18	1998
Sigma Omega Nu	ΣΩN	Sorority	November 6, 1996	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	17			October 2021^[4]

Former affiliates

Some other organizations have at one time been affiliated with NALFO.

Name	Greek Letters	Type	Membership Start	Membership End	Reason for Membership End
Alpha Rho Lambda^[5]^[2]	ΑΡΛ	Sorority	1998	October 2006	Removed due to non-participation & insurance requirements.^[6]
Beta Lambda Delta^[7]	ΒΛΔ	Fraternity	September 1999	October 2004	Removed due to defunct status.^[6]
Gamma Alpha Omega	ΓΑΩ	Sorority	October 2000	2016	Reasons unknown.
Lambda Theta Alpha	ΛΘΑ	Sorority	January 2001	Winter 2014	Reasons unknown.
Lambda Theta Phi^[3]	ΛΘΦ	Fraternity	October 2003	Winter 2014	NALFO's increasing regulatory nature (i.e. Hazing, GPA requirement, and Membership criteria, etc.).
Nu Alpha Kappa^[2]^[3]	ΝΑΚ	Fraternity	1998	December 2008	None given.^[8]
Omega Delta Phi^[2]^[3]^[9]	ΩΔΦ	Fraternity	1998, June 2001	June 2000, December 2008	None given.^[8]
Sigma Delta Alpha^[7]	ΣΔΑ	Fraternity	April 2005	May 2006	Removed due to non-participation & insurance requirement.^[6]
Sigma Lambda Alpha	ΣΛΑ	Sorority	December 2011	December 2015	Reasons unknown.
Sigma Lambda Beta^[3]	ΣΛΒ	Fraternity	October 2003	March 2010	Left due to NALFO's increasing regulatory nature due to SLB's increasing multicultural membership.^[10]^[11]
Sigma Lambda Gamma	ΣΛΓ	Sorority	January 2001	May 2010	Left due to a desire for autonomy and due to SLG's increasing multicultural membership.^[12]
Sigma Lambda Sigma	ΣΛΣ	Sorority	September 1999	October 2004	Removed due to defunct status.^[6]