# Masonic Charitable Foundation to provide £3 million to 300 charities through tercentenary fund

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/02/masonic-charitable-foundation-provide-3m-300-charities-tercentenary-fund/
- Published: 2017-06-02T10:00:05+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Masonic Charitable Foundation is to give away £3 million to 300 charities 
across England and Wales to celebrate the 300th anniversary of its United Grand 
Lodge of England.**

 

Freemasons have already shortlisted 300 local charities across England and Wales
to receive a grant from the [Masonic Charitable Foundation](https://mcf.org.uk/)’
s Community Awards Tercentenary Fund. The charities could be awarded a grant of 
up to £25,000 each with public voting taking place from 12^(th) June to 31st July
to decide which ones will benefit.

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> 300 years of Freemasonry. 300 charities. £3 million. Find out more about the MCF
> Community Awards [#MCFawards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MCFawards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [https://t.co/2UEIFioOrQ](https://t.co/2UEIFioOrQ) [pic.twitter.com/aR4qzOtmgT](https://t.co/aR4qzOtmgT)
> — Masonic Charitable Foundation (@Masonic_Charity) [May 23, 2017](https://twitter.com/Masonic_Charity/status/867039499355914242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

Depending on the size of each regional area across England and Wales, four, six 
or eight charities operating locally will have the chance to receive a grant of 
between £4,000 and £25,000 with the public vote helping the Foundation to decide
the size of grant each charity receives. The awarded amounts will be announced in
August this year.

 

People can register for more information and to be notified when voting opens on
the [Foundation’s site](https://mcf.org.uk/communityawards/).

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