Ancient Free & Accepted Masons

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
420142612
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Cedar Falls, IA, USA
Phone
3192669744
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,327
Expenses
$20,027
Assets
$831,689
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CLARK RICKARD (SECRETARY)
  • DAN TICE (TREASURER)
  • JON LAITY (MASTER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Shall be the holding and conserving of property taken by gift, purchase, devise and bequest for the benfit and promotion of the fraternal relations among members

What it reported doing in 2025

Shall be the holding and conserving of property taken by gift, purchase, devise and bequest for the benefit and promotion of the fraternal relations among members

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 28% for direct work, 19% for grants, and 53% for affiliated organizations.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.9%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 41.53; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.9% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.