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Free and Accepted Masons of Georgia Norcross Lodge 228 at a glance

· Public charity

Free and Accepted Masons of Georgia Norcross Lodge 228

To impart morality, ethics and teach mutual servcies to its members.

$877k
Granted FY2022
24
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$203k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2022 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $858,736, the rows itemized in this filing. The $876,735 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $17,999 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k8 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $580k
$11,247
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGIA MASONIC CHARITIES FOUNDATIO$202,765
GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA$121,196
MASONIC HOME OF GEORGIA$113,190
DULUTH LODGE 480$91,013
YAARAB SHRINE$51,903
NORCROSS CHAPTER 426 OES$39,393
9TH MASONIC DISTRICT$37,343
CHAMBLEE SARDIS LODGE 444$32,892
MT OLVIE LODGE 226$26,127
ALPHARETTA LODGE 235$12,042
LAFAYETTE LODGE 44$11,247
DUCULA LODGE 433$11,247
JOHN H JONES LODGE 348$11,247
CHEHAW LODGE 701$11,247
WOODSTOCK LODGE 246$11,247
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHRINERS' HOSTPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $8k → 10%BRIDGEPORT LODGE 543: $11k → 16%LAFAYETTE LODGE 44: $11k → 4%9TH MASONIC DISTRICT: $37k → 6%NORCROSS CHAPTER 426 OES: $39k → 9%CHEHAW LODGE 701: $11k → 10%MT OLVIE LODGE 226: $26k → 11%MADISON LODGE 376: $9k → 11%LERGUS LODGE 135: $8k → 11%MT ZION LODGE 316: $6k → 12%YONAH LODGE 382: $9k → 12%JOHN H JONES LODGE 348: $11k → 12%CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA: $9k → 13%GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA: $121k → 23%WOODSTOCK LODGE 246: $11k → 6%DUCULA LODGE 433: $11k → 9%GATE CITY LODGE 2: $9k → 13%DULUTH LODGE 480: $91k → 13%YAARAB SHRINE: $52k → 13%ALPHARETTA LODGE 235: $12k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Free Accepted Masons of Georgia

To make good men better.

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2
Grand Lodge of Florida Museum & Library Inc
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3
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Gr Lodge Free & Accepted Masons

To dispense friendship, brotherly love,morality and relief throughout the jurisidiction of georgia and the world

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4
Royal Arch Masons Children's Heart Foundation Inc
Health
5
The Masonic Foundation of the District of Columbia
Membership Benefit
6
The Alabama Masonic Home Inc

Support the charitable activities of the grand lodge of free & accepted masons of alabama

Health
7
Free & Accepted Masons of Georgia

The non-profit organization is a domestic fraternal & charitable society governed in strict conformity to the constitution, laws & edicts of the grand lodge of georgia and the ancient landmarks, customs and usages of freemasonry. there are…

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8
Free & Accepted Masons of Washington Occ

Advance social and fraternal interest through education and chairty.

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9
Masonic Grand Lodge Charities of Rhode Island Inc
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10
Free & Accepted Masons of Washington 98 Port Orchard - John Paul Jones

To be recognized as a relevant and respected fraternity committed to attracting and retaining all men of high quality who strive for self improvement and the opportunity to make a positive difference in their community.

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11
Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama Wilson Williams Lodge 351

Promote brotherhood and morality

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12
Free & Accepted Masons of Arkansas

Fraternal organization

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Grand Lodge of Georgia Free & Accepted Masons; the most unlike its peers is Shriners Hospitals for Children. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Grand Lodge of Georgia Free & Accepted Masons: $121,196 · OtherThe Grand Lodge of Georgia Free & Accepted MasonsFREE & ACCPTED MASONS OF GEORGIA DULUTH LODGE 480: $91,013 · OtherFREE & ACCPTED MASONS OF GEORGIA DULUTH LODGE 480YAARAB Shriners: $51,903 · OtherYAARAB ShrinersORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR GEORGIA: $39,393 · OtherORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR GEORGIA9TH MASONIC DISTRICT: $37,343 · Other9TH MASONIC DISTRICTCHAMBLEE-SARDIS LODGE NO 444: $32,892 · OtherCHAMBLEE-SARDIS LODGE NO 444FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF GEORGIA: $26,127 · Other+12 more: $119,767 · Other+12 moreGeorgia Masonic Charities Foundation: $202,765 · EducationGeorgia Masonic Charities …Masonic Home of Georgia: $113,190 · Human ServicesMasonic Home o…CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $8,805 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $7,537 · HealthSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF GAINC: $6,805 · Philanthropy
Other$519,634Education$202,765Human Services$113,190Health$16,342Philanthropy$6,805

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Grand Lodge of Georgia Free & Accepted Masons: $121,196 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetMasonic Home of Georgia: $113,190 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFREE & ACCPTED MASONS OF GEORGIA DULUTH LODGE 480: $91,013 over 1y, 70% of budgetYAARAB Shriners: $51,903 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $8,805 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF GEORGIA: $8,247 over 1y, 11% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $7,537 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF GAINC: $6,805 over 1y, 1.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Georgia Masonic Charities Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Grand Lodge of Georgia Free & Accepted Masons ↗
  • Who funds Masonic Home of Georgia ↗
  • Who funds FREE & ACCPTED MASONS OF GEORGIA DULUTH LODGE 480 ↗
  • Who funds YAARAB Shriners ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF GEORGIA ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF GAINC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Robert Worth Brad…Free Accepted Masons …
The Robert Worth Bradshaw Family Foundation IncGA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Free and Accepted Masons of Georgia Norcross Lodge 228 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Free and Accepted Masons of Georgia Norcross Lodge 228. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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