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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF OHIO GRAND CHAPTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$487,524
Total expenses
$491,040
Contributions and grants received
$253,882
Grants paid
$144,511
Program service revenue
$122,098
Investment income
$111,525
Other revenue
$19
Total assets, end of year
$2,295,667
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,947
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,264,720
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$445,151
Management and general expenses
$45,889
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 90.7% 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

    $142,770

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $111,112

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GRAND SESSION

    total $109,987 · related or exempt $109,987

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALES OF SUPPLIES

    total $11,721 · related or exempt $11,721

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS

    total $390 · related or exempt $390

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $111,525 · excluded $111,525

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $19 · excluded $19

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $60,511 · program services $60,511

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $84,000 · program services $84,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $25,200 · program services $19,531 · management and general $5,669

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,220 · program services $1,721 · management and general $499

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,625 · management and general $6,625

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,163 · management and general $9,163

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,686 · program services $3,067 · management and general $10,619

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $829 · program services $296 · management and general $533

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,020 · program services $2,859 · management and general $5,161

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $155,389 · program services $155,389

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,112 · management and general $5,112

  • 24a · Other expenses: OES HOME DUES

    total $71,385 · program services $71,385

  • 24b · Other expenses: GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER DUE

    total $25,530 · program services $25,530

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRATUITIES AND ALLOWANCES

    total $16,093 · program services $16,093

  • 24d · Other expenses: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $1,475 · program services $526 · management and general $949

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,802 · program services $1,243 · management and general $1,559

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $237,036 · end of year $287,153

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,780 · end of year $2,470

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,365 · end of year $3,937

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

    $25,600

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

    $21,350

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,250 · end of year $4,250

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,976,448 · end of year $1,970,857

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $27,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,690 · end of year $30,947

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,763,543 · end of year $1,766,046

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $440,646 · end of year $498,674

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR IS A SOCIAL ORDER COMPRISED OF PERSONS WITH SPIRITUAL VALUES. EASTERN STAR STRIVES TO TAKE GOOD PEOPLE AND THROUGH UPLIFTING AND ELEVATING ASSOCIATIONS OF LOVE AND SERVICE, AND THROUGH PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE, BUILD AN ORDER WHICH IS TRULY DEDICATED TO CHARITY, TRUTH, AND LOVING KINDNESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GRAND CHAPTER OF OHIO IS A NON-PROFIT FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH 133 LOCAL CHAPTERS, WHICH INCLUDES OVER 13,600 MEMBERS.

  • GRAND SESSION - THE GRAND CHAPTER CONVENES ANNUALLY AT THE GRAND SESSION TO DISCUSS THE BUSINESS OF THE GRAND CHAPTER, INCLUDING REPORTS FROM THE WORTHY GRAND PATRON AND THE WORTHY GRAND MATRON, AS WELL AS ELECTIONS OF THE GRAND OFFICERS, AND APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES AND OTHER BUSINESS.

  • EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - THE GRAND CHAPTER'S EDUCATION FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDE THE EDUCATION AND ESTARL FUNDS, PROVIDES DONATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS STUDYING THEOLOGY IN A COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT.

  • OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - THE GRAND CHAPTER'S OTHER CHARITABLE FUNDS SUPPORT A WIDE VARIETY OF WORTHY CAUSES.

  • GENERAL ACTIVITIES - OTHER GENERAL ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION, INCLUDING COLLECTION OF MEMBERSHIP DUES AND SALES OF SUPPLIES TO CHAPTERS.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kelly Cholodewitsch

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Joann Hastings

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Larry Mayer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Peg Reiterman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Trevor Sproul

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

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
2025
Filed
23 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202632669349300208

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