Since its inception, hundreds of undergraduates, alumni and friends of Delta Sigma Phi have contributed to the development and refining of Vision 2025 including:
- Alumni Corporation Board Officers & Directors
- Chapter Advisors
- Chapter Presidents & Officers
- Commissioners
- Current & Former Grand Councilmen
- Foundation Board of Trustees
- Leadership Institute Graduates
- Parents
- Recruitment Chairmen
- Regional Leadership Academy Participants
- Current & Former Undergraduate Advisory
Committee Members - Current & Former Headquarters Staff
Culture:Encouraging the pursuit of knowledge and intellectual development in our chapters and members.
Harmony:Committing to high standards of moral conduct and bettering ourselves and the world around us.
Friendship:Forming lifelong bonds based on the values of our ritual and secured by honest, integrity and care.
Delta Sigma Phi will set the standard of excellence for lifelong fraternity.
The Fraternity will realize this vision through the implementation of policies and initiatives that achieve the following...
- Delta Sigma Phi members will be known for their reputation as scholars, leaders and gentlemen.
- Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity will be recognized and respected for their support of the academic mission of host institutions.
- The Delta Sigma Phi experience will be endorsed by parents who will encourage membership for undergraduate men.
- Delta Sigma Phi men will be sought after by civic, business and professional leaders.
- Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity will provide leadership for a lifetime by forging bonds of friendship and brotherhood that are the bedrock of social development.
The ΔΣΦ Strategic Plan represents a broad framework that will be used by ΔΣΦ chapters, colonies, Alumni Corporation boards (ACB), alumni associations, the National Fraternity and its leaders, and all members to develop specific plans responsive to the needs of each component. This plan was contributed to and developed by more than 500 local and national leaders to provide a common organization-wide strategic direction that meets the needs of the national organization and its local components. It both respects the unique nature of each member and chapter served, and unites all ΔΣΦ components behind common strategies, initiatives, and objectives that are critical to fulfilling ΔΣΦ's mission.
Every brother in Delta Sigma Phi owes a debt to the Fraternity - a debt that cannot be measured in dollars and cents, that cannot be paid by mere passive loyalty and static support, but a debt which nevertheless must be recognized and discharged if the Fraternity is to prosper, and if the brother is to get the greatest possible benefit from his Fraternity membership.
The debt cannot be explained adequately in words. It represents the member's obligations for all the training, the polishing, and the development of the individual which fraternity life accomplishes. It includes the fruits of friendship and brotherhood which accrue throughout the passing years. And it includes the idealism embodied in the Ritual and exemplified in the lives of true Brothers in the Bond, an idealism which is passed on from brother to initiate, and which glows with a purer light with each successive passing.
The payment of the debt must take definite, tangible, material form. One of the most valuable ways to make payment is to bring into the group a new man, "better than yourself." Another way is to enhance the good name and reputation of the Fraternity on the campus by your appearance and conduct and by participation in extracurricular activities. A third way is to work within the Fraternity - possibly the most important of the three and certainly the most exacting and too often the least appreciated.
Perhaps not every man can bring in a member "better than himself," though every man should strive to do so. Not every man has the ability to take part in campus activities. But every man, barring none, can work for the Fraternity in his own way if he has the desire to do so.
- 200 active chapters and colonies
- 10,000 active undergraduate members
- 2500 trained and engaged alumni volunteers
- #1 amongst NIC fraternities in terms of undergraduates receiving leadership training
- Amongst the Top 5 in the NIC in terms of chapter academic excellence
- Amongst the Top 5 in the NIC in terms of average chapter size
- The largest service organizer providing 250,000 hours annually to The American Red Cross
With the launching of Vision 2025, the Fraternity set a bold direction for its future and the caliber of membership experience it would offer to current and future generations of Delta Sigma Phi men. That direction is based in one shared vision: Delta Sigma Phi will be America's Leading Fraternity
Vision 2025 is not a plan, project or strategy. But it does encompass all of those things.
Vision 2025 intentionally designs the Fraternity's future and establishes the roadmap for every member and chapter to engage in making that vision reality.
Below is a snapshot of our progress since inception:
Developing Strong Leaders
- More than 7500 men have received leadership training-including more than 1600 in the last year.
