The Masonic Youth Foundation provides resources, training, conferences and adult leadership to a variety of Pennsylvania Masonic sponsored youth groups and the greater community.

Masonic youth organizations supported by the foundation include DeMolay, Job’s Daughters, Knights of Pythagoras, Rainbow Girls and Ruth Mitchell Tucker Girls Youth Department, which foster the values of Freemasonry and give youth a place to develop and succeed.

Community Support & Donations

All youth organizations embrace the importance of community service and charitable outreach. Community service efforts in 2025 included:

• The Pennsylvania Knights of Pythagoras held a statewide toy drive and delivered items to women’s and children’s shelters during the holiday season, including in Philadelphia, Coatesville, Steelton and Wilkinsburg.
• DeMolay State Master Councilor Chris Misko presented a $500 donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pennsylvania.
• At DeMolay International’s Annual Session in Orlando, Florida, DeMolay members from across the world made 500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, thanks to Pennsylvania DeMolay’s donation of sandwich supplies for the Civic Service Project. They also sponsored and made 50 blankets for pediatric patients at the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
• The Ruth Mitchell Tucker Girls’ initiatives included fundraising for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and participating in Prince Hall PA‘s Community Health Fair.
• Pennsylvania Rainbow Girls’ charitable initiatives for the year included the goal of raising $4,500 for the state charity, My Stuff Bags Foundation. They also made dog toys for the Humane Society and assembled Blessing Bags for unhoused individuals.
• Adult leaders from Pennsylvania Rainbow Girls raised over $800 for the charities PA Rainbow supports, including the 2024-2025 Grand Worthy Advisor’s Charity, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, with an auction during their adult leadership weekend.
• Job’s Daughters raised $4,250 for the H.I.K.E. Fund, which provides hearing devices for children, between the ages of newborn and 20 years, whose parents are unable to meet this special need financially.
• William C. Graham Manor, Order of Squires (an appendant organization for younger youth, ages 9-11, associated with Lorraine DeMolay Chapter in Butler), held a fundraiser dinner, Pasta for Pets, to benefit the Butler County Humane Society. The event raised $1,700 for the shelter, as well as donation of blankets and soft toys for the animals in their care.
• Lorraine DeMolay Chapter and William C. Graham Manor organized a sausage sandwich dinner fundraiser and collected donations for Isaiah 117 House, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe and loving environment for children awaiting foster care placement. They raised a total of $1,400.

“So proud of this amazing crew! Thank you for helping us change the way foster care begins in our community!”

Isaiah 117 House on its Facebook page

Educational Opportunities

1,530 individuals attended 20 virtual and in-person workshops. Educators, human service professionals and school administrators across the Commonwealth have access to these sessions free of charge, with more than 100 hours of total training provided. The workshops cover a multitude of topics, from “Creating Emotional Well-being in the Digital World” to “Bullying, Trauma and the Brain.”

The foundation covers the costs of the workshops, which are $1,000 per session, for a total of $20,000. The in-person workshops were held at the Masonic Conference Center, where we provided a continental breakfast and catered lunch at a cost of $1,733.

All youth organizations embrace the importance of community service and charitable outreach. The Foundation granted $2,150 toward charitable activities for various Masonic youth organizations and also sponsored 20 attendees at the LifeSkills Conference and five at the Girls’ Leadership Camp at a cost of $10,162.

“Thank you for sponsoring me this year at LifeSkills. It was my 4th year here, and I could not be more grateful for the experience. This makes such a positive impact on my life!”

Kaleb

We sponsored the 13th annual “Empowering Student Bystanders to Upstanders” workshop, led by anti-bullying educator and partner of the Masonic Youth Foundation Deb McCoy, for elementary-age students from Central Intermediate Unit 10‘s member schools.

In 2025, $153,500 in scholarships were given to 51 young adults to support them as they pursued their dreams of higher education.

“It is an honor to have been chosen for the David Bondzio scholarship. This scholarship will make it possible to continue my education at Westminster College and to pursue my goal of becoming an Occupational Therapist. I would like to express my gratitude to your organization for this opportunity and generous support.”

Whitney Bobish, occupational therapy major, Westminster College

Today I moved to campus for my sophomore year at Elizabethtown College, and I am filled with gratitude for the support that you have provided to help make this possible. Thank you again for your generous scholarship. While my classes will not be any easier this year, it is a comfort to know that my financial burden is a little lighter. This summer, I was able to shadow doctors from two hospital systems and further impressed on me that my calling to be a medical doctor and work with individuals with disabilities in a pediatric or general practice is a true vocation. Thank you for helping to make this possible!

Arun Gopinath, biology and pre-medical major, Elizabethtown College