Minnesota Masonic Charities Funds

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

Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 29
• Transparency & Controls: 60
• Accountability: 91
• Sustainability: 88
• Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 15.9% of revenue deployed · 59.8% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $556K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $403K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $484K reported
• Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
• Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
• Related organizations: 10 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 16/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.