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, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a ...

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) In Christian theology, charity (Latin: ''caritas'') is considered one of the seven virtues and is understood by Thomas Aquinas as "the friendship of man for God", which "unites us to God". He holds it as "the most excellent of the virtues". F ...

, the Christian religious concept of unlimited love and kindness

Places

Charity, Guyana Charity is a small township in Guyana, located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region No.2, which is part of the Essequibo County. The government of Charity is managed by the Charity/Urasara Neighbourhood Democratic Council. Charity has a recently const ...

, a small township * Charity, Missouri, a community in the United States * Mount Charity, Antarctica *

Charity Glacier Charity Glacier () is a glacier on Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the southwest slopes of St. Methodius Peak in Tangra Mountains, and flowing west-southwestwards into False Bay north of Bar ...

, Livingston Island, Antarctica * Charity Island (Tasmania), Australia *

Charity Creek Charity Creek, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It joins the Parramatta River at Meadowbank Park, Meadowbank. Ecology The source of the creek is in t ...

, Sydney, Australia * Charity Lake, British Columbia, Canada *

Charity Island (Michigan) Charity Island, also known as Big Charity Island, is the largest island in Saginaw Bay, in the Michigan waters of Lake Huron. The island is in area and has about of shoreline. It is part of Whitney Township, in Arenac County. The island also con ...

, 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 A partially complete list of songs by Cole Porter. *Songs written at Yale University: :“Antoinette Birby” :“Bingo Eli Yale” :“Bull Dog” *''Cora'' (1911 college musical) *''And the Villain Still Pursued Her'' (1912 college musical) : ...

* "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) Charity is an English feminine given name derived from the English word '' charity''. It was used by the Puritans as a virtue name. An earlier form of the name, Caritas, was an early Christian name in use by Romans. Charity is also the usual Engli ...

, an English feminine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *

Amy Charity Amy M. Charity (born November 25, 1976) is an American former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally for the team in 2015. She raced in the 2015 UCI Road World Championships. Since retiring, Charity co-founded the SBT GRVL off-road ...

(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 ...

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

Sports

Charity (horse) Charity was a racehorse who won the 1841 Grand National at the second attempt, defeating ten rivals in a time of 13 minutes 25 seconds. William Vevers was the official trainer of Charity. The owner of the horse was William Craven, 2nd Earl of ...

(1830–?), winner of the 1841 Grand National *

Charity Golf Classic The Charity Golf Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1973 to 1975.LPGA Tournament Chron ...

, a tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1973 to 1975 *

Charity Cup The Charity Cup (known as the ASB Charity Cup for sponsorship reasons) is New Zealand's association football super cup, which takes place on annual basis. The competition was founded in 1978 as the NZFA Challenge Trophy. The Champions of the N ...

, an annual association football competition in New Zealand * Charity Cup, an Australian soccer competition held between 1903 and 1961 - see

Football West State Cup The Football West State Cup is a soccer competition held between clubs in the Australian state of Western Australia, known as the Belt Up Cup for sponsorship reasons. It serves as preliminary rounds for the Australia Cup, previously known as the ...

* Charity Bowl, 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) Charity Hospital may refer to: * Charity Hospital (New Orleans) Charity Hospital was one of two teaching hospitals which were part of the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (MCLNO), the other being University Hospital. Three weeks aft ...

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 interpretati ...

, in philosophy and rhetoric