International

• Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
  Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
  The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis , also called Rosicrucian Order, is a philosophical and humanist worldwide fraternal organization. Members are known as students...
  
  
• Ancient Order of Hibernians
  Ancient Order of Hibernians
  The Ancient Order of Hibernians is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Members must be Catholic and either Irish born or of Irish descent. Its largest membership is now in the United States, where it was founded in New York City in 1836...
  
  
• B'nai Brith
• Civitan
  Civitan
  Civitan International, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is an association of community service clubs founded in 1917. The organization aims "to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people...
  
  
• Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo
  Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo
  The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, Incorporated is a fraternal and service organization whose members are involved in the forests products industry. Hoo-Hoo has members in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and South Africa...
  
  
• DeMolay International
  DeMolay International
  DeMolay International , founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1919, is an international organization for young men ages 12–21. DeMolay derives its name from Jacques DeMolay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar...
  
  
• E Clampus Vitus
  E Clampus Vitus
  The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus is a fraternal organization dedicated to the study and preservation of Western heritage, especially the history of the Mother Lode and gold mining regions of the area...
  
  
• Epsilon Sigma Alpha
  Epsilon Sigma Alpha
  Epsilon Sigma Alpha International is a collegiate and service organization for women and men ages 18 and older. The organization states that its purpose "is to inspire leadership and service by bringing good people together to pursue programs and projects that make a positive difference locally,...
  
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• Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
  Order of the Holy Sepulchre
  The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a Roman Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the pope. It traces its roots to Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade...
  
  
• Fraternal Forestry
  Fraternal Forestry
  The Independent Order of Foresters is a fraternal organization, now based in Toronto, Canada, and operating under the brand Foresters.-History:Foresters traces its origin to a British Friendly Society, a mutual organization caring for the sick...
  
   (Ancient Order of Foresters, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Independent Order of Foresters)
• Fraternal Order of Eagles
  Fraternal Order of Eagles
  Fraternal Order of Eagles International is a fraternal organization that was founded on February 6, 1898, in Seattle, Washington by a group of six theater owners including John Cort , brothers John W. and Tim J. Considine, Harry Leavitt , Mose Goldsmith and Arthur Williams...
  
  
• Fraternal Order of Moai
  Fraternal Order of Moai
  The Fraternal Order of Moai is a fraternal order and social club founded in 2005 by Matt "Kuku Ahu" Thatcher, Jim "Chisel Slinger" Robinson and Joel "Cowtown Kahuna" Gunn. The Order uses the Moai statues of Rapa Nui as a theme...
  
  
• Freemasonry
  Freemasonry
  Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...
  
  
  • Scottish Rite
    Scottish Rite
    The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry , commonly known as simply the Scottish Rite, is one of several Rites of the worldwide fraternity known as Freemasonry...
    
    
  • York Rite
    York Rite
    The York Rite or American Rite is one of several Rites of the worldwide fraternity known as Freemasonry. A Rite is a series of progressive degrees that are conferred by various Masonic organizations or bodies, each of which operates under the control of its own central authority...
    
    
  • Shriners
    Shriners
    The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, also commonly known as Shriners and abbreviated A.A.O.N.M.S., established in 1870, is an appendant body to Freemasonry, based in the United States...
    
    
  • Order of the Eastern Star
    Order of the Eastern Star
    The Order of the Eastern Star is a fraternal organization that both men and women can join. It was established in 1850 by Rob Morris, a lawyer and educator from Boston, Massachusetts, who had been an official with the Freemasons. It is based on teachings from the Bible, but is open to people of all...
    
    
• Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
• Illuminati
  Illuminati
  The Illuminati is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1, 1776...
  
  
• Imperial Court System
  Imperial Court System
  The International Imperial Court System is one of the oldest and largest predominantly gay organizations in the world. The court raises money for charity through large annual fancy-dress costume balls in communities throughout North America and numerous smaller fundraisers each year...
  
  
• International Organisation of Good Templars
  International Organisation of Good Templars
  The IOGT International is an international non-governmental organisation working in the field of temperance...
  
  
• Independent Order of Odd Fellows
  Independent Order of Odd Fellows
  The Independent Order of Odd Fellows , also known as the Three Link Fraternity, is an altruistic and benevolent fraternal organization derived from the similar British Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 18th century, at a time when altruistic and charitable acts were...
  
  
• International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor
  International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor
  The International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor is a black fraternal organization best known as the sponsor of the Taborian Hospital. It was founded in 1872 in Independence, Missouri by Rev. Moses Dickson, an ex-slave born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 5, 1824...
  
  
• Junior Chamber International
  Junior Chamber International
  Junior Chamber International is the only worldwide non-political and non-sectarian youth service organization. It is an international community of citizens between the ages of to with the aim and purpose of creating positive changes in the world...
  
