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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,094,316
Total expenses
$1,509,527
Contributions and grants received
$571,168
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$209,545
Investment income
$313,603
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$20,758,744
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,519
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,734,225
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$935,750
Management and general expenses
$573,777
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$935,750

Program services were 62.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $571,168

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $92,340 · related or exempt $92,340

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $46,445 · related or exempt $46,445

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SALES - RITUAL & OTHER

    total $35,388 · related or exempt $35,388

  • 2d · Program service revenue: HONORS & AWARDS

    total $28,936 · related or exempt $28,936

  • 2e · Program service revenue: INSURANCE PREMIUMS

    total $3,324 · related or exempt $3,324

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $3,112 · related or exempt $3,112

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $440,288 · excluded $440,288

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

    securities $126,685

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$126,685

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$126,685 · related or exempt -$126,685

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $86,726 · management and general $86,726

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $93,740 · management and general $93,740

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,331 · management and general $8,331

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,475 · management and general $2,475

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,594 · management and general $14,594

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,231 · management and general $55,231

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $128,013 · management and general $128,013

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,421 · program services $5,421

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,631 · management and general $32,631

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,415 · management and general $32,415

  • 17 · Travel

    total $67,260 · program services $67,260

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $160,218 · program services $160,218

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,022 · program services $5,022

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,778 · management and general $6,778

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS

    total $237,236 · program services $154,561 · management and general $82,675

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE & SHIPPING

    total $150,598 · program services $144,600 · management and general $5,998

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRAND MASTER'S EXPENSE

    total $134,915 · program services $134,915

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAGAZINE EXPENSE

    total $86,020 · program services $86,020

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $201,903 · program services $177,733 · management and general $24,170

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $169,358 · end of year $123,426

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $722,805 · end of year $1,009,812

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $129,975 · end of year $293,820

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

    $209,293

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

    $176,951

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $24,975 · end of year $32,342

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $18,386,092 · end of year $19,296,224

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,482 · end of year $3,120

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $107 · end of year $107

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $31,918 · end of year $24,412

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,404,662 · end of year $20,734,225

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

DOMESTIC FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

  • THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MAGAZINE: THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MAGAZINE IS USED TO PROMOTE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ALL MEMBERS, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL, INFORMING OF CONFERENCES AND TRAINING SCHEDULES, UPCOMING EVENTS, REGULATIONS AND HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION, ITEMS OF INTEREST RELATING TO MASONIC KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, AWARDS AND HONORS.

    Expenses $385,180

  • EASTER OBSERVANCES: FOR OVER 80 YEARS THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT HAS SPONSORED A NON-DENOMINATIONAL NATIONAL EASTER SUNRISE OBSERVANCE ON THE STEPS OF THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC MEMORIAL IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 400 IN ATTENDANCE.

    Expenses $69,775

  • GRAND MASTERS CONFERENCES: OFFICERS FOR EACH OF THE TWELVE REGIONS MEET ANNUALLY FOR A BUSINESS MEETING AND INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING. APPROXIMATELY 1,500 PEOPLE ATTEND THE EVENTS.

    Expenses $160,218

  • EXPENSES ARE INCURRED FOR OTHER MEETINGS, MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS, AND AWARDS.

    Expenses $320,577

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul D Etickson

    GRAND PRELATE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Robert Jf Elsner

    GRAND PRELATE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • David J Kussman

    GRAND MASTER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jeffrey A Bolstad

    GRAND MASTER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Bobby B Simmons

    GRAND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lawrence Eugene Tucker

    GRAND RECORDER

    Total calculated
    $93,682
    From this org
    $93,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jack M Harper

    GRAND GERNERALISSIMO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • David W Studley

    GRAND CAPTAIN GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Terry L Plemons

    GRAND PRELATE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MASONIC MEMBERSHIP SOLUTIONS LLC

    SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION · TX · income -$44,275 · assets $42,918

    Directly controlled by KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
19 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411359349304576

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