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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MASONIC CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$55,418
Total expenses
$99,326
Contributions and grants received
$70,375
Grants paid
$79,025
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$4,837
Other revenue
-$10,120
Total assets, end of year
$2,988,506
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,076
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,945,430
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$94,459
Management and general expenses
$4,867
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$94,459

Program services were 95.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $14,975

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $25,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $30,400

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $65,108 · excluded $65,108

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $329,200

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

    securities $399,145

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$69,945

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$69,945 · excluded -$69,945

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,264

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $14,975

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,384

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$10,120 · excluded -$10,120

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $79,025 · program services $79,025

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,146 · management and general $3,146

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING PROGRAMS

    total $15,434 · program services $15,434

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANOUS EXPENSES

    total $1,721 · management and general $1,721

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $27,267

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $127,956 · end of year $128,205

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,575,648 · end of year $2,833,034

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,672 · end of year $1,186

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $38,965 · end of year $41,890

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $870,207 · end of year $957,541

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,787,760 · end of year $1,987,889

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MASONIC CHARITIES OF MARYLAND ("MCM") IS A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO THE YOUTH OF MARYLAND. MCM FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS THROUGH TWO PROGRAMS, THE STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ("SAP") AND A HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.THE MCM PINOEERED THE INSTITUTION IN MARYLAND OF THE SAP, WHICH IS A DRUG, ALCOHOL, AND ABUSE INTERVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT OPERATES IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. MCM ESTABLISHED THE INITIAL TRAINING AND HAS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR THE SAP SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION. THROUGH THE SAP, WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, SUCH AS TEACHERS, NURSES, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS, FORM COMMITTEES AND COORDINATE TO DETECT AND IDENTIFY BEHAVIOR AND CHARACTERISTICS THAT SIGNIFY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS A STUDENT MAY BE ENCOUNTERING. TRAINING CONSISTS OF LEARNING TO IDENTIFY, AND THEN TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC DRUG, ALCOHOL

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO THE YOUTH OF MARYLAND.

  • SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DESERVING YOUTH. AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE MARYLAND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO ATTEND COLLEGE.

    Expenses $63,000 · Grants $63,000

  • GRANT TO THE MARYLAND STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT MARYLAND SCHOOLS IN DRUG/ ALCOHOL INTERVENTION AS WELL AS SUPPORT RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $15,434

  • GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF MCM'S MISSION.

    Expenses $16,025 · Grants $16,025

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Federick A Spicer

    GRAND MASTER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randall L Watson

    DEPUTY GRAND MASTER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth R Taylor

    GRAND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $171,909
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $171,909
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $171,909 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $171,909 related
  • T Scott Cushing Sr

    GRAND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $10,440
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $10,440
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 20 related
  • Thomas W Foster

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $109,232
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $109,232
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 30 related
  • W Miles Cole

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurence H Gerber Sr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederick Laser Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert W Reynolds

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert D Knight

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Andrew Martinez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard E Thurfield Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John R Francis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF MARYLAND, A RELATED PARTY, DETERMINES THE COMPENSATION OF THIS ENTITY'S EMPLOYEES BASED ON DUTIES PERFORMED AND HOURS WORKED.

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
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501349349312545

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