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Principal Masonic Charities

What about the charitable side to Freemasonry? United Grand Lodge of England's site explains Masonic charitable bodies in detail so we will only provide an outline. Key points however are that Grand Charity's running costs represent 13% of total expenditure which makes it amongst the most efficient in the UK - much more so than most of the more "media savvy" UK charities.

Grand Charity donates approximately 5M Euros each year, of which over 50% goes towards to non-Masonic causes; the bulk of their Masonic grants go towards running over 18 care and nursing home facilities nationwide. There are several other key masonic charitable organisations and it should also be borne in mind that each lodge also tends to give a significant proportion of their own charitable funds direct to non masonic causes. Charitable income from the key four Masonic charities amounts to around 33M Euros annually.

Key Masonic charities and Initiatives include:-

Grand Charity
Helping with National financial need
60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution
Helping older people
60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ

The New Masonic Samaritan Fund
Helping the sick
60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ

Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys
Helping Young People
60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ

London Masonic Charitable Trust
Generating aid from the London area and
coordinating donations to selected charities
eg Prostate Cancer Research & the RNID

Undergrad Aid
Run by the MTGB and offers means tested
grants to Masonic children reading a first
degree subject to meeting certain criteria.

TalentAid
Run by the MTGB and offers means tested
grants to Masonic children (subject to certain
criteria) with particular gifts (eg music
sport or drama) that need assistance to reach
their potential.