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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$932,055
Total expenses
$972,394
Contributions and grants received
$860,707
Grants paid
$714,176
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$84,735
Other revenue
-$13,387
Total assets, end of year
$1,973,873
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,973,873
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$914,758
Management and general expenses
$45,558
Fundraising expenses
$12,078
Program service expenses (Part III)
$914,758

Program services were 94.1% 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

    $46,371

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $814,336

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $39,212 · excluded $39,212

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $248,146

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

    securities $202,623

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $45,523

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $45,523 · excluded $45,523

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $17,213

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $30,600

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$13,387 · related or exempt -$13,387

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $714,176 · program services $714,176

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $13,296 · program services $13,296

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,684 · program services $24,916 · management and general $2,768

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,671 · program services $3,304 · management and general $367

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,796 · management and general $19,796

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $600 · program services $600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,945 · program services $2,448 · management and general $4,497

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,873 · program services $15,873

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,007 · program services $1,007

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,431 · program services $15,431

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,430 · management and general $6,430

  • 24a · Other expenses: Postage & Shipping

    total $94,871 · program services $82,793 · fundraising $12,078

  • 24b · Other expenses: Short Talk Podcasts

    total $23,016 · program services $23,016

  • 24c · Other expenses: Hospital visitation exp

    total $16,871 · program services $16,871

  • 24d · Other expenses: Credit Card Fees/Bank C

    total $10,665 · management and general $10,665

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,062 · program services $1,027 · management and general $1,035

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $674,707 · end of year $568,605

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $56,099

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

    $10,817

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

    $10,817

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,240,308 · end of year $1,405,268

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,124,186 · end of year $1,581,676

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $846,928 · end of year $392,197

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of the Association is the service of mankind through education and enlightenment, financial relief, Masonic visitation, ministering to, comforting, and relieving the members of the fraternity and their dependents.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Service of Mankind through education and enlightenment, financial relief and Masonic visitation, ministering to, comforting, and relieving the members of the Fraternity and their dependents.

  • Disaster Relief Fund - When requested by a U.S. or international Masonic Grand Lodge, The MSA will issue a Disaster Appeal following a specific natural disaster. All donations received are distributed to the Grand Lodge for local disaster relief distribution. MSA has been conducting this program since 1923 and has distributed more than $10 million in aid. The summary of gross account of relief since 1923 is available on MSA's webpage.

    Expenses $714,176 · Grants $714,176

  • Hospital Visitation - MSA administers a program of certified volunteers who visit and assist at VA Medical Centers and state Veterans Hospitals throughout the United States. The program operates under the U.S. Veterans Administration Volunteer Services oversight, and provides more than 100,000 hours of volunteer services annually. This program is funded by donations from members of the Masonic fraternity. Donations are used to reimburse volunteers for expenses, fund events for veterans, and provide comfort items for veterans.

    Expenses $16,152

  • Education / Publications - Informational and educational items, including newsletters, books, brochures, digests, and other materials for the use in the non-profit Masonic Community, have been published by MSA since the origination of the organization in 1919. MSA continues its expansion of online communications to increase the outreach of its masonic materials. The MSA website - WWW.MSANA.COM - has been improved and the online store is gaining usage.

    Expenses $184,430

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Earl J Washburn

    Executive Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • James H Kendall

    Executive Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Clayton J Borne III

    Executive Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Barry D Weer

    Executive Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lanny R Sander

    Executive Commission Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Thomas Gamon IV

    Executive Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jess N Raines

    Executive Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Stuart A Wright

    Executive Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Marc C David

    Executive Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Craig L Davis

    Administrator

    Total calculated
    $13,296
    From this org
    $13,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513169349306611

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