Lodges in Metropolitan Areas or Provinces in England and Wales are required to pay annual contributions to The Masonic Charitable Foundation for each member, with the amount set by Grand Lodge resolution in June of the preceding year. No contributions are required for members of overseas Lodges. Lodges restricted to Installed Masters must pay contributions only for Brethren who are not members of other Lodges. If a Brother belongs solely to such a Lodge, the Lodge where he has been a member the longest is responsible for his contribution. Additionally, this Brother must pay an annual subscription equal to the Lodge's contribution, which is not considered when determining if all members entitled to the same privileges pay the same subscription, as outlined in Rule 145.
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There shall be payable to The Masonic Charitable Foundation by every Lodge in a Metropolitan Area or a Province or in England and Wales that is unattached in respect of each of its members annual contributions of not less than such amount as shall be fixed for each calendar year by resolution of the Grand Lodge in the preceding June. (No payment is due in respect of members of Lodges Overseas). Provided that any Lodge in a Metropolitan Area or Province that is from time to time determined by the Board of General Purposes to be a Lodge the membership of which is restricted to Brethren who are Installed Masters but which is otherwise open without further restriction to all Brethren either within the relevant Metropolitan Area or Province, or within a group of Lodges linked together by a common purpose or affiliation, shall pay annual contributions in respect of those Brethren only who are not members of any other Lodge, and in the case of a Brother who is a member only of one or more such Lodges restricted to Installed Masters the Lodge of which he has been longest a member shall alone pay the annual contribution in respect of him. Such a Brother shall pay, by way of annual subscription, a further additional amount equal to the annual contribution payable in respect of him by such Lodge, but such additional amount shall be disregarded in determining for the purposes of Rule 145 whether all the members of the Lodge entitled to the same privileges pay the same subscription.