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Free and Accepted Masons Santa Monica-Palisades307 at a glance

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Free and Accepted Masons Santa Monica-Palisades307

A man who strives to improve himself can also improve his community and the world at large.

$27k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Membership Benefit$137kHuman Services$78kCivil Rights$20kRecreation & Sports$11kEducation$10kEnvironment$10kCrime & Legal$10kHousing & Shelter$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $5,811, the rows itemized in this filing. The $27,097 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,286 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.
$5,811
Median grant
1
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
California Masonic Foundation$5,811
02The need
03

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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Masonic Homes of California: $53k → 10%Masonic Homes of California: $26k → 10%Midnight Mission: $7k → 14%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$150k · 3 repeat orgs$139k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
7

Total granted

$150k
$139k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+34%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesCrime & LegalEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MH
    MASONIC HOMES OF CALIFORNIA
    2× · 2019–2022 · $78k · revenue +10%
  • CM
    CALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2024 · $62k · revenue -43%
  • PH
    PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB
    2× · 2018–2019 · $10k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • MC
    MASONIC CENTER ASSOCIATION OF SANTA MONICA
    one grant, 2023 · $96k · revenue -5% · 31% of their budget
  • JG
    JAIL GUITAR DOORSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +121%
  • HT
    HEAL THE BAYgraduated
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +70%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of California

We build in our members a foundation of values focused on service, integrity and a sense of belonging. by strengthening our moral character, we are able to affect positive change in the wider world.

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2
Marin Masonic Building Association

Marin Masonic Building Association operates exclusively as a supporting organization of the Marin Lodge No. 191, an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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3
Free and Accepted Masons of Ca Artesia Sunrise 377

A man who strives to improve himself can also improve his community and the world at large. This is the mission of the Masons of California. Through Masonic principles and tradition, we forster personal growth and improve the lives of…

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4
Free and Accepted Masons Napa Valley Lodge No 93

A man who strives to improve himself can also improve his community and the world at large. This is the mission of the Masons of California. Through Masonic principles and tradition, we foster personal growth and improve the lives of…

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5
California Lodge No 1 Independent Order of Odd Fellows

To promote member activities

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6
Master Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts

To supervise and govern the massachusetts masonic fraternity

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7
The Los Angeles County Alliance for Boys and Girls Clubs

The alliance was established to support the 23 clubs in the los angeles county by securing resources and marketing the boys and girls clubs to support the efforts of each individual club to increase their impact and outreach.

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8
Las Palmas Masonic Building Assn

Las Palmas Masonic Building Associations exclusive purpose is to hold title to property, collect income therefrom and turn over the entire amount thereof, less expenses, to the Las Palmas-Ponderosa Lodge No. 366.

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9
Silver Gate Three Stars Masonic Hall Association

Silver Gate Three Stars Masonic Hall Associations exclusive prupose is to hold title to property, collect income therefrom and turn over the enitre amount thereof, less expenses, to the Silver Gate Three Stars No. 296.

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10
Western Los Angeles County Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 51

The mission of the western los angeles council, inc. (wlacc), boy scouts of america is to support community organizations by providing values-based recreational and educational programs and activities that develop young people of character.

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11
Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Montana Grand Lodge

To be the supreme legislative authority of lodges of ancient free and accepted masons of montana

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12
California Hotel & Lodging Association

CH&LA operate to protect the right and interest of the California lodging industry. Legislative advocacy, educational training, communication, and cost-savings programs are provided for all segments of the industry. In addition, CH&LA…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Masonic Homes of California; the most unlike its peers is The Midnight Mission. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the 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 10 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASONIC CENTER ASSOCIATION OF SANTA MONICA: $96,237 · OtherMASONIC CENTER ASSOCIATION OF SANTA MONICACALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATION: $61,552 · OtherCALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATIONSanta Monica Athletic Boosters Club: $6,000 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherMASONIC HOMES OF CALIFORNIA: $78,061 · Human ServicesMASONIC HOMES OF CALIFORNIATHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $6,500 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MISSIONJAIL GUITAR DOORS: $10,000 · Crime & LegalHEAL THE BAY: $10,000 · EnvironmentPALISADES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB: $10,000 · EducationLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$168,789Human Services$84,561Crime & Legal$10,000Environment$10,000Education$10,000Recreation & Sports$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMASONIC CENTER ASSOCIATION OF SANTA MONICA: $96,237 over 1y, 31% of budgetMASONIC HOMES OF CALIFORNIA: $78,061 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATION: $61,552 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetJAIL GUITAR DOORS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES ROD AND REEL CLUB FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

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.

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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 Santa Monica-Palisades307 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Free and Accepted Masons Santa Monica-Palisades307. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Free and Accepted Masons Santa Monica-Palisades307 through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 10 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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