Masonic Organizations
Houston Masonic Library & Museum
Educational and benevolent support in Houston, grounded in the tenets of Freemasonry: brotherly love, relief, and truth.
2370 Barker Oaks Dr., Houston, TX 77077
Our Mission
Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth
“The mission of the Houston Masonic Library and Museum is to support educational and benevolent assistance consistent with the tenets of Freemasonry, which are brotherly love, relief, and truth.”
— Houston Masonic Library and Museum
Brotherly Love
Care for one another and for the whole family of humankind.
Relief
Help for those in need, within the fraternity and beyond it.
Truth
Learning, honesty, and a life that improves with knowledge.
“The range of charities we do and can support is very broad, including about anything that can help people grow and improve, and that can improve their quality of life.”
A Particular Emphasis
Education of Children
“We have a particular emphasis on education of children, consistent with the fact that Texas Freemasonry has always been a major supporter of education in the state. The Library/Museum has a fund dedicated solely to supporting children’s music education. This includes providing scholarships to elementary and middle school music students to help them further their music education. It also includes supporting organizations like the Houston Symphony for its children’s music education programs.”
Mozart Hammond Scholarship Fund
The Library’s children’s music fund carries the name of two great Houston maestros, Clarence and Mozart Hammond. Scholarships are awarded each December, with auditions held in the fall.
- Scholarships for elementary and middle school music students
- Support for the Houston Symphony’s children’s music education programs
Giving Through Masonic Partners
Gray Lodge and Bluebell Chapter
“Some of our charitable contributions are made through two Masonic-related organizations — Gray Masonic Lodge and Bluebell Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. We support the charitable efforts of these organizations.”
Gray Masonic Lodge No. 329
- Scholarships each year to high school graduates headed for college
- Appreciation meals and gifts for school teachers and first responders (police, fire, EMT)
- Aid to people facing short-term financial crises
Bluebell Chapter No. 856, OES
- Annual gifts to selected charities, some of which aid women in need (Eastern Star is a women’s organization related to Masonry)
- Stuffed animals donated to the Houston Fire Department and Houston courts to soothe children in stressful situations
Also Supported
Children’s Hospitals and Texas History
Children’s Hospitals
“We also support the Masonic-related children’s hospitals in the greater Houston area.”
Texas History
“Our education efforts include providing information on Texas history.”
From the Library’s Projects
Red Wagon Fund
In 2011, the Houston Masonic Library & Museum began helping the Care Coordination department at Shriners Hospital for Children – Houston with a special need for its littlest patients.
Transporting patients to and from surgery and treatments was especially difficult in some cases. Standard wheelchairs were often too big and completely inappropriate for children in body casts from hip surgery.
How to Give
Support the Library’s Work
If your employer offers workplace giving or gift matching through Benevity, you can support the Library there. Search your company’s giving portal for Houston Masonic Library and Museum Foundation, or use its ID number, 30-0198991.