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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF FLORIDA.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,687,057
Total expenses
$12,253,119
Contributions and grants received
$1,550,901
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,329,633
Investment income
$8,447,415
Other revenue
$359,108
Total assets, end of year
$100,901,910
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,271,430
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$87,630,480
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,432,998
Management and general expenses
$1,669,642
Fundraising expenses
$150,479
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,432,998

Program services were 85.1% 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

    $1,439,228

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $111,673

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Masonic Home

    total $4,329,633 · related or exempt $4,329,633

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,498,445 · excluded $7,498,445

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $222,660

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $154,156

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $68,504

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $68,504 · unrelated business $68,504

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $9,393,429

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

    securities $8,444,459

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $948,970

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $948,970 · related or exempt $948,970

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Sale of merchandise/other

    total $290,604 · excluded $290,604

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $290,604

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $1,063,247 · program services $1,063,247

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $211,345 · program services $120,000 · management and general $91,345

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,882,403 · program services $4,484,774 · management and general $397,629

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $30,354 · program services $10,660 · management and general $19,694

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $414,964 · program services $355,712 · management and general $59,252

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $308,363 · program services $274,135 · management and general $34,228

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,285 · program services $26,285

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,071 · program services $30,865 · management and general $17,206

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $19,932 · program services $1,674 · management and general $16,649 · fundraising $1,609

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,696 · program services $20,696

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,464 · program services $7,879 · management and general $3,585

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $99,531 · program services $59,514 · management and general $40,017

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $284,310 · program services $216,918 · management and general $67,392

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,812 · program services $1,812

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $83,935 · management and general $83,935

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $624,126 · program services $618,170 · management and general $5,956

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $709,615 · program services $604,274 · management and general $105,341

  • 24a · Other expenses: Utilities

    total $746,935 · program services $746,935

  • 24b · Other expenses: Masonic home - kitchen

    total $619,647 · program services $619,647

  • 24c · Other expenses: Masonic home - medical

    total $256,852 · program services $256,852

  • 24d · Other expenses: Administration

    total $186,087 · program services $186,087

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,603,145 · program services $726,862 · management and general $727,413 · fundraising $148,870

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,851,884 · end of year $1,882,186

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $39,754 · end of year $63,697

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $350 · end of year $350

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

    $26,741,857

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,932,316 · end of year $26,741,857

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $66,793,048 · end of year $71,812,098

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,954,650 · end of year $401,722

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $778,200 · end of year $764,082

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7,993,960 · end of year $7,974,629

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,834,830 · end of year $4,532,719

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $83,965,012 · end of year $87,630,480

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To provide member services for fraternal order and operate Masonic Home facility.

  • The Masonic Home of Florida is a skilled care and congregative living facility providing these services to its elderly residents.

    Expenses $9,369,751

  • The Grand Lodge of Florida is a fraternal organization which operates under the lodge system and provides services and benefits to its members.

    Expenses $1,063,247

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Roy Daniel Newland

    Mas. Home Admin

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeffrey S Foster

    Grand Secretary

    Total calculated
    $68,754
    From this org
    $68,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Richard E Lynn

    Grand Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $22,591
    From this org
    $22,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Frederick R Wendling

    Sr Grand Warden

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Robert W Estell

    Jr Grand Warden

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Taleb T Atala

    Grand Master

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Haskell R Vest Jr

    Dep Grand Mstr

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
31 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202642439349300424

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