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title: "Data: How Chapters Are Structured"
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Associations are complex organizations made even more so when they have networks of regional or local chapters. Practices vary widely in the structure of how chapters are incorporated.

Separate-Affiliated (independent)

29%

Separate-Chartered (not independent)

46%

Subsidiary (one organization)

20%

Other

5%

Source: [2016 Chapter Benchmarking Study [PDF] (opens in a new tab)](http://www.marinermanagement.com/files/docs/mariner-2016-benchmarking-report.pdf)
, Mariner Management & Marketing

[This article was originally published in the *Associations Now* print edition, titled “Data Nugget: Chapter Choices.”]

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