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The Almoner’s Fund is a benevolence fund designed to provide financial relief to worthy, distressed brethren.
As mandated by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, the principles governing the administration of the Almoner’s Fund are as follows:
At least 50 percent of the fund will be paid yearly to qualified applicants who have experienced a hardship. Any member, widow or dependent child may apply to the Copernicus Society for assistance through a member or the District Deputy Grand Master. If an applicant so requests, his or her application will be considered by the Lodge in confidence; the identity of the applicant will only be made known to the Copernicus Society’s Almoner and President. The Treasurer, Secretary and District Deputy Grand Master may be included on an as-needed basis.
The Almoner’s Fund will only be used as approved by a membership vote; in emergency cases, the Almoner may seek approval from the District Deputy Grand Master before membership approval, but such circumstances will be disclosed to the membership. The Almoner will ascertain the need of applicants for assistance. He will then decide to either make a recommendation for a monetary grant or refer the applicant to other appropriate committees of the Copernicus Society and/or to other possible resources available through the Grand Lodge (such as the Masonic Outreach Program).
Each year, the Almoner will submit to the Copernicus Society an annual accounting of the Almoner’s Fund. The leadership will publish in its notice a list of how and why the funds were used to benefit a member or his family at least twice per year. No names will be published unless written permission is granted to do so.
The Almoner’s Fund is a benevolence fund designed to provide financial relief to worthy, distressed brethren.
As mandated by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, the principles governing the administration of the Almoner’s Fund are as follows:
At least 50 percent of the fund will be paid yearly to qualified applicants who have experienced a hardship. Any member, widow or dependent child may apply to the Copernicus Society for assistance through a member or the District Deputy Grand Master. If an applicant so requests, his or her application will be considered by the Lodge in confidence; the identity of the applicant will only be made known to the Copernicus Society’s Almoner and President. The Treasurer, Secretary and District Deputy Grand Master may be included on an as-needed basis.
The Almoner’s Fund will only be used as approved by a membership vote; in emergency cases, the Almoner may seek approval from the District Deputy Grand Master before membership approval, but such circumstances will be disclosed to the membership. The Almoner will ascertain the need of applicants for assistance. He will then decide to either make a recommendation for a monetary grant or refer the applicant to other appropriate committees of the Copernicus Society and/or to other possible resources available through the Grand Lodge (such as the Masonic Outreach Program).
Each year, the Almoner will submit to the Copernicus Society an annual accounting of the Almoner’s Fund. The leadership will publish in its notice a list of how and why the funds were used to benefit a member or his family at least twice per year. No names will be published unless written permission is granted to do so.