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Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of California at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

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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.

$59k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$245kMembership Benefit$227kHousing & Shelter$105kReligion$23kCommunity Improvement$8k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $47,458, the rows itemized in this filing. The $59,458 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $12,000 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.
$34,708
Median grant
2
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION$34,708
BENICIA HALL ASSOCIATION$12,750
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AUBURN MASONIC HALL ASSOCIATION: $9k → 6%SAN BENITO MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION: $32k → 7%PITTSBURG MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $19k → 9%VITRUVIUS MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $35k → 9%BENICIA HALL ASSOCIATION: $13k → 10%BENICIA MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 10%BLYTHE MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $11k → 11%BIG BEAR MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $16k → 14%SAN DIMAS MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $23k → 14%ACACIA MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION: $50k → 18%GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $51k → 9%TEXAS LODGE NO 46 MASONIC HALL ASSOCIATION: $30k → 7%ANTIOCH-BRENTWOOD MASONIC HALL ASSOCIATION: $10k → 9%BENICIA HALL ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%BENICIA MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $19k → 10%GLENDORA MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $8k → 14%GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $43k → 9%FAIRFIELD-SUISUN MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION: $20k → 10%BENICIA MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $11k → 10%TORRANCE MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $14k → 14%GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $40k → 9%BENICIA MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $9k → 10%GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $38k → 9%GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $37k → 9%GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $36k → 9%GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $35k → 9%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
Elk Grove Masonic Temple Associatio

Elk Grove Masonic Temple Association operates exclusively as a supporting organization of the Elk Grove Lodge No. 173 , an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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2
Granada Masonic Temple Association

Granada Masonic Temple Association operates exclusively as a supporting organization of the Alhambra Lodge No. 322, an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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3
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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4
Chula Vista Masonic Temple Association

Chula Vista Masonic Temple Association operates exclusively as a supporting organization of the Chula Vista Lodge No. 626, an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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5
Fresno Masonic Temple Company

Fresno Masonic Temple Companys exclusive purpose is to hold title to property, collect income therefrom and turn over the entire amount thereof, less expenses, to the Fresno Lodge No. 247.

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6
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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7
South Pasadena Masonic Association

South Pasadena Masonic Association operates exclusively as a supporting organization of the South Pasadena Lodge No. 290, an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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8
Rockridge Masonic Hall Association

Rockridge Masonic Hall Association operates excclusively as a supporting orgnaization of the Oakland Lodge No. 61, an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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9
Petaluma Masonic Hall Association

Petaluma Masonic Hall Association operates exclusively as a supporting organization of the Petaluma-Hamilton No. 180, an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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10
Valley Masonic Building Association

Valley Masonic Building Association operates exclusively as a supporting organization of theDiablo Valley Lodge No. 448, an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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11
Crocker Masonic Hall Association

Crocker Masonic Hall Associations exclusive purpose is to hold title to property, collect income therefrom and turn over the entire amount thereof, less expenses, to the Crocker Lodge No. 212.

Community Improvement
12
Barstow Masonic Building Association

Barstow Masonic Building Association operates exclusively as a supporting organization of Barstow Boron Lodge No. 682, an exempt organization under 501(c)10.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Benicia Masonic Temple Association; the most unlike its peers is The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. 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

8 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. 8 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/8
Grantees still filing
3/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Benicia Masonic Temple Association: $82,150 · OtherBenicia Masonic Temple AssociationACACIA MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · OtherACACIA MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATIONVITRUVIUS MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $35,000 · OtherVITRUVIUS MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATIONGRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIFORNIA: $32,000 · OtherGRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIFORNIAFREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIFORNIA: $30,000 · OtherFREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIFORNIASAN DIMAS MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $23,000 · OtherSAN DIMAS MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATIONFAIRFIELD-SUISUN MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · OtherFAIRFIELD-SUISUN MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATIONPITTSBURG MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $19,000 · OtherPITTSBURG MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATIONBIG BEAR MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $16,000 · OtherBLYTHE MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION: $11,429 · Other+2 more: $19,000 · Other+2 moreTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $280,175 · Arts & CultureTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL …Vacaville Lodge 134 Masonic Temple Association: $16,488 · Membership BenefitTorrance Masonic Temple Association: $14,000 · Membership BenefitGlendora Masonic Temple Association: $8,000 · Community Improvement
Other$337,579Arts & Culture$280,175Membership Benefit$30,488Community Improvement$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $280,175 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetBenicia Masonic Temple Association: $82,150 over 6y, 95% of budgetGRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIFORNIA: $32,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVacaville Lodge 134 Masonic Temple Association: $16,488 over 1y, 31% of budgetTorrance Masonic Temple Association: $14,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetAntioch-Brentwood Masonic Hall Association: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAuburn Masonic Hall Association: $9,000 over 1y, 4.3% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
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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 →
    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, FY20–24
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of California 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 16 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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