National HQ in Indianapolis
 

I read somewhere that the reason so many fraternities and sororities are headquartered in Indianapolis is because they give them a large tax break. Does anyone know the particulars on that?

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I wish I could help, but I'm clueless about it too. Is that why many Greeks are also headquartered in Memphis?

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"Talk doesn't cook rice."--Someone smart

Visit Alpha Gamma Delta-Delta Sigma chapter and help some sisters out!

I know that Delta Sigma Phi's headquarter is in Indiana ...not sure whether it is in Indianapolis.

DZ national headquarters are located in Oxford, Ohio http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif i think a few others are headquartered there too... am i right?

Okay, I did a search on Google, these are the GLOs HQed on Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN. This may not be all of them, but here's a few:

Alpha Gamma Delta
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Sigma Kappa
Lambda Chi Alpha
Alpha Xi Delta
Delta Upsilon
Zeta Tau Alpha
Kappa Alpha Theta
Theta Chi


These are the ones that I found from my search...if anyone knows more, feel free to add it on!

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"Talk doesn't cook rice."--Someone smart

Visit Alpha Gamma Delta-Delta Sigma chapter and help some sisters out!

[This message has been edited by OohTeenyWahine (edited April 22, 2001).]

Gee OTW, I wish I could get to all of the stuff you do on this damn machine! If come to main land please give me lessons. Room and Board only. 2 nd bed room is full of computor stuff! LOL

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Tom Earp LX Z#1
Pittsburg State U. (Kansas)

Yes, the Delta Upsilon International Headquarters are in Indianapolis, among many others, because of the tax breaks they give non-profit organizations. There are a lot of other non-profit organizations there besides greek orgs.

IowaHawkeye -- I go to Miami University. DZ, Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and Phi Kappa Tau headquarters are here.

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Brian Sejas
VP-Public Relations
The Miami Chapter of Delta Upsilon
http://www.mudeltau.org

Kappa Delta HQ is also in Memphis and I think AOPi is moving theirs to TN too, but not in Memphis. I think AOPi is dedicating it soon. I could be wrong, but I just heard that at Something of Value.
I don't know why HQ's are in cities together, I would assume they all choose a central location in the middle of most of the chapters.

Brian, I just checked out your DU website - it's great!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif and your house is gorgeous! keep up the good work! by the way, do you know susan wagner? she's a junior, but i can't remember which house she's in http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif we're old high school friends http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif oh, and, what pictures are you in???

There are lots of GLO's HQ in Indianapolis. There are 2 main reasons:

1)Tax breaks for non-profit organizations
2)Indianapolis is considered "the cross-roads of America"... it's pretty central, close to several other cities, and lots of major interstated cross through the city.

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SilverTurtle@greekchat.com

Phi Beta Fraternity
Phi chapter

Brian's right. My Fraternity's Headquarters is located at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. We were founded there on August 8, 1839.

Kevin
Beta Theta Pi Alum
Epsilon Mu

Iowa,

Thanks for the compliments! When I started pledging last September, our website consisted of about 4 pages, and most of it was news from over a year ago. So while pledging I decided to show the chapter how dedicated I was and that is what turned out.

I'm afraid I don't know Susan Wagner, sorry. I'm in a few of the pictures, the newest ones being the Puddle Pull photos. If you go to the link below, I'm in some of the pictures, specifically the ones named du6.jpg and du7.jpg -- I'm the guy in the front pit sitting there staring down our opponents who can't be seen in the picture http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Here's that link:
http://www.dlugosz.net/~mudeltau/php...e=512&start=12

Our headquarters (Delta Phi Epsilon) is in St. Louis, MO, and someone else's is there too, but I don't know who that is.

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Delta Phi Epsilon, Celebrating 84 years of Dedication, Pride and Excellence!

AOII has been located in Brentwood, TN, a suburb of Nashville, for many years. We just built a NEW International Headquarters facilty that was dedicated on April 21.

Kappa Sigma's International Memorial Headquarters is located in Charlottesville, VA - just off the UVA campus, where our first chapter (zeta) was founded. I actually visited during spring break - it was pretty amazing.

A couple of friends of mine went to the dedication in Brentwood on Saturday for AOII headquarters. They said it was a great experience.

IowaHawkeye

i think that, mainly, all of the great greek organizations were founded in oxford
like, for example, Sigma Chi http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

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that's not true Sigmachicard b/c AGD is in Indianapolis and if all great greek orgs were there we would be too!

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Katey, ZA chapter of AGD
"Could I have been anyone other than me?"-Dave Matthews

Well SX card, if you are refering to the Miami Triad, There have been many Fraternitys started in many other locations. I was a pledge of a Miami Triad Fraternity and got balled, can you guess which one? How many Fraternitys were founded at the Miami Triad? If they were the only ones, we would not have many Fraternitys!

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Tom Earp LX Z#1
Pittsburg State U. (Kansas)

SigmaChi - well, at least we know that 2 of the greatest greek organizations were founded in Oxford http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Yes, Sigma Chi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Tau, and Delta Zeta were all founded here at Miami U.

SigmaChiCard -- reconstruction of your Alpha chapters house is coming along nicely.

Brian

KKG's HQ are in Columbus, Ohio... When I was an active, I always wished ours was in Indy, too, since that's only a 45 minute drive from my campus!!!

Just to add to the list. Delta Tau Delta's Central Office is located in Carmel, IN which is an Indianapolis suburb.

Gotta love those tax breaks.

Well, Alpha Phi Omega's National HQ is in Independence, MO, but I don't know who else is in St. Louis.

I know Alpha Chi Omega's HQ building is in Indianapolis...I just assumed it was because we were founded in Indiana. I had no idea about the tax benefits for non-profits. I know RI has a similar benefit system for non-profits, though. There are a lot of sororities and fraternities who were founded in Indiana, and do they all have their headquarters in Indianapolis?

Kappa Sigma's International Memorial Headquarters is in Charlottesville, VA.