   (Jaycees or Junior Chamber of Commerce)
  • United States Junior Chamber
    United States Junior Chamber
    The United States Junior Chamber is a leadership training and civic organization for people between the ages of 18 and 41. Areas of emphasis are business development, management skills, individual training, community service, and international connections. The U.S...
    
    
• Kiwanis
  Kiwanis
  Kiwanis International is an international, coeducational service club founded in 1915. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Current membership is 240,000 members in 7,700 clubs in 80 nations...
  
  
  • Circle K International
  • Key Club
    Key Club
    Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
    
    
  • Builder's Club
  • K-Kids
  • Aktion Club
• Knights of Columbus
  Knights of Columbus
  The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus....
  
  
  • Columbian Squires
    Columbian Squires
    The Columbian Squires is an international youth fraternity run by the Knights of Columbus for Catholic boys between the ages of 10 and 18.-History:...
    
    
• Knights of Pythias
  Knights of Pythias
  The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, on 19 February 1864.The Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of the United States Congress. It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who had been...
  
  
• Lions Clubs International
  Lions Clubs International
  Lions Clubs International is a secular service organization with over 44,500 clubs and more than 1,368,683 members in 191 countries around the world founded by Melvin Jones Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, the organization aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and...
  
  
• Militia Templi
  Militia Templi
  The Militia Templi , also called the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ , is a lay order of the Roman Catholic Church. -Overview:The Militia Templi is a Roman Catholic private association of the faithful that celebrates its liturgy according to the traditional form in place in 1962, often referred...
  
  
• Moose International
  Moose International
  Moose International is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888, consisting of the Loyal Order of Moose, with nearly 1 million men in roughly 2,400 Lodges, in all 50 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, plus Great Britain and Bermuda; and the Women of the Moose with more than...
  
  
• Optimist International
  Optimist International
  Optimist International is an international service club organization with 3,200 clubs and almost 100,000 members in more than 35 nations throughout the world. The international headquarters is located in St...
  
  
• Orange Order
  Orange Institution
  The Orange Institution is a Protestant fraternal organisation based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, though it has lodges throughout the Commonwealth and United States. The Institution was founded in 1796 near the village of Loughgall in County Armagh, Ireland...
  
  
• Order of the Golden Spur
• Order of Pius IX
  Order of Pius IX
  The Order of Pius IX , also referred as the Pian Order , is a Papal order of knighthood founded on 17 June 1847 by Pope Pius IX.-Classes:The Order comprises five classes:...
  
  
• Order of St Gregory the Great
• Ordo Templi Orientis
  Ordo Templi Orientis
  Ordo Templi Orientis is an international fraternal and religious organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century...
  
  
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
  
• Rosicrucian Fellowship
  Rosicrucian Fellowship
  The Rosicrucian Fellowship – "An International Association of Christian Mystics" – was founded in 1909 by Max Heindel as herald of the Aquarian Age and with the aim of publicly promulgating "the true Philosophy" of the Rosicrucians....
  
  
• Rotary International
  Rotary International
  Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
  
  
• Round Table Club
• Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes
  Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes
  The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes is a Fraternal, Benevolent and Social Organisation in the United Kingdom. It has no Royal patronage; it was founded after the Flood, it is not a recognised Order of chivalry and has no connection with buffaloes...
  
  
• Ruritan
  Ruritan
  Ruritan National is a service club located in small towns and rural areas in the United States. It aims to achieve "Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service". The local clubs are autonomous from the national organization...
  
  
• Samaritans (charity)
  Samaritans (charity)
  Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their telephone helpline. The name comes from the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, though the organisation...
  
  
• Sertoma International
  Sertoma International
  Sertoma Inc., formerly known as Sertoma International, is an organization of service clubs founded on April 11, 1912. The name is an acronym for Service to Mankind. Sertoma has clubs all over the United States and in Canada...
  
  
• Soroptimist
  Soroptimist
  Founded in 1921, Soroptimist International is a world-wide volunteer service organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world...
  
  
• Venerable Order of Saint John
  Venerable Order of Saint John
  The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem , is a royal order of chivalry established in 1831 and found today throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, Hong Kong, Ireland and the United States of America, with the world-wide mission "to prevent and relieve sickness and...
  
  
• Woodmen of the World
  Woodmen of the World
  Woodmen of the World is a fraternal organization based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that operates a large privately held insurance company for its members....
  
  
• Zonta International
  Zonta International
  Zonta International is an international service organization founded in Buffalo, New York in 1919 with the mission of advancing the status of women.Currently, Zonta International is headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois...
  
