Masonic charity is exercised at every level, individual Lodges make gifts and give aid to their own communities and every Province also gives large sums of money to regional causes. Nationally, our efforts are channelled through four main charity organisations, they are:

The Grand Charity

The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution

The Masonic Samaritan Fund

As well as the above, there are the various Masonic hospitals around the world.   The members only give what they can afford and care is taken to ensure that a member's own family do not suffer as a result of his generosity to the community.

In England and Wales alone Freemasons raise more than £20 million pounds every year. The funds are distributed quietly, without fanfares from the media.  Anyone who wishes to know the full details of which charities benefit can apply to Grand Lodge at Freemasons Hall in Great Queen Street, London WC2.  Details also appear in various periodicals, most notably in the monthly Freemasonry Today Magazine.