Western Star Masonic Hall Association

Overview

Mission

To promote, maintain and perpetuate the high ideals and traditions of freemasonry, to establish and maintain a permanent meeting place for masons and masonic lodges and affiliated organizations and for such purpose to lease, purchase or otherwise acquire real estate and remodel or erect buildings thereon with the power to mortgage or otherwise encumber the same and finance the operation of said realty in connection with the use thereof as a public or private meeting place, wherein masonic organizations and members thereof and other organizations, fraternal or otherwise, may meet for business or entertainment, and incidental thereto, to lease or otherwise permit the use of space in said realty for business office or residential purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model

Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.

Distribution model

Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 100
• Transparency & Controls: 82
• Sustainability: 42
• Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
• Governance: Filed governance answers
• Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
• Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 2 filed schedules
• Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.