| Abbreviation | Name | Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| L’AMIL | L’Association maçonnique intercontinentale libérale | 1996 | |
| CATENA | International Masonic Union Catena | 1961 | Grand lodges with male and female membership. |
| CGLREU | Confederación de Grandes Logias Regulares de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos | An association of Mexican state grand lodges, many of whom are in amity with CGMNA jurisdictions and UGLE. Some older and larger CGLREU jurisdictions have also joined the multi-national association of CMI, although the two organizations are not linked. | |
| CGLEM | Confederation of Grand Lodges of Europe and Mediterranean | An association of grand lodges in the Mediterranean area and Southern Europe. Not to be confused with GLUDE. Established by the Traditional and Modern Grand Lodge of France, the National Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Italy, Grand Lodge communities of Andalusia, The Regular Grand Lodge of Portugal, and The Grand Lodge of Morocco. | |
| CGMNA or COGMNA | Conference of Grand Masters in North America | 1928 | An organization of Grand lodge leaders, representing 64 sovereign jurisdictions located throughout the US, Canada, Mexico and Germany. Its members are broadly recognized by jurisdictions throughout the world. Today, these CGMNA jurisdictions serve over 2 million freemasons in North America.Its oldest constituent grand lodge dates itself to 1733. |
| CIMAS | Confederación Interamericana de Masonería Simbólica | 2002 | Independent Liberal and Adogmatic body. |
| CLIMAF | Centre de Liaison International de la Maçonnerie Féminine | 1982 | An association of women’s grand lodges, mostly in Europe. |
| CLIPSAS | Centre de Liaison et d’Information des Puissances maçonniques Signataires de l’Appel de Strasbourg | 1961 | Organized by the Grand Orient of France (GOF), member jurisdictions reject Anderson’s 1723 Constitutions, do not require belief in a Supreme Being, and make no distinction regarding participation by men or women. |
| CMI | Confederación Masónica Interamericana (CMI) (Interamerican Masonic Confederation) | 1947 | An organization of South and Central American Grand Lodges. Its members are broadly recognized by CGMNA grand lodges and the United Grand Lodge of England. Founded by the grand lodges of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, by 2014 the CMI had almost 75 member grand lodges. |
| CMB | Confederacion Masonica Bolivariana | An organization of grand lodges within Bolivia, and neighboring countries. | |
| CMC | Confederacion Masonica Colombiana | An organization of state and national lodges within Colombia. | |
| CMCA | Confederacion Masonica Centroamericana | An organization of state and national lodges in Central America. | |
| COMAB | Confederação Maçônica do Brasil | 1973 | An association of independent Grand Orients in Brazil |
| CMSB | Confederação da Maçonaria Simbólica do Brasil | 1965 | An association of grand lodges in Brazil. |
| DH | Le Droit Humain | 1893 | International mixed (Male and Female) Freemasonry. Also known as “Co-Masonry”. |
| EME | L’Espace Maçonnique Européen | 2002 | Promotion of human rights and secularism. |
| GLMAE | Gran Logia Mixta de los Andes Ecuatoriales (GLMAE) | 2011 | Ecuadorian association of mixed (male and female) lodges. |
| GLUDE | Confédération des Grandes Loges unies d’Europe | 2000 | An organization of grand lodges using the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, founded by the Grand Lodge of France (GLdF), la Grande Loge Traditionnelle et Symbolique Opéra (of France) and la Grande Loge Nationale de Serbie (then Yugoslavia). |
| HC | High Council (HC) or Masonic High Council (MHC) | 2005 | An association of jurisdictions styling themselves as High Councils. Organized by the Regular Grand Lodge of England (RGLE), which serves as the HC’s Mother High Council. Highly volatile, These groups do not publish member counts nor addresses, and may exist only on the internet or as a function of one or two persons. External citations needed. |
| IMF | Institut Maçonnique de France | 2002 | Instigated by the GOF, with collaboration by the GLdF and seven other French masonic bodies, the IMF allows low-level cooperation on promotion of Masonic book fairs and events that address the conditions of man and society. The GLdF left this organization in 2006. |
| Int. FM | International Freemasons | An African-American oriented group of grand lodges in the United States | |
| LFB | Les Franc-maçons Belges | An organization of Belgian grand lodges. | |
| National Compact | Prince Hall – National Compact | 1847 | Subordinate Grand Lodges of the Prince Hall National Grand Lodge. |
| PHA | Prince Hall Affiliation (PHA) | 1870 | An association of 49 historically black Grand Lodges located throughout North America, the Caribbean, and Liberia, which trace their origin to Prince Hall, of Massachusetts. Many of these GLs are in amity with their CGMNA counterparts and with the United Grand Lodge of England. Today there are over 4,500 PHA lodges worldwide, and of them, the oldest constituent PHA lodge dates itself to 1797. |
| PHCGM | Prince Hall Conference of Grand Masters | 1887 | An organization of Prince Hall Affiliated (PHA) Grand Lodge leaders, from 49 Prince Hall Affiliated (PHA) grand lodges. |
| REHFRAM | Rencontres Humanistes et Fraternelles Africaines et Malgaches | An organization of African regular and liberal lodges, meeting annually in an African capital. | |
| SIMPA | Secrétariat international Maçonnique des Puissances Adogmatiques | 1998 | Some of the larger Grand Lodges in CLIPSAS left in 1998 to form their own organisation. Most have now rejoined and SIMPA is currently dormant. |
| SOGLIA | Society of Grand Lodges in Alliance | 2010 | Originally formed by “Regular Grand Lodges” which no longer chose to associate with the Regular Grand Lodge of England, the society now has adogmatic liberal members who admit women alongside traditional lodges who shun politics and refuse to admit women. |
| UMM | L’Union Maçonnique de la Méditerranée (UMM) (Masonic Union of the Mediterranean) | 2000 | An association of fifteen adogmatic and liberal jurisdictions from countries bordering the Mediterranean and Mediterranean culture. Since 2012, the UMM has been controlled by the Grande Loge Féminine de France and the Fédération Française du Droit Humain. |
| UMMT | Unione Mondiale Massonica Tradizionale (UMMT) (World Traditional Masonic Union) | 2013 | Self-reported as “approximately 30 members,” the UMMT includes European jurisdictions not in amity with UGLE or the larger jurisdictions in their nations. Admits mixed Grand Lodges and use of the Ancient and Primitive Rite de Memphis-Misraïm. |
| VGLvD | Vereinigte Großlogen von Deutschland (United Grand Lodges of Germany) | 1958-04-27 | A sovereign federation of five autonomous Grand Lodges, it serves as the national Grand Lodge of Germany to all outside German Masonry (Masons of other nations and the German public) |
(Source: Wikipedia)
