Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas Blanco 216

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237500695
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Blanco, TX, USA
Phone
8308334164
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,867
Expenses
$42,995
Assets
$1,076,529
Liabilities
$3,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Hugo MonDragon (Master of Lodge)
  • Cliff O Campbell (Senior Warden)
  • Michael S Smith (Treasurer)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Primarily charitable in nature; providing funds and services to the community, schools, homeless persons, food banks, churches and other needing individuals and families so needing.

What it reported doing in 2024

Various outreach programs of many members (106) and their wife's and friends including assisting the elderly and assisting the in-firmed and their family members; transportation for sick and recovering; assisting various other volunteer fire departments, Fantastic Teeth program for 1st graders, raising charitable funds for programs supported by this organization, assisting the maintenance public playground equipment (South of Blanco off Hwy 281) working and assisting Free Santa / Christmas Season throughout the local counties, Take Time to Read (assisting reading in the k thru 3rd grade students) Community Care provided to the local food bank, cash gifts and grants reported as $52,648 with entire non-cash value of $188,214, based on 5620 hours at an accepted hourly rate of $33.49 working wage and 30,359 mileage of $0.14, per mile for non-profit services totaling $4,250 totaling $245,113

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, 22% for grants, 8% for affiliated organizations, and 2% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 71.3%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 25.04; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 71.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 106 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.