  

Australia

• Apex
  Apex Clubs of Australia
  The Association of Apex Clubs of Australia is the collective name given to the 330 individual Apex Clubs throughout Australia. An Apex club is a community service club, neither sectarian nor party political, that provides young civic minded people the opportunity to volunteer within the community...
  
  
• Knights of the Southern Cross
  Knights of the Southern Cross
  The Knights of the Southern Cross is a Catholic fraternal order committed to promoting the Christian way of life throughout Australia....
  
  
• United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
  United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
  The United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory is the main governing body of Freemasonry within the Australian state of New South Wales that also wholly encloses the Australian Capital Territory containing the national capital city, Canberra...
  
  

Canada

• AKO Fraternity
• Canadian Fraternal Association
  Canadian Fraternal Association
  The Canadian Fraternal Association is a trade association for fraternal benefit societies in Canada which engages in advocacy on their behalf as well as providing services.It represents fraternal organizations with approximately 400,000 Canadian members...
  
  
• Canadian Order for Home Circles
  Fraternal Forestry
  The Independent Order of Foresters is a fraternal organization, now based in Toronto, Canada, and operating under the brand Foresters.-History:Foresters traces its origin to a British Friendly Society, a mutual organization caring for the sick...
  
  
• Kin Canada
  Kin Canada
  Kin Canada is a secular Canadian non-profit service organization that promotes service, fellowship, positive values, and national pride....
  
  
• Knights of Pythias
  Knights of Pythias
  The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, on 19 February 1864.The Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of the United States Congress. It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who had been...
  
  

Europe

• Grand Order of Water Rats
  Grand Order of Water Rats
  The Grand Order of Water Rats is an entertainment industry charity, and brotherhood, based in London. The Water Rats were founded in 1889 by comedian Joe Elvin. The first King Rat, as the head of the charity is termed, was music hall singer Harry Freeman. Comedian Dan Leno joined in 1890 and was...
  
  
• Oddfellows
  Oddfellows
  The name Oddfellows refers to a number of friendly societies and fraternal organisations operating in the United Kingdom. It also refers to a number of Lodges with histories dating back to the 18th century. These various organisations were set up to protect and care for their members and...
  
  
• Orange Order
  Orange Institution
  The Orange Institution is a Protestant fraternal organisation based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, though it has lodges throughout the Commonwealth and United States. The Institution was founded in 1796 near the village of Loughgall in County Armagh, Ireland...
  
  
• Order of Scottish Clans
  Order of Scottish Clans
  The Order of Scottish Clans was a fraternal and benevolent society founded in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 30, 1878. The dual purpose of the Order was to provide life and disability insurance to Scottish immigrants and their descendants, and also to preserve the culture and traditions of...
  
  
• Order Tutor
  Order Tutor
  Order Tutor is a fraternal organization based in Aarhus, Denmark. The order was established in 1984, upon ancient foundations, with connotations towards Freemasonry and a non-political, non-religious constitution. The order admits both men and women in separate lodges....
  
  

United States

• Afro-American Sons and Daughters
• Aid Association of Lutherans
  Aid Association of Lutherans
  The Aid Association for Lutherans was founded in 1902 in Wisconsin as a fraternal benefit society aimed at providing low-cost life insurance to its members and supporting Lutheran communities in America....
  
  
• Aura's House
  Aura's House
  Aura’s House is an online grassroots project, which raises funds for needy children and their families. Specifically, Aura’s House raises funds for housing, health, income generation, and education projects for needy children in developing countries....
  
  
• Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
  Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
  The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868...
  
  
• Chautauqua Institute
• Danish Brotherhood in America
  Danish Brotherhood in America
  Danish Brotherhood in America is a fraternal organization that was founded in 1882 in Omaha, Nebraska. It has about 8,000 members in 2010. A period report said of the Danish Brotherhood, "This is by far the strongest and most influential secular organization about the Danes in America."- History...
  
  
• Fraternal Order Orioles
  Fraternal Order Orioles
  Fraternal Order Orioles is a social and charitable organization that was founded in August 1910. The organization currently consists of about 54 local Nests and affiliated Auxiliaries located in 9 States in the eastern United States....
  
  
• Improved Order of Red Men
  Improved Order of Red Men
  The Improved Order of Red Men traces its origin to certain secret patriotic societies founded before the American Revolution. They were established to promote Liberty and to defy the tyranny of the English Crown. Among the early groups were: The Sons of Liberty, the Sons of St...
  
  
• Knights of Columbus
  Knights of Columbus
  The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus....
  
  
• Knights of Peter Claver
• Knights of Pythias
  Knights of Pythias
  The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, on 19 February 1864.The Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of the United States Congress. It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who had been...
  
