Some private primary and secondary schools in the United States also self-identify as being nonsectarian, such as Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, the oldest nonsectarian school in the United States.
[3][citation needed] Pi Lambda Phi is a college social fraternity founded by Frederick Manfred Werner, Louis Samter Levy, and Henry Mark Fisher at Yale University in 1895.
[5] An 1956 amendment to the Constitution of Virginia allowed for tuition grants to be paid by the state to nonsectarian private schools.
[6] Blaine amendments to thirty-eight state constitutions forbid direct government aid to educational institutions with a religious affiliation.
[8] Organizations that are explicitly nonsectarian include the Apex Clubs of Australia, those participating in the Ethical Culture Movement, the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, and the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia.