Tiffin Masonic Relief Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
346565563
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Tiffin, OH, USA
Phone
4194479838
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,994
Expenses
$18,131
Assets
$850,995
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JON ALDRICH (Vice President)
  • DONALD WELLER JR (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • KENNETH B FOY (Treasurer): $280 total reported compensation
  • LARRY A RENTZ (Secretary): $280 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 providing relief funds for dues and financial relief to needy members and family. Serve approximately 480 members.

What it reported doing in 2025

Fraternal organization providing relief funds for dues and financial assitance to needy memers and family. Serving approximately 480 members and scholarships given to six students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 22% for direct work, 37% for grants, and 41% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 70.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 46.94; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $280 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.