Massachusetts · Public charity
Masonic Education & Charity Trust
To hold and invest funds for related masonic organizations and distribute income earned to them and to return their invested funds when required in order to fulfill the requirements and obligations of freemasonry: freemasonry (often simplified to "masonry") enhances and strengthens the character of the individual man by providing…
- $705k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $167k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,300
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $106,214
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $92M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Masonic Education & Charity Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $167k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $76k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $91k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $88k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeMolay Foundation of Massachusetts | $188,025 | 6 | 50% |
| The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association | $123,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Masonic Service Association | $116,645 | 6 | 6% |
| Masonic Health System of Massachusetts Inc | $106,214 | 6 | 2% |
| International Order of the Rainbow Girls | $4,597 | 3 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Master Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
How this is measured
About Masonic Education & Charity Trust
- How much does Masonic Education & Charity Trust give?
- Masonic Education & Charity Trust reported 4 itemized grants totaling $166,875, out of $705,225 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Masonic Education & Charity Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (35%), Arts & Culture (23%), Community Improvement (22%).
- Who are Masonic Education & Charity Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: DeMolay Foundation of Massachusetts ($188k), The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association ($123k), Masonic Service Association ($117k).
- Does Masonic Education & Charity Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Masonic Education & Charity Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Master