Williams Grand Lodge Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
570892202
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Orangeburg, SC, USA
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,457
Expenses
$64,821
Assets
$64,457
Liabilities
$64,821

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Tommy Frazier (Grand Master)
  • Marion Robinson (Grand Secretary)
  • Roscoe Cleckley (Grand Mortuary Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Williams Grand Lodge is a non-profit organization.The operating income comes from the subordinate lodges and chapters who pay quarterly dues. The Lodge has 501C and tax-exempted status. Williams Grand lodge has two meeting annually. Officers and members of the subordinate lodges and chapters attend workshops at these meetings. Bi-annually the members elect new officers. The positions of Grand Worshipful Masters Grand Secretary Grand Mortuary Secretary and Grand Treasurer are given a quarterly stipend; however these stipends are only paid after expenses have been paid. Each subordinate lodges and chapters is required to complete their individual 990 e-postcard indicating that the amount of money in their account is less than $25,000. In addition financial report is submitted to the Grand Secretary who completes the 990 E-postcard.

What it reported doing in 2024

Williams Grand Lodge provides scholarship Pearlie M. Walker Memorial Scholarship to students graduating from high school and students enrolled in college. Each applicant must get an application from a subordinate Lodge or Chapter. The student must complete the application submit an official transcript and complete an essay. The winners are selected by three judges not affiliated with Williams Grand Lodge. The new component added was the Back-to-Schol Bash in which Williams Grand Lodge provides 150 bookbags with schools upplies to children in the compuity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.