Royal Arch Masons of Connecticut

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
066039295
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Stratford, CT, USA
Phone
2032412554
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,297
Expenses
$51,426
Assets
$1,209,456
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • William L Miller (Grand Secretary): $4,000 total reported compensation
  • Charles A McCollum (Grand Treasurer): $1,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fraternal Organization that supports local Chapters, provides leadership training, holds annual sessions where all Chapters attend, makes donations to charity.

What it reported doing in 2025

Conduct annual meetings to share programs and efforts as well as receive reports from officers and committees.

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 51% for direct work, 38% for grants, and 12% for member benefits.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 25
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.7%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 30.9%; rating input score 31
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 16.7%; rating input score 17; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.8%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.52; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 68.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.7% of revenue deployed · 30.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 75 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 27/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 17/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.