# Provincial Grand Masters Discretionary Fund (Dorset)

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1214840 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1214840)
- Website: https://www.dorsetfreemasonry.org
- What it funds: General charitable purposes
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Dorset
- Other names: Pgmdf (working)
- Trustees: 7
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/provincial-grand-masters-discretionary-fund

To further such charitable purposes (charitable under English law) as the trustees see fit from time to time by the provision of grants to individuals, in need and/or charities, or other organisations

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To further such charitable purposes (charitable under english law) as the trustees see fit from time to time by the provision of grants to individuals, in need and/or charities, or other organisations.

## What it funds

Provincial Grand Masters Discretionary Fund (Dorset) is registered under general charitable purposes for children / young people, older people, people with disabilities and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Dorset.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Provincial Grand Masters Discretionary Fund (Dorset) in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). Its website (dorsetfreemasonry.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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