DeMolay International

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DeMolay International

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Countries with active chapters
Named after	Jacques de Molay
Formation	March 24, 1919; 105 years ago (1919-03-24)
Founder	Frank Sherman Land
Founded at	Kansas City, Missouri
Type	Masonic Sect
Location	10200 NW Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153
Coordinates	39°16′42″N 94°40′17″W / 39.2784°N 94.6713°W / 39.2784; -94.6713
Region
Membership (2019)	15,887
Volunteers	> 4 million worldwide[1]
Website	demolay.org

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DeMolay International is a youth leadership organization with Masonic origins for young men ages 12 to 21. There is in select areas a "Squire" program for those younger than 12. It was founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1919 and named for Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. DeMolay was incorporated in the 1990s and is classified by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

DeMolay is open for membership to young men between the ages of 12 and 21 who acknowledge a higher spiritual power. It has about 12,000 active members spread throughout every continent except for Antarctica.^[2] There are active chapters in Canada, Germany, Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Argentina, Aruba, French Guiana, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador (affiliated to Peru jurisdiction), Italy, Romania, Greece (affiliated to Romania jurisdiction), France, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia (affiliated to Serbia jurisdiction), Bulgaria and the United States.^[3]

Although young women are not permitted to join the organization, chapters are permitted to elect chapter "sweethearts" and "princesses."

DeMolay is part of the "family" of Masonic associations. DeMolay is the youth group for young men. (Rainbow Girls and Job's Daughters are similar Masonic-related organizations for young women.)^[4]