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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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $444,251

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $1,253,021 · related or exempt $1,253,021

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $282,840 · excluded $282,840

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $759,596

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $759,596

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $759,596 · related or exempt $759,596

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,880,433

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $978,726

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $901,707

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $901,707 · excluded $901,707

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $600,000 · program services $600,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $244,542 · program services $244,542

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $638,196 · program services $413,575 · management and general $224,621

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $106,237 · program services $77,688 · management and general $28,549

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $67,266 · program services $50,143 · management and general $17,123

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $108,583 · management and general $108,583

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $125,750 · management and general $125,750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $107,926 · program services $107,926

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $71,089 · management and general $71,089

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $163,630 · program services $163,630

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $556,393 · program services $556,393

  • 17 · Travel

    total $110,213 · program services $110,213

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $295,562 · program services $295,562

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $167,082 · program services $167,082

  • 24a · Other expenses: FRATERNAL

    total $187,803 · program services $187,803

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPORT

    total $43,801 · program services $43,801

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & POSTAGE

    total $28,825 · program services $28,825

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $17,936 · program services $5,301 · management and general $12,635

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $438,269 · end of year $185,530

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $794,129 · end of year $625,612

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,749,991

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,616,572

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $967,305 · end of year $1,133,419

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $30,416,874 · end of year $33,437,084

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $283,248 · end of year $337,056

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,564,595 · end of year $1,611,930

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,488,999 · end of year $1,626,293

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,517,790 · end of year $6,911,697

  • 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

  • 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

  • Mason W Russell

    GRAND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Richard Maggio

    GRAND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Geoffrey Kromer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Peter M Culbertson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • George F Hamilton

    GRAND MASTER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    34 + 1 related
  • Allan J Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Kevin J Willis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • John F Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Peter J Lawson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • James I Holmes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Timothy S McGavin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Donald 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
  • Craig 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511019349300601

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