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SERVE ON A HOUSE CORPORATION

Behind every chapter house is a handful of alumni. Some houses are down to one.

House corporations own, finance, and care for the homes our chapters live in. Too many are carried by one or two volunteers with no one behind them. If you have professional skills and 5 to 10 hours a month, CHI will connect you with a house corporation that needs exactly what you bring.

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How Matching Works
WHAT YOU'LL DO

Your skills. A house that needs them.

A house corporation is the alumni board that owns or leases a chapter house and runs its maintenance, finances, and operations. It is separate from the chapter and the advisory board, and it is where the long-term health of the house is decided. CHI matches volunteers with house corporations based on location, professional background, and what each house needs most right now. You may serve your own chapter or one that needs you more.

THE ROLE

Keeping the house standing, year after year

  • Meet with your fellow house corporation officers on a regular schedule, typically [monthly or quarterly]
  • Oversee the property: maintenance, capital planning, and vendor relationships
  • Steward the finances: budgets, rent collection, reserves, and insurance
  • Work alongside chapter officers and the advisory board on housing matters
  • Prepare the next officer, so the house never again depends on one person
HOW MATCHING WORKS

CHI makes the introduction. You make the difference.

You don’t have to find a house corporation on your own. Tell us who you are and what you’re good at, and CHI does the legwork.

  • Submit your interest using the form below
  • A member of the CHI staff contacts you within 10 business days for a short conversation
  • CHI identifies house corporations near you that need your skill set
  • CHI introduces you to that house corporation's leadership. The decision and the invitation are theirs
  • Once you join, you have CHI behind you: House Corporation Academy, the Resource Library, Property Assessments, and direct access to CHI staff
QUALIFICATIONS

The right brother for this house

You don’t need to have served before. You need useful skills and the willingness to show up.

Professional background in one or more of:

  • Real estate, construction, or property management
  • Accounting, finance, or banking
  • Law, insurance, or risk management
  • Facilities, engineering, or the skilled trades
  • Business ownership or operations leadership

Also essential:

  • Active or recently active Sigma Chi alumnus in good standing
  • Reliable for regular meetings and follow-through between them
  • Comfortable working with undergraduates and fellow volunteers
  • Willing to complete House Corporation Academy Course 1 within your first [90 days]

Strongly preferred:

  • Live within reasonable driving distance of a chapter house
  • Prior experience as a house corporation officer, chapter advisor, or nonprofit board member
  • A connection to the chapter, campus, or local community

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THE MOMENT

A house is only as strong as the brothers behind it.

In CHI’s survey of house corporation officers, leadership succession scored lowest of any capability area. When the one brother who knows where everything is steps away, the house feels it: deferred repairs, missed filings, a treasurer’s job nobody wants. CHI is building a bench of ready volunteers so that doesn’t have to happen.

This is not a search for names on a roster. It is a search for brothers who will keep the doors open.