- 83% of chapters have a higher GPA, more than 50% now achieve at/above a 3.0 GPA.
- The Summit was developed and launched to provide critical recruitment skills training to chapter presidents and recruitment chairmen-more than 725 men representing more than 95% of chapters have participated.
Building Stronger Chapters
- Delta Sigma Phi initiates 45% more undergraduate members annually.
- The average chapter size has grown by 9 men per chapter.
- 25 new and dormant chapters have been developed resulting in 17 chapter installations to date.
Being the Strongest Fraternity
- Every chapter now has an ACB-up from 40% of chapters just five years ago.
- Significant risk management activity has decreased by more than 75%.
- A long-term and sustainable liability insurance solution has been achieved.
Key Strategies:
- Continue to expand and enhance leadership initiatives around a continuum of learning that is in sync with the distinct stages of the membership experience.
- Create mentoring, personal and professional development programs, and experiential learning initiatives that connect alumni and undergraduates.
- Develop and launch mobile and online learning modules that have the ability to reach all of our members.
- Seek out strategic relationships that further advance our ability to deliver relevant and cutting edge leadership development to members in real time.
By June 30, 2015...
- Prior to initiation, 100% of new members will receive education and training provided by the Fraternity that aids in their development as a member and leader.
- Every undergraduate member will participate in the Fraternity's leadership training initiatives every year.
- 100% of members graduating each year will participate in a transition experience that connects them with alumni who share a common interest.
- 1250 alumni volunteers will be trained and engaged.
Key Strategies:
- Continue to reinforce the basic expectations of membership in Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity.
- Chapters will outperform peer organizations on their campus in terms of academic excellence and membership growth.
- Chapters and their members will set the standard for servant leadership through their active participation in the life of their campus community.
- Alumni volunteers will actively provide sound guidance and counsel to chapters and their members while ensuring that the chapter experience is perpetual.
- Delta Sigma Phi's relationship with the American Red Cross will align all chapters to direct their voluntary efforts locally and their philanthropic efforts nationally.
By June 30, 2015...
- 90% or more of chapters will outperform their own campus' fraternity community annual initiation rate;
- At least 75% of all active chapters and colonies will meet or exceed their all-campus GPA;
- Every undergraduate will be involved in at least one other campus activity with 25% or more involved in a campus community leadership role.
- All undergraduate chapters have an ACB and no fewer than 50% of ACB's have developed and use a strategic plan.
- 100% of undergraduate chapters will coordinate service initiatives with each chapter contributing on average of 20 hours per member per year.
Key Strategies:
- Continue to actively manage organizational risk.
- Execute an aggressive fraternity growth and development program.
- Further enhance the relevance and reach of the Delta Sigma Phi brand.
- Ensure adequate financial resources are available to provide the best lifelong membership experience and implement strategic initiatives.
- Create a competitive chapter housing strategy.
By June 30, 2015...
- A sustainable long-term risk management insurance solution in place.
- The Fraternity will grow to 125 undergraduate chapters and colonies with an average chapter size of 48 men.
- Delta Sigma Phi will be recognized as best-in-class for its organizational marketing and communications programs and initiatives.
- The Fraternity will utilize a multi-year model that projects revenue growth, ensures adequate reserves and prudently invests and manages assets.
- Designate resources which support the implementation of the competitive chapter housing strategy..
Since its inception, hundreds of undergraduates, alumni and friends of Delta Sigma Phi have contributed to the development and refining of Vision 2025 including:
- Alumni Corporation Board Officers & Directors
- Chapter Advisors
- Chapter Presidents & Officers
- Commissioners
- Current & Former Grand Councilmen
- Foundation Board of Trustees
- Leadership Institute Graduates
- Parents
- Recruitment Chairmen
- Regional Leadership Academy Participants
- Current & Former Undergraduate Advisory
Committee Members - Current & Former Headquarters Staff
Culture: Encouraging the pursuit of knowledge and intellectual development in our chapters and members.
Harmony: Committing to high standards of moral conduct and bettering ourselves and the world around us.
Friendship: Forming lifelong bonds based on the values of our ritual and secured by honest, integrity and care.

















