Service fraternity may refer to any fraternal public service organization

Fraternal and service organizations

A "fraternal organization" or "fraternity" is a brotherhood, though the term usually connotes a distinct or formal organization. Please list college fraternities and sororities at List of social fraternities and sororities.-International:...

, such as the Kiwanis

Kiwanis

Kiwanis International is an international, coeducational service club founded in 1915. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Current membership is 240,000 members in 7,700 clubs in 80 nations...

 or Rotary International

Rotary International

Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...

. In Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, the term fraternal organization is more common as "fraternity" in everyday usage refers to fraternal student societies.

In the context of the North American student fraternity and sorority system

Fraternities and sororities

Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...

, service fraternities and service sororities comprise a type of organization whose primary purpose is community service

Community service

Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....

. Members of these organizations are not restricted from joining other types of fraternities. This may be contrasted with professional fraternities

Professional fraternity

Professional fraternities, in the North American fraternity system, are organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession and whose membership is restricted to students in that particular field of professional education or study...

, whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession, and general or social fraternities, whose primary purposes are generally aimed towards some other aspect, such as the development of character, friendship, leadership, or literary ability.

Some general fraternities and their chapters, especially members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council

National Pan-Hellenic Council

The National Pan-Hellenic Council is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities. The nine NPHC organizations are sometimes collectively referred to as the "Divine Nine"...

, emphasize the service aspects of their activities; however classification as a strictly service organization has legal meaning in regards to Title IX

Title IX

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a United States law, enacted on June 23, 1972, that amended Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2002 it was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, in honor of its principal author Congresswoman Mink, but is most...

. Service fraternities, like professional fraternities and honor societies

Honor society

In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America...

 must be open to members of both genders since they do not have an exemption from Title IX similar to the one given in section (A)(6)(a) for Social Fraternities and Sororities..

List of national college service fraternities and sororities

This list only includes groups within the United States; see below for groups of the Philippines.

Organization	Symbol	Description
Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...	ΑΦΩ	coed national (with independent organizations in United States and the Philippines)
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha International is a collegiate and service organization for women and men ages 18 and older. The organization states that its purpose "is to inspire leadership and service by bringing good people together to pursue programs and projects that make a positive difference locally,...	ΕΣΑ	coed national, primarily female
Gamma Sigma Sigma Gamma Sigma Sigma Gamma Sigma Sigma is a national service sorority founded in October 1952 at Beekman Tower in New York City by representatives of Boston University, Brooklyn College, Drexel Institute of Technology, Los Angeles City College, New York University, Queens College, and the University of Houston. ...	ΓΣΣ	coed national, primarily female
Intercollegiate Knights
Omega Phi Alpha Omega Phi Alpha Omega Phi Alpha is an American national service sorority. It was founded in 1967 at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio...  national service sorority	ΩΦΑ	coed national, primarily female
SPURS National Honor Society SPURS National Honor Society SPURS National Honor Society was a collegiate sophomore honor society founded at Montana State University - Bozeman as an honor society for Sophomore women in 1922. Originally a women-only organization, SPURS went co-educational in 1976...		defunct (October 2005) coed national, primarily female

List of local/regional college service fraternities and sororities

This list only includes groups within the United States; see below for groups of the Philippines.

Organization	Symbol	Description
Alpha Delta	ΑΔ	local, strictly male, founded at University of Maine University of Maine The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...  (formerly the Sigma Xi chapter of Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members... )
Belles		local, strictly female, always 50 members at Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...
Chi Delta Alpha	ΧΔΑ	local, strictly female at Virginia Tech
Chi Beta Delta	ΧΒΔ	local, strictly female, founded in 2002 at Texas State University Beta chapter founded 2006 at University of Texas Austin
Delta Alpha Chi	ΔΑΧ	local, strictly male, founded in 2006 at Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City University, often referred to as OCU, is a coeducational, urban, private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church...
Delta Chi Delta	ΔΧΔ	local, strictly male, founded in 1989 at Harding University Harding University Harding University is located in Searcy, Arkansas, in the United States, about north-east of Little Rock. It is a private liberal arts Christian university associated with the Churches of Christ. The university takes its name from James A...
Gamma Beta Chi	ΓΒΧ	local, strictly male, founded in 1959 at Indiana University Indiana University Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
Kappa Delta Tau	ΚΔΤ	local, strictly female, founded in 1963 at Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
King Edward Society	ΔTA	local, strictly male, founded in 1959 at Saint Anselm College Saint Anselm College Saint Anselm College is a nationally ranked, private, Benedictine, Catholic liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889 by Abbot Hilary Pfrängle, O.S.B. of Saint Mary's Abbey in Newark, New Jersey, at the request of Bishop Denis M. Bradley of Manchester, New Hampshire, the...
Omega Zeta Chi "OZChi"	ΩΖΧ	local, strictly female at University of California, Riverside University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
Red Key Society	PKΣ	local, strictly male, founded in 1935 at Saint Anselm College Saint Anselm College Saint Anselm College is a nationally ranked, private, Benedictine, Catholic liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889 by Abbot Hilary Pfrängle, O.S.B. of Saint Mary's Abbey in Newark, New Jersey, at the request of Bishop Denis M. Bradley of Manchester, New Hampshire, the...
Sigma Kappa Sigma "EKE"	ΣΚΣ	local, strictly male catholic brotherhood service fraternity at King's College
Tau Phi	ΤΦ	local, strictly female at Immaculata University Immaculata University Immaculata University is a Catholic University on King Road in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.-History:Immaculata was founded as Villa Maria College, a women's college in 1920. It was the first Catholic college for women in the Philadelphia area...
Nu Alpha Nu	ΝΑΝ	local, strictly male at Alabama State University Alabama State University Alabama State University, founded 1867, is a historically black university located in Montgomery, Alabama. ASU is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- History :...
Beta Phi Delta	ΒΦΔ	local, coed, founded in 2002 University of California, Riverside University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
Alpha Tau Mu	ATM	local, coed, founded in 2008 at Tuskegee University Tuskegee University Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
Sigma Chi Sigma	ΣΧΣ	local, coed, founded in 2009 at Arizona State University Arizona State University Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

