The Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees of the USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581584857
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Phone
4054273388
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$360,574
Expenses
$196,231
Assets
$1,524,662
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SETH C ANTHONY (GRAND SECRET): $20,000 total reported compensation
  • CLYDE H SCHOOLFIELD JR (GRAND TREASU): $2,500 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To assume, hold, and exercise jurisdiction and control over such masonic degrees that are not under jurisdiction and control of some other recognized and regularly constituted body of freemasonry; to preserve those degrees, to engage in, foster, and encourage masonic study and research; to establish and organize councils of the allied masonic degrees and bodies attached thereto, subordinate to the grand council, and to enact laws, rules and regulations for the government therof.

What it reported doing in 2025

To advance freemasonry through study and research, and to preserve and hold jurisdiction over masonic degrees that are not under jurisdiction and control of another recognized and regularly constituted body of freemasonry; to establish and organize councils of the allied masonic degrees and enact laws, rules, and regulations of the government thereof. During 2025, the 2025 editions of the annals and miscellanea were published, 3 new councils was formed, the sovereign grand master made numerous official visits. The red branch of eri was conferred on 429 members, 11 scarlet cord conferrals were held for 392 members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 73% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.7%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.77; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.7% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3750 of 3750 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $146K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $20K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.