  
• Knights of the Golden Eagle
  Knights of the Golden Eagle
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• Knights of the Kappa Alpha Order
  Kappa Alpha Order
  Kappa Alpha Order is a social fraternity and fraternal order. Kappa Alpha Order has 124 active chapters, 3 provisional chapters, and 2 commissions...
  
  
• Knights of the Maccabees
  Knights of the Maccabees
  Knights of the Maccabees was a fraternal organization formed in 1878 in London, Ontario, Canada. A related but separate organization, "Maccabees of the World", was also established, the two merging under the title "The Knights of the Maccabees of the World" , later shortened to the Maccabees in...
  
  
• MEANA (Malayalee Engineers Association in North America)
  MEANA (Malayalee Engineers Association in North America)
  Malayalee Engineers Association in North America is a non-profit, non-political fellowship of Malayalee engineers in the USA. The primary objective is to provide a platform for sharing common interests of the engineers with Malayalee origin, find resolution for issues and contribute to the...
  
  
• National Haymakers Association
• Native Sons of the Golden West
  Native Sons of the Golden West
  -History:The Native Sons of the Golden West was founded July 11, 1875 by General A. M. Winn, a Virginian, as a lasting monument to the men and women of the Gold Rush Days...
  
  
• Order of Heptasophs
  Order of Heptasophs
  The Order of Heptasophs was a fraternal organization established in New Orleans, Louisiana in April 1852. The name is derived from Greek roots meaning seven and wise and means the seven wise men...
  
  
• Improved Order of Heptasophs
  Improved Order of Heptasophs
  The Improved Order of Heptasophs is a fraternal organization established in 1878 when its founding members split from the Order of Heptasophs in a dispute over offering mutual aid to its membership...
  
  
• The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry (The Grange)
• Order of the Arrow
  Order of the Arrow
  The Order of the Arrow is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America . It uses American Indian-styled traditions and ceremonies to bestow recognition on scouts selected by their peers as best exemplifying the ideals of Scouting. The society was created by E. Urner Goodman, with the...
  
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  Boy Scouts of America
  The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
  
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• Order of Scottish Clans
  Order of Scottish Clans
  The Order of Scottish Clans was a fraternal and benevolent society founded in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 30, 1878. The dual purpose of the Order was to provide life and disability insurance to Scottish immigrants and their descendants, and also to preserve the culture and traditions of...
  
  
• Order Sons of Italy in America
  Order Sons of Italy in America
  The Order Sons of Italy in America is the largest and oldest Italian American fraternal organization in the United States. A similar organization also exists in Canada.-History:...
  
  
• Sons of Norway
  Sons of Norway
  Sons of Norway is a fraternal organization representing people of Norwegian heritage in the United States and Canada. It describes its mission as "to promote and to preserve the heritage and culture of Norway, to celebrate our relationship with other Nordic Countries, and provide quality...
  
  
• Sons of Confederate Veterans
  Sons of Confederate Veterans
  Sons of Confederate Veterans is an American national heritage organization with members in all fifty states and in almost a dozen countries in Europe, Australia and South America...
  
  
• Sons of the American Revolution
  Sons of the American Revolution
  The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution is a Louisville, Kentucky-based fraternal organization in the United States...
  
  
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
  Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
  Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is an American fraternal organization, the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic . Founded in late 1881, it was originally one of several competing organizations of descendants of Union veterans...
  
  
• Unico National
  Unico National
  Unico National is a service organization of Italian Americans established in Waterbury, CT in 1922 to "engage in charitable works, support higher education, and perform patriotic deeds". At that time, the trial of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti was in the news, and many stories fostered a belief...
  
  
• United States Power Squadrons
  United States Power Squadrons
  The United States Power Squadrons is a non-profit educational organization, founded in 1914, whose mission is to improve maritime safety and enjoyability through classes in seamanship, navigation, and other related subjects. The USPS comprises approximately 45,000 members organized into 450...
  
  
• Woodmen of the World
  Woodmen of the World
  Woodmen of the World is a fraternal organization based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that operates a large privately held insurance company for its members....
  
  

External links

• Survey of Secret Societies and Museum of Fraternal Lithographs Survey of history and ritual covering diverse organizations including Freemasonry, and groups that have imitated Masonry such as the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Red Men, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Knights of the Maccabees, B'nai B'rith, Orange Order, Royal Black Preceptory, Hibernians, Greek Letter Fraternities, etc. and so-called magical fraternities such as the Ordo Templi Orientis and Aurum Solis.
• Complete listing of all secret society, fraternal organizations and fraternal orders with abbreviations, with slogans and mottoes
• The Web of Hiram A Site dealing with Freemasonry at Bradford University.
• World Orders of Knighthood and Merit
• Catholic Encyclopedia entry for Military Orders