royal masonic trust for girls and boys

Name

royal masonic trust for girls and boys

Legal name

Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys

Website

https://rmtgb.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Grant-Making

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Charitable grants
• Education funding
• Youth welfare
• Talent development
• Poverty relief

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations from Freemasons: RMTGB is funded primarily through voluntary donations and fundraising activities organized by Freemasons across the UK. Provincial Grand Lodges conduct Festival Appeals to raise funds for the charity.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys is a UK charity that provides financial grants and welfare support to children and young people from Masonic families facing financial hardship, distress, or other challenges. Its core offering includes direct educational grants covering tuition fees, uniforms, and learning materials, alongside talent development funding through TalentAid, choral bursaries, and grants to partner children's charities through the Stepping Stones scheme.

Product overview

The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys is a UK charity offering a portfolio of grant programs and support services for children and young people from Masonic families facing financial hardship or other challenges. The core offerings include: Grants & Petitions for educational expenses; TalentAid for exceptional talents in music, sports, and arts; Stepping Stones grants to other children's charities; Choral Bursaries; and Lifelites support for seriously ill children. The organization is transitioning to the new Masonic Charitable Foundation from April.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TalentAid: Program supporting young people with extraordinary talents in areas such as music, sports, art, and other fields by providing funding for special training, equipment, or participation in events.
• Stepping Stones
• Choral Bursaries

Products and services

• Grants & Petitions Main grant program providing financial assistance to families for children's educational costs including tuition fees, uniforms, and educational materials. Aimed at children and young people from Masonic families experiencing financial hardship or distress.
• TalentAid Program supporting young people with extraordinary talents in areas such as music, sports, art, and other fields by providing funds for special training, equipment, or participation in events. Targeted at talented youth from Masonic families.
• Stepping Stones Grant scheme providing funding to local and national charities working with disadvantaged children and young people, having awarded over £1.3 million to 63 organizations to remove barriers to education and employment.
• Choral Bursaries Support program providing bursaries for choral opportunities for young people from Masonic families.
• Lifelites Support Partnership providing technology and entertainment support to seriously ill children through the Lifelites organization across the UK.
• Further Support Additional support services for families and children beyond the main grant programs, covering a broader range of welfare needs.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and flagship.

• The Scout AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 September 2015RMTGB awarded £211,200 to The Scout Association's Better Prepared campaign, which aims to ensure every young person in the UK has the chance to be involved in Scouting. The grant supports opening at least one new section in 200 of the most deprived areas of England and Wales, with grants of up to £3,200 available to new groups for premises, equipment, or volunteer training. The partnership aims to create 1,320 new spaces for young people and recruit 66 adult volunteers.
• LifelitescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRMTGB provides significant support to Lifelites, a relief organization focused on improving the lives of seriously ill children by offering customized technology and entertainment. Together, the organizations make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and adolescents across the UK.
• Masonic Charitable FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe four existing central Masonic Charities, including RMTGB, are consolidating under the new Masonic Charitable Foundation. This new entity will be one of the largest charities in the country, continuing to offer the same support and services to Freemasons and family members, as well as non-Masonic charitable causes supported by the Craft. The transition began after unanimous member votes in October 2015, with grants beginning from 1 April.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Masonic Charitable Foundation: The Masonic Charitable Foundation is the larger successor organization into which RMTGB was due to consolidate. Its UK-wide grantmaking for Freemasons, families, and wider charitable causes makes it the closest organizational and funding-model comparator.
• Barnardo’s: Barnardo’s is a large UK charity supporting vulnerable children and young people through fundraising and service delivery. It is comparable in beneficiary mission and funding base, while operating at substantially greater scale and breadth.
• The Children’s Society: The Children’s Society supports disadvantaged children through specialist services, advocacy, and charitable programs. Its work addresses an overlapping youth population and competes for many of the same donors, though it has a more operational service model.

Direct peers

• The Childhood Trust: The Childhood Trust raises and distributes funds to help disadvantaged children across the UK. Its child-focused grantmaking and reliance on public donations closely match RMTGB's core social-support model.
• Buttle UK: Buttle UK provides grants and support to children and young people experiencing severe disadvantage, including assistance with education. Its individual and family grant programs are closely comparable to RMTGB's Grants & Petitions offering.
• BBC Children in Need: BBC Children in Need raises donations and awards grants to organizations supporting disadvantaged children and young people. Its national fund-and-grant intermediary model strongly overlaps with RMTGB's charitable distribution activities.
• Family Action: Family Action supports vulnerable children and families through practical assistance, grants, and frontline services. It is comparable to RMTGB in target beneficiaries and mission, although it has a broader direct-service model.
• Reedham Children’s Trust: Reedham Children’s Trust supports children and young people through grant assistance and charitable funding. Its child-focused grant distribution makes it a relevant direct comparator for RMTGB's education and hardship programs.

Emerging players

• The Prince’s Trust: The Prince’s Trust helps young people through education, training, employment, and personal-development programs. It serves an overlapping youth population and deploys funding toward individual advancement, but is not primarily a donor-advised grantmaker.
• The Sutton Trust: The Sutton Trust advances educational opportunity and social mobility through research, programs, and grantmaking. Its education-focused mission and funding activities partially overlap with RMTGB's education grants and TalentAid support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

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