club,[8] or "Jay-ay-peez",[9]: 80–82  focused on religious education and settlement house work.

In 1913, with the new name Iota Alpha Pi, the members began the traditional sorority expansion process.

[11] In 1924, a Rotation Scholarship Fund was created, allowing money to be loaned to worthy students by the sorority on the expectation of it being repaid.

[13] Although many chapters were planned, Iota Alpha Pi could not keep up with its rapidly growing competitors.

Historian Marianne Sanua recounts the life of Iota Alpha Pi in her book, Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945.

In July 1971, the international headquarters voted to disband Iota Alpha Pi (Heller).

[9] The first official badge was a scarlet horizontal diamond surrounded by seed pearls, with the Greek letters Ι, Α, and Π in gold.

The Archive notes a 1969 colony as a separate chapter from Alpha and Beta at Hunter College, Park Avenue, but this group did not charter.