The Nebraska Masonic Home

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470379399
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Plattsmouth, NE, USA
Phone
4022967300
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,721,095
Expenses
$9,062,655
Assets
$10,399,326
Liabilities
$705,634

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRETT BENNETT (PRESIDENT)
  • RICK MYERS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFREY COLEMAN (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RONALD A NIELSEN (3RD VICE PRESIDENT)
  • APRIL JOHNSTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • APRIL JOHNSTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $164,915 total reported compensation
  • STEVE BARCHUS (FOUNDATION DIRECTOR): $96,121 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Nebraska masonic home provides independent living, assisted living and nursing care to masons and their direct female relatives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Since 1903 the Nebraska masonic home, in plattsmouth, has been taking care of Nebraska masons, their wives, widows, mothers, sisters and daughters. The home's admission criteria changed in october of 2006, allowing for admission of grandmothers, granddaughters as well as out-of-state masons and their eligible female relatives. The combination of a caring staff and clean, attractive facilities enables the Nebraska masonic home to offer the best in services and comfort for the residents. Mealtime is a special time for the residents. Residents are served delicious, well balanced meals, in a friendly home-like atmosphere. The beautiful dining room offers a relaxing environment where residents can enjoy the nutritious, tasty food prepared and served by the dietary staff. Spacious lounges are located throughout the home, offering the perfect setting for conversation, reading, watching tv, playing billiards or just watching the birds in the aviary. A craft room, exercise room, three fenced-in courtyards, three beautiful sun rooms, laundry room, three self-serve elevators and hair salon are available. A 15 passenger bus accommodating wheelchairs is used for resident outings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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

SUPPORTED - 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: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.9% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $165K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.