List of friendly and benefit societies
A friendly society or benefit society is a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties. These groups are also known as a fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, or mutual aid organization. Following is an incomplete list of these societies and orders.
- Ancient Order of United Workmen
- Artisans Order of Mutual Protection
- Australian Natives' Association
- Benenden Health
- Benevolent Irish Society
- Benevolent Society
- Brotherhood of American Yeomen
- Canadian Fraternal Association
- Canadian Order of Chosen Friends
- Catholic Financial Life
- Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society
- Degree of Honor Protective Association
- Engage Mutual Assurance
- Exeter Friendly Society
- Foresters Financial
- Foresters Friendly Society
- Free African Union Society
- Foresters Friendly Society
- Fraternal Brotherhood
- Girls' Friendly Society
- Gleaner Life Insurance Society (aka Ancient Order of Gleaners)
- Harting Old Club
- Healthy Investment
- Independent Order of Rechabites
- International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor
- Irish National Foresters
- Knights of Columbus
- Knights of Peter Claver
- Knights of Pythias
- Knights of the Maccabees
- Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society
- Modern Woodmen of America
- Mosaic Templars of America
- National Friendly
- National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
- Odd Fellows
- OneFamily
- Order of Chosen Friends
- Order of Druids
- Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
- Police Mutual
- Polish Roman Catholic Union of America
- Presbyterian Mutual
- Royal Liver Assurance
- Royal Neighbors of America
- Scottish Friendly
- Shepherds Friendly Society
- Sons of Norway
- Sons of Temperance
- Teachers Assurance
- Teachers Life
- Thrivent Financial
- Travelers Protective Association of America
- Umberto Primo Society
- Vasa Order of America
- WoodmenLife, formerly Woodmen of the World
See also
[edit]- List of general fraternities
- List of North American ethnic and religious fraternal orders
- List of North American fraternal orders