FOUNDED IN 1909, THE NORTH AMERICAN INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE, INC. IS THE TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING 58 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL MEN'S FRATERNITIES. THE NIC SERVES TO ADVOCATE THE NEEDS OF ITS MEMBER FRATERNITIES THROUGH ENRICHMENT OF THE FRATERNITY EXPERIENCE; ADVANCEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE FRATERNITY COMMUNITY; AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF THE HOST INSTITUTIONS.