be·nev·o·lent /bəˈnevələnt/, adjective:
1. having a kind and generous disposition
The Wakefield Lodge #1276 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks donated over 400 dictionaries this year to students in North Reading and Lynnfield School Districts.
“A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.” Sun Tzu, 544 BCE – 496 BCE “But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.” Thomas Jefferson, 1743 – 1826 “To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.” Adam Smith, 1790 – 1823 2. (of an organization) serving a charitable rather than a profit-making purpose