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fraternal benefit society
Fraternal Benefit Societies or Fraternals are not for profit membership organizations that have a representative form of government and are organized through a lodge system 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 IRS Rule 1.501(c)(8)-1, Operating Under the Lodge System, Lodge System Defined )〕 to carry out social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic or religious purposes. Fraternals provide members with life insurance and other financial protection benefits in accordance with state law and use the earnings to fund member-supported community activities. Fraternals are chartered by state law and have been exempt from income tax under Section 501(c)(8) of the U.S. Tax Code since 1909.
==History==
Fraternal Benefit Societies trace their lineage back through mutual benefit societies, friendly societies and eventually to medieval guilds.
Many fraternal benefit societies were founded to serve the needs of immigrants and other under-served groups who shared common bonds of religion, ethnicity, gender, occupation or shared values. The first modern American fraternal benefit society was the Ancient Order of United Workmen, founded by John J. Upchurch in 1868.〔(Ancient Order of United Workmen ) - History at Phoenix Masonic Museum〕
As Walter Bayse wrote in his history of fraternals:〔
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