Charity
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Charity may refer to:
[edit] Concepts and practices
- Charity (practice), the practice of benevolent giving and caring
- Charity (virtue), the Christian theological concept of unlimited love and kindness
- Principle of charity in philosophy and rhetoric
- Tzedakah, a hebrew concept, literally meaning righteousness (Genesis 18:19) but commonly used to signify charity, and giving to worthy causes or people in need
- Sadaqah, the Islamic concept of alms-giving, often translated as "charity"
- Altruism
- Alms
[edit] Organizations
- Charitable organization, a type of non-profit organization formed for charitable purposes
- 501(c)(3), a specific section of the United States Internal Revenue Code that allows qualifying charitable organizations exemption from federal income tax
[edit] Places
- Charity, Guyana, a small town
- Charity Island (disambiguation)
[edit] Entertainment
- Charity (play), a play by W. S. Gilbert
- "Charity" (song), a single by Skunk Anansie
- Charity (racehorse), a famed racehorse
- Charity Shea, an actress in the TV series The Best Years
- Charity Bazaar, a character from Histeria!
- An alternate title for the Episode Five of the second series of The Office
[edit] Other
- Charity (name), a given name
- Charity (programming language), a computer programming language
- HMS Charity (R29), a British Royal Navy destroyer-class ship
- MV Charity, a Cypriot cargo ship briefly in service during September 1972
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