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.

• Aid Association of Lutherans (US)
• American Legion of Honor (US)
• Ancient Order of United Workmen (US and Canada)
• Artisans Order of Mutual Protection (US)
• Australian Natives' Association (Australia)
• Benenden Health (UK)
• Benevolent Irish Society (Canada)
• Benevolent Society (Australia)
• Brotherhood of American Yeomen (US and Canada)
• Canadian Fraternal Association (Canada)
• Canadian Order of Chosen Friends (Canada)
• Catholic Financial Life (US)
• Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society (US)
• Degree of Honor Protective Association (US)
• Engage Mutual Assurance (UK)
• Exeter Friendly Society (UK)
• Foresters Financial (Canada, UK, US)
• Foresters Friendly Society (UK)
• Free African Union Society (US)
• Fraternal Brotherhood (US)
• Girls' Friendly Society (UK and others)
• Gleaner Life Insurance Society (aka Ancient Order of Gleaners)(US)
• Harting Old Club (UK)
• Healthy Investment (UK)
• Independent Order of Rechabites (UK and others)
• International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor (US and others)
• Irish National Foresters (Ireland and others)
• Knights of Columbus (US and others)
• Knights of Peter Claver (US and others)
• Knights of Pythias (US)
• Knights of the Maccabees (Canada and US)
• Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society (UK)
• 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

• List of general fraternities
• List of North American ethnic and religious fraternal orders
• List of North American fraternal orders