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The Ohio Fraternal Congress Ohio is home to 1,856 local fraternal benefit society chapters representing more than 461,763 members. Founded in 1917, the Ohio Fraternal Congress (OFC) is one of 32 state organizations uniting fraternal benefit societies. The Ohio Fraternal Congress allows grassroots members to come together in their home state to participate in community service projects, hold educational and leadership conferences and make a difference in their own communities. The National Fraternal Congress of America America’s Fraternal Benefit Societies include 76 not-for-profit membership organizations operating in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Fraternal benefit societies represent more than 10 million people in 37,000 local chapters, making it one of the continent’s largest member networks. Fraternal benefit societies provide their members with leadership, social, educational, spiritual, scholarship, financial and volunteer service opportunities. Combined, the NFCA’s members maintain more than $329 billion of life insurance in force and, in 2006 alone, contributed more than $377 million to charitable and fraternal programs. Fraternalists volunteered more than 94 million hours during that same period. The NFCA was founded in 1886 and is celebrating its 122th year in 2008.
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