Charity

A charity or charitable organization is a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being.

Charity may also refer to:

Giving

• Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing
• Charity (virtue), the religious concept of unlimited love and kindness
• Principle of charity, in philosophy and rhetoric

Places

• Charity, Missouri, a community in the United States
• Charity, Guyana, a small township
• Mount Charity, Antarctica
• Charity Glacier, Livingston Island, Antarctica
• Charity Lake, British Columbia, Canada
• Charity Island (disambiguation)
• Charity Creek, Sydney, Australia

Entertainment

• Charity (play), an 1874 play by W. S. Gilbert
• Charity (novel), third in the Faith, Hope, Charity espionage trilogy of novels by Len Deighton
• Charity (Dilbert episode)
• Charity (Malcolm in the Middle Episode)

Music

• List of songs written by Cole Porter
• Charity (Courtney Barnett song)
• "Charity" (song), a 1995 single by Skunk Anansie

Sports

• Charity (horse) (1830–?), winner of the 1841 Grand National
• Charity Golf Classic, a tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1973 to 1975
• Charity Cup, an annual association football competition in New Zealand
• Charity Cup, an Australian soccer competition held between 1903 and 1961 - see Football West State Cup
• Charity Bowl, a one-time postseason college football bowl game, played in 1937

People

• Charity (name), an English feminine given name (including a list of people with the name)
• Amy Charity (born 1976), American racing cyclist
• Nicole Matthews (born 1987), professional wrestler under the ring name Charity

Other uses

• Charity (programming language), a computer programming language
• HMS Charity, various British Royal Navy ships
• MV Charity, a Cypriot cargo ship briefly in service during September 1972
• Charity Hospital (disambiguation)

See also

• Faith, Hope and Charity (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Charity