Chartered vs. Recognized Organizations

There are 7 secured organizations: the Justice, BEMCo, the Waltham Group, Archon, BTV, WBRS, and Student Events. All other organizations on campus are either chartered or recognized. It is up to the Senate's discretion to charter, recognize, de-charter, or de-recognize organizations on campus.

In order to be accredited as a recognized organization, an organization must abide by the following criteria:

Not be a fraternity or a sorority

In order to be accredited as a chartered organization, an organization must abide by the following criteria

Be open to all members of the Brandeis community
Not discriminate against members on the basis of sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, graduating class, age, nationality, or physical ability
Not charge its members fees or dues or frequently engage in cost prohibitive activities without an attempt to offset costs through fundraising or allocated monies
Not duplicate the purpose or goals of a currently chartered organization
Not be a fraternity or sorority

The main difference between chartered and recognized organizations is that chartered organizations may request money from the Finance Board while recognized organizations may not.