Charity may refer to:

Common meanings

Charitable organization A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ...

or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons *

Charity (practice) The practice of charity is the voluntary giving of help to those in need, as a humanitarian act, unmotivated by self-interest. There are a number of philosophies about charity, often associated with religion. Etymology The word ''charity'' or ...

, the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing * Charity (Christian virtue), the Christian religious concept of unlimited love and kindness

Places

* Charity, Guyana, a small township *

Charity, Missouri Charity is an unincorporated community in southern Dallas County, Missouri, Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route M approximately one mile west of the Niangua River. The Charity School buildings lie about ...

, a community in the United States *

Mount Charity Mount Charity is mountain in Antarctica. It lies south of Mount Hope, rising from the south end of the Eternity Range in northern Palmer Land. It was first seen from the air and named by Lincoln Ellsworth during his flights of November 21 and ...

, Antarctica * Charity Glacier, Livingston Island, Antarctica * Charity Island (Tasmania), Australia * Charity Creek, Sydney, Australia * Charity Lake, British Columbia, Canada * Charity Island (Michigan), United States

Arts and 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) * "Charity", a 1912 Cole Porter song - see List of songs written by Cole Porter * "Charity" (Courtney Barnett song) * "Charity" (song), a 1995 single by Skunk Anansie

Paintings

* ''Charity'' (Pollaiuolo), a 1469 painting by Piero del Pollaiuolo * ''Charity'' (Reni, Florence), a c. 1611 painting by Guido Reni * ''Charity'' (Reni, New York), a c. 1629–1630 painting by Reni

People and fictional characters

* Charity (name), an English feminine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Amy Charity (born 1976), American racing cyclist *

Nicole Matthews Lindsay Miller (born January 15, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by her ring name Nicole Matthews. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling among other independent p ...

(born 1987), professional wrestler under the ring name Charity

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 The Charity Bowl was a one-time postseason college football bowl game held on December 25, 1937, in Los Angeles, California. The game featured Fresno State and Central Arkansas. Fresno State won, 27–26.''Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Rec ...

, a one-time postseason college football bowl game, played in 1937

Other uses

* HMS ''Charity'', several British Royal Navy ships * MV ''Charity'', a Cypriot cargo ship briefly in service during September 1972 * Charity Hospital (disambiguation) *

Principle of charity In philosophy and rhetoric, the principle of charity or charitable interpretation requires interpreting a speaker's statements in the most rational way possible and, in the case of any argument, considering its best, strongest possible interpretat ...

, in philosophy and rhetoric