Grand Chapter of California Order of the Eastern Star

Overview

Mission

To promote and practice charity and fraternialism.the subordinate organizations promoting charity and fraternalism through the grand chapter of California, order of the eastern star.we strive to live our lives by the enduring beliefs of brotherly love, relief, and truth along with certain core values: friendship: we are affiliated with the largest fraternal organizationin the world to which both women and men can belong. There areaffiliated chapters in almost all 50 states and in 27 countries aroundthe world, in addition to the chapters and grand chapter in californiamembers can go anywhere and know that they can find friends and ahelpful hand when they are in need.community service: we encourage our members not only to help oneanother, but also to reach out to their communities. Members are activein many community-based projects for those requiring assistance.diversity: the members of our order reflect the social, cultural, educational, ethnic, and religious diversity of the community ar

Operating model

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 verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 0
• Transparency & Controls: 80
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 45
• Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
• Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 9 people listed
• Consistency: 11 of 13 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes related organizations
• Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
• Related organizations: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

• High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
• High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.