UMD Interfraternity Council (IFC)

What UMD Interfraternity Council (IFC) does

The UMD Interfraternity Council (IFC) is a student-run governing body that oversees 23 recognized fraternities at the University of Maryland, College Park. Operating under the institutional oversight of the university's Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life (which provides 28 staff members and 20 Resident Directors), IFC coordinates governance, risk management, academic monitoring, anti-hazing compliance, and structured recruitment for its member chapters. Its customer base is exclusively University of Maryland undergraduate male students seeking fraternity membership, who must meet minimum eligibility requirements of 12 credits and a 2.5 GPA.

IFC's core products and services include a unified digital platform (the official ifcumd.com website), the Campus Director recruitment registration system (mandatory for joining any IFC chapter), a chapter directory, an executive board governance structure (12 elected student positions), an event calendar, and a resources portal for constitutions, policies, and forms. The organization also distributes the MANUAL mental wellness platform as a member benefit. The underlying technology stack is entirely composed of third-party tools — Campus Director, Zoom, Google Forms, Google Drive, and Instagram — with no proprietary technology or custom platform.

The IFC council itself is not a revenue-generating entity; it is a non-commercial student governance organization. Individual member chapters set their own semester dues, which flow directly to those chapters rather than to IFC centrally. The organization has no funding rounds, no investors, no separate legal incorporation, and operates as a sub-unit of a state university department. Its 2024-25 leadership consists of 7 elected student officers (President, 9 Vice Presidents, and Chief Justice) under the supervision of a university advisor.

Name

UMD Interfraternity Council (IFC)

Legal name

Interfraternity Council, University of Maryland

Website

https://ifcumd.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The UMD Interfraternity Council (IFC) is a student-run governing body overseeing 23 recognized fraternities at the University of Maryland, College Park. It coordinates recruitment, risk management, and compliance for undergraduate male students seeking fraternity membership under institutional university oversight.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Governance and Greek Life Administration

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Organizations & Club Administration (EDALAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Student Affairs Administration (Conduct, Wellbeing, Support Oversight) (EDADAKAC), Compliance, Risk & Audit Support Services (EHS, Title IX/Clery Support, Policy Admin) (EDAEALAK)

Keywords

• Fraternity governance
• Student organization oversight
• Greek life administration
• Fraternity recruitment coordination
• Chapter risk management

Headquarters

HQ city

College Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Chapter Membership Dues: Each specific IFC chapter sets its own dues for each semester. The IFC council itself operates as a student governance organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The UMD Interfraternity Council is the student governance body that coordinates fraternity recruitment, oversight, and member development across 23 recognized fraternities at the University of Maryland, College Park. It facilitates a structured recruitment process (Meet the Chapters, Open Houses, bid releases), enforces anti-hazing and risk management policies, coordinates academic support programs, and administers the executive board governance for member chapters under the supervision of the university's Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

Product overview

UMD Interfraternity Council operates a unified digital platform consisting of the official IFC website, Campus Director recruitment system, chapter directory, resources portal, and event calendar. The council governs 23 recognized fraternities at the University of Maryland through an executive board structure. Additional offerings include the MANUAL mental wellness platform provided to IFC members. The IFC website serves as the central hub for recruitment registration, chapter information, governance resources, and community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IFC Fraternity Recruitment Program Structured multi-stage recruitment process connecting prospective male UMD students with one of 23 recognized IFC fraternity chapters. Includes Meet the Chapters, Open Houses, FSL 101 orientation, Campus Director registration, bid releases, and acceptance deadlines.
• IFC Chapter Governance and Oversight Centralized governance of 23 recognized fraternities through the elected IFC Executive Board, enforcing anti-hazing, risk management, academic, diversity, and judicial policies across member chapters.
• FSL 101 New Member Orientation Mandatory orientation sessions for all new fraternity members covering university policies, anti-hazing education, and expectations for IFC participation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fraternity men's average GPA historically higher than all men at UMD

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• MANUALcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMANUAL is a men's mental wellness and personal development platform providing free access to UMD IFC members. The partnership offers over 25 hours of expert-developed content covering mental wellness, fitness, nutrition, personal finance, drinking habits, sexual health, and sleep. Includes 1:1 anonymous chat support for members. 750+ UMD students have registered and 20,000+ actions taken by registered users.
• Campus DirectorcoreTechnology or IntegrationCampus Director (mycampusdirector2.com) is the required digital platform for IFC recruitment at UMD. All prospective members must register through this platform to join any IFC chapter. The platform manages recruitment sign-ups, bid releases, and new member tracking.
• Department of Fraternity and Sorority LifecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Maryland's Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life provides institutional support including 28 staff members, 20 Resident Directors in chapter facilities, advisors for councils and chapters, facility maintenance and growth team, and special projects staff for sustainability, sexual assault prevention, and diversity initiatives.
• Panhellenic Association (PHA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint social judicial policy between IFC and PHA for coordinating governance of fraternities and sororities at UMD.
• Chapter FraternitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner23 recognized IFC member fraternities including Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Beta Upsilon Chi, Chi Phi, Delta Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha Order, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Tau, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Chi, Tau Epsilon Phi, Zeta Beta Tau, and Zeta Psi.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• National Interfraternity Conference (NIC): The NIC is the national trade association for the IFC men's fraternities — the umbrella body that sets risk-management policy, anti-hazing standards, and shared recruitment practices referenced by UMD's IFC.
• North-American Interfraternity Conference: The umbrella trade association for the 50+ member IFC fraternities; sets baseline policies and advocacy positions that directly shape what UMD's local IFC can implement.

Direct peers

• Ohio State University Interfraternity Council: Ohio State's IFC is a peer council at another flagship Big Ten campus that performs identical fraternity-governance functions (chartering, recruitment, judicial process) and serves an equivalent undergraduate male membership base.
• Penn State Interfraternity Council: The IFC at Penn State University is a near-analogous Big Ten university Greek-governing body that oversees multiple fraternity chapters with a similar council structure, risk management policies, and recruitment process — making it the most directly comparable peer.
• University of Michigan Interfraternity Council: UMich's IFC is a directly comparable governance council at another large public Big Ten research university, with similar chapter oversight, recruitment timelines, and university-aligned risk-management functions.

Regional players

• UMD Panhellenic Association (PHA): The sorority-side governance council at the University of Maryland that coordinates with IFC under the shared IFC/PHA Joint Social Judicial Policy — operates the same governance model for a parallel membership population on the same campus.

Others

• Campus Director: Required digital recruitment and bid-management platform used across Greek councils at multiple universities; adjacent technology provider whose tools UMD IFC has standardized on for all fraternity recruitment.
• MANUAL: Men's mental wellness and personal development platform currently partnered with UMD IFC to provide member benefits; comparable as an adjacent, member-services enabler rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/umdifc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/umd-interfraternity-council-ifc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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