Groove Phi Groove is an independent organization whose purpose includes promoting academic awareness, leadership development, community empowerment, preservation of African culture, and working towards alleviating the social and economic problems impacting disadvantaged communities.

Groove Phi Groove members hold individuality, self-expression, and creativity in its members to be paramount, as well as a focus on issues related to the empowerment of African American communities. Its members work in a wide variety of career areas, including accounting, education, engineering, human resource services, and state government, medicine, law, protective services, information technology, religion, real estate, food service, skilled crafts, music, professional sports, the armed services, and business.