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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ANCIENT FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CONNECTICUT GRAND LODGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,006,856
Total expenses
$985,779
Contributions and grants received
$10,360
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$567,731
Investment income
$201,239
Other revenue
$227,526
Total assets, end of year
$3,749,638
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,904
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,746,734
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $10,260

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $100

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PER CAPITA ASSESSMENT

    total $330,811 · related or exempt $330,811

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REIMBURSED EXPENSES

    total $216,139 · related or exempt $216,139

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GRAND LODGE EVENTS

    total $9,846 · related or exempt $9,846

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER FEES & ASSESSMENTS

    total $8,818 · related or exempt $8,818

  • 2e · Program service revenue: LODGE SUPPLIES REVENUE, NET

    total $2,117 · related or exempt $2,117

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $66,768 · excluded $66,768

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $227,086

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

    securities $92,615

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $134,471

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $134,471 · excluded $134,471

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $120,695

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $15,539

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $105,156 · unrelated business $105,156

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE CLAIM

    total $122,370 · related or exempt $122,370

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $122,370

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $46,800

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,776

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,150

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,185

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $123,277

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,350

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,319

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,742

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,665

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $127,862

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $736

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $221,980

  • 24a · Other expenses: INSURANCE PROCEEDS DISBUR

    total $122,370

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLICATION EXPENSES

    total $85,987

  • 24c · Other expenses: MARKETING CONSULTANT

    total $57,760

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMITTEE EXPENSES

    total $16,036

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,784

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $37,008 · end of year $11,780

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $563,409 · end of year $493,546

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

    $63,256

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

    $57,014

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $429 · end of year $6,242

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,861,451 · end of year $3,238,070

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,469 · end of year $2,904

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,459,776 · end of year $3,745,582

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,052 · end of year $1,152

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GRAND LODGE OF AF & AM OF CONNECTICUT IS THE GOVERNING BODY OVERSEEING ALL LODGES AND MASONS IN CONNECTICUT. FREEMASONRY IS A CHARITABLE, BENEVOLENT, EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETY. CHARITABLE IN THAT IT IS NOT ORGANIZED FOR PROFIT BUT FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE AND HAPPINESS OF MANKIND; BENEVOLENT IN THAT IT TEACHES AND EXEMPLIFIES ALTRUISM AS A DUTY; EDUCATIONAL IN THAT IT TEACHES BY CEREMONIES A SYSTEM OF MORALITY AND BROTHERHOOD; RELIGIOUS IN THAT IT TEACHES MONOTHEISM AND A REVERENCE FOR GOD, BY WHATEVER NAME. FREEMASONRY IMPRESSES UPON ITS MEMBERS THE PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, ENLIGHTENS THEM AS TO THOSE THINGS WHICH MAKE FOR HUMAN WELFARE, AND INSPIRES THEM WITH THAT FEELING OF CHARITY, OR GOODWILL, TOWARDS ALL MANKIND WHICH WILL MOVE THEM TO TRANSLATE PRINCIPLE AND CONVICTION INTO ACTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MASONIC FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SERVICES AS A DOMESTIC FRATERNAL SOCIETY OPERATING UNDER A LODGE SYSTEM RELATING TO CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND FRATERNAL PURPOSES.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas J Gondek

    GRAND TREASU

    Total calculated
    $23,400
    From this org
    $23,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    18

  • Joseph J Porco

    GRAND MASTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Edward C Page

    DEPUTY GRAND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Rinaldo F Magliano

    GRAND SENIOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Shane Dufresne

    GRAND JUNIOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • F Matthew Heinrich Jr

    GRAND SENIOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Mark H Hawkins

    GRAND JUNIOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • James Moran

    GRAND MARSHA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Matthew Griffin

    GRAND SENIOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Andrew R Melillo

    GRAND HISTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carl H Anderson

    GRAND ALMONE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Christopher Earle

    GRAND CHAPLA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Richard C Memmott Jr

    GRAND TILER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Frederick Marrioti

    ASSOC GRAND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Abrahamson

    ASSOC GRAND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Daniel W Nichols

    ASSOC GRAND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gary Graham

    GRAND ORGANI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James M Anderson

    GRAND SECRET

    Total calculated
    $23,400
    From this org
    $23,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    18

  • Nicholas H Ives

    GRAND JUNIOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Brian E Beals

    DEPUTY GRAND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gregory Whitehouse

    DEPUTY GRAND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Charles B Fowler Jr

    GRAND TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • William L Greene

    GRAND TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robert F Polito Jr

    GRAND TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • ANCIENT FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS

    C CORP · MASONIC · CT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202422499349300902

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