Charity

 

  • The Society continues, after quarter of a millennium, to provide monthly allowances to Scots in need, who are infirm, or have pressing pecuniary requirements. Through our Almoners program we support and provide supplementary income for individuals of all ages who require financial aid as a result of substance abuse, chronic medical conditions, mental illness, hospitalization or who are debilitated due to old age.
  • Since 1856 the Society has maintained a large plot at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn and provides all funeral costs and a final resting place for those members in need and those Scots in New York unable to provide a burial for their loved ones.
  • The Society has provided support to the British Memorial Garden Trust at Hanover Square, which serves to remember those British citizens who lost their lives in 9/11.
  • Efforts include significant grants to outstanding charitable and cultural organizations in Scotland and the United States including donations to Glasgow School of Art, University of Glasgow, Queen Margaret University College, Gracie Mansion Conservancy, Black Watch Council, Public T.V. for production of the Scottish cultural program “The Mysts of Scotland”, and most recently the commission of a plaque to be placed at the Statue of writer and poet, Robert Ferguson in Edinburgh, Scotland.