Derby Days

Sigma Chi Derby Days events are held to assist a number of charitable causes, some allocating a percentage of the proceeds to a local philanthropy. Sigma Chi requests that chapters set aside a major portion of event proceeds for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation.

To date, Sigma Chi has donated $6.3 million to fulfill a promise to become the Generation to End Cancer®. In 2015, Sigma Chi made a pledge to donate $10 million to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation within seven years. In recognition of that pledge, the Huntsman Cancer Institute named its sixth floor for the Sigma Chi International Fraternity. In 2017, the Fraternity increased its pledge by $1 million to $11M with the creation of the Sigma Chi Friendship Garden in the new Primary Children's and Families' Cancer Research Center.