Free & Accepted Masons of Nj - Group Return

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

110 people listed

RISING SUN 15 (RALPH GIORDANO, SECRETARY): $6,000 total reported compensation
JERUSALEM 26 (AKASH INTI KATAKAM, SECRETARY): $4,042 total reported compensation
COLLINGSWOOD-CLOUD 101 (KENNETH F. CARPENTER, SECRETARY): $2,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Fraternal activities

Our teaching includes brotherhood, morality, justice, tolerance, citizenship, education and freedom of ideas, of religious choice, and of expression.

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 16.5%; rating input score 17; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.96; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 2444 of 2444 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.7M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 110 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 44 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
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.

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

High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 17/100.
Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.