Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by MASTER WARDENS AND MEMBERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MASONS IN MASSACHUS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,641,415
- Total expenses
- $3,640,834
- Contributions and grants received
- $444,251
- Grants paid
- $600,000
- Program service revenue
- $1,253,021
- Investment income
- $1,184,547
- Other revenue
- $759,596
- Total assets, end of year
- $35,718,701
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,238,223
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $32,480,478
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,052,484
- Management and general expenses
- $588,350
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,052,484
Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$444,251
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2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $1,253,021 · related or exempt $1,253,021
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3 · Investment income
total $282,840 · excluded $282,840
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6a · Gross rents
real property $759,596
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $759,596
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $759,596 · related or exempt $759,596
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,880,433
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $978,726
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $901,707
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $901,707 · excluded $901,707
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $600,000 · program services $600,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $244,542 · program services $244,542
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $638,196 · program services $413,575 · management and general $224,621
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $106,237 · program services $77,688 · management and general $28,549
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $67,266 · program services $50,143 · management and general $17,123
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $108,583 · management and general $108,583
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $125,750 · management and general $125,750
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $107,926 · program services $107,926
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13 · Office expenses
total $71,089 · management and general $71,089
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14 · Information technology
total $163,630 · program services $163,630
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16 · Occupancy
total $556,393 · program services $556,393
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17 · Travel
total $110,213 · program services $110,213
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $295,562 · program services $295,562
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23 · Insurance
total $167,082 · program services $167,082
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24a · Other expenses: FRATERNAL
total $187,803 · program services $187,803
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24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPORT
total $43,801 · program services $43,801
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24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & POSTAGE
total $28,825 · program services $28,825
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24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $17,936 · program services $5,301 · management and general $12,635
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $438,269 · end of year $185,530
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $794,129 · end of year $625,612
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,749,991
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,616,572
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $967,305 · end of year $1,133,419
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $30,416,874 · end of year $33,437,084
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $283,248 · end of year $337,056
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,564,595 · end of year $1,611,930
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,488,999 · end of year $1,626,293
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,517,790 · end of year $6,911,697
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $23,328,441 · end of year $25,568,781
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
TO SUPERVISE AND GOVERN THE MASSACHUSETTS MASONIC FRATERNITY
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OPERATING A FRATERNAL MASONIC GRAND LODGE FOR SUBORDINATE LODGES AND THEIR MEMBERS WITH APPROXIMATELY 22,000 MEMBERS IN MASSACHUSETTS
Expenses $3,052,484 · Grants $600,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Mason W RussellMASON W RUSSELL
GRAND TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Richard MaggioRICHARD MAGGIO
GRAND SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $12,000
- From this org
- $12,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Geoffrey KromerGEOFFREY KROMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Peter M CulbertsonPETER M CULBERTSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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George F HamiltonGEORGE F HAMILTON
GRAND MASTER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 34 + 1 related
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Allan J MartinALLAN J MARTIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Kevin J WillisKEVIN J WILLIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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John F SullivanJOHN F SULLIVAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Peter J LawsonPETER J LAWSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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James I HolmesJAMES I HOLMES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Timothy S McGavinTIMOTHY S MCGAVIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Donald MoranDONALD MORAN
CLERK
- Total calculated
- $155,898
- From this org
- $151,420
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,478
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $151,420
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $4,478
- Filer's total
- $155,898
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Craig MacPhersonCRAIG MACPHERSON
CONTROLLER
- Total calculated
- $92,560
- From this org
- $90,792
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,768
- Hours/week
- 32 + 5 related
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 1a · Travel for companions
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART 1, LINE 1A
- GRAND LODGE PAYS FOR SPOUSES' TRAVEL WHEN THEY ACCOMPANY THEIR HUSBANDS ON VISITATIONS TO OTHER GRAND JURISDICTIONS. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE TO PAY FOR SPOUSES' TRAVEL. BOARD OF DIRECTORS RATIFIES ALL PAYMENTS MADE BY GRAND LODGE
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - CHARITABLE: DEVELOP AND OFFER SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO THE RESIDENTS
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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MASONIC EDUCATION AND CHARITY TRUST
501(C)(3) · INVESTMENT · MA
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MASONIC HEALTH SYSTEM OF MASSACHUSETTS
501(C)(3) · CHARITABLE CARE · MA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 3 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511019349300601
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