List of primarily non-collegiate fraternities and sororities

Organization	Symbol	Description
Beta Sigma Phi	ΒΣΦ	non-collegiate international service sorority
Delta Theta Tau	ΔΘΤ	non-collegiate national service organization for women
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha International is a collegiate and service organization for women and men ages 18 and older. The organization states that its purpose "is to inspire leadership and service by bringing good people together to pursue programs and projects that make a positive difference locally,...	ΕΣΑ	international service sorority (coed collegiate division also exists)
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Independent Order of Odd Fellows The Independent Order of Odd Fellows , also known as the Three Link Fraternity, is an altruistic and benevolent fraternal organization derived from the similar British Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 18th century, at a time when altruistic and charitable acts were...	IOOF	non-collegiate international service fraternity for men and women whether professional or college students
Phi Beta Psi	ΦΒΨ	non-collegiate national service organization for women
Phi Zeta Phi Foundation	ΦΖΦ	non-collegiate national service organization for career professionals

List of national college service fraternities and sororities in the Philippines

Organization	Symbol	Description
Adamas Nu Omega	ANΩ	National Service Fraternity & Sorority
Alpha Mu Phi [formerly Philippine Naval Society]	ΑΜΦ	Collegiate Service Fraternity & Sorority
Alpha Kappa Rho "AKRHO"	AKP	International Humanitarian Service Fraternity/Sorority
Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...	ΑΦΩ	co-ed national (with independent organizations in United States and the Philippines)
Alpha Sigma Epsilon	AΣE	International Humanitarian Service Fraternity/Sorority
Alpha-Sigma Omega Phi	AΣΩΦ	(Int'l) Inter-Collegiate Service Fraternity & Sorority in the Philippines
Alpha Tau Omega	ATΩ	National Collegiate Fraternity in the philippines
Alpha Theta Sigma	AΘΣ	Inter-Collegiate Service Fraternity/Sorority in the Philippines
Beta Phi Omega	ΒΦΩ	Grand Fraternity & Sorority Int'l Collegiate Service (BETANIANS)
Delta Epsilon Lambda http://19deltans68.webs.com	ΔΕΛ	Inter Collegiate Service Frat. & Sor. (DELTANS)
Delta Phi Epsilon 1975http://www.deltaphiepsilon.blogspot.com	ΔΦΕ	Inter Collegiate/Professional Frat. & Sor. Community Service
Fox Theta Delta	FΘΔ	International Humanitarian Service Fraternity/Sorority
Gamma Beta Sigma Philippines	ΓΒΣ	National Service Fraternity & Sorority
Gamma Phi Omicron	ΓΦΟ	Fraternity and Sorority
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity	ΚΕ
Independent Order of Odd Fellows	IOOF	Worldwide altruistic and benevolent fraternity for men and women
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity	ΚΕ
Omega Phi Delta	ΩΦΔ	Fraternity and Sorority (OmPhiDelts)
Phi Omega Sigma	ΦΩΣ	International Fraternity and Sorority (POSANS)
Scouts Royale Brotherhood/Sisterhood Inc.	SRB	International Service Fraternity and Sorority
Sigma Kappa Lambda	ΣΚΛ	Fraternal Order established on the principles of Chivalry and Secrecy (SKoundreLs)
Xi Rho Chi(CHEVRONS)	ΞPX	International Environmental and Service Fraternity and Sorority
Sigma Lambda Phi	ΣΛΦ	International Collegetiate Humanitarian Service
Tau Rho Lambda	ΤΡΛ	Fraternity and Sorority
Gamma Omicron Delta Sigma Gamma Omicron Delta Sigma Gamma Omicron Delta Sigma is a fraternity group with a vision to uplift each members' morale, strengthen each members' faith in God and encourage them to work and aim for higher education...	ΓΟΔΣ	Inter-Society and National Service Fraternity/Sorority