Minnesota Masonic Charities

Overview

Mission

Minnesota masonic charities and affiliates' primary purposes are to help, aid and assist the masonic family and others, guided by the masonic principles of brotherly love, relief and truth, by (a) providing financial or other assistance to non-profit tax exempt entities that provide facilities for nursing care and elderly housing; facilities and programs for community, health, social services and education of the elderly; (b) promoting research and activities related to the treatment and cure of cancer, childhood language disorders, physical, emotional and mental maladies of the youth; (c) assisting students in obtaining higher education; (d) the collection, preservation and dissemination of historical knowledge about masonry in Minnesota; and (e) to engage in, advance, support, promote, and administer charitable causes and projects that aid, assist, and contribute to the support of corporations, trusts, associations, and foundations that are exempt from federal income taxes.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 95
• Transparency & Controls: 72
• Accountability: 96
• Sustainability: 18
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28.2M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $403K · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $159K reported
• Consistency: 35 of 37 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 30 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 36 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

• High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.