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) Charity is the Volunteering, voluntary provision of assistance to those in need. It serves as a Humanitarianism, humanitarian act, and is unmotivated by self-interest. Various Philosophy, philosophies about charity exist, with frequent association ...

, the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing * Charity (Christian virtue), 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 cons ...

, a small township * Charity, Missouri, a community in the United States * Mount Charity, 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" (song), a 1995 single by Skunk Anansie * "Charity" (Courtney Barnett song) * "Charity", a 1912 Cole Porter song - see List of songs written by Cole Porter

Television episodes

* "Charity" (''Dilbert'' episode) * "Charity" (''Malcolm in the Middle'' episode) * "Charity" (''Moral Orel'') * "Charity" (''The Office'') * "Charity" (''Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle'' series 2 episode 1) * "Charity" (''Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle'' series 2 episode 3)

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 Eng ...

, 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 Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cr ...

(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 independe ...

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

Sports

Charity (horse) Charity was a racehorse who won the 1841 Grand National at her 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 Chro ...

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

Charity Cup The Charity Cup, also referred to as the NZF Charity Cup (previously 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 19 ...

, 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 Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (assoc ...

* 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) *

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