Masonic Charities

In 2014, Minnesota Masonic Charities pledged $25 million to the University’s children’s hospital, bringing their total University giving to $160 million. In honor of this milestone, the hospital was renamed the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital.

Support from the Masonic Cancer Center Fund began with a $1 million gift to build the Masonic Memorial Hospital. The hospital admitted its first patient in 1958.  In April 2008, Minnesota Masonic Charities presented the University of Minnesota with an extraordinary gift of $65 million—the most significant gift ever made to the University—to seek a cure for cancer. Over the years, Minnesota Masonic Charities total giving has reached an amazing $160 Million..

In 2020, The University of Minnesota announced a $35 million gift from Minnesota Masonic Charities, the University’s largest single donor. This contribution established the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, an interdisciplinary initiative focused on the early diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders in early childhood and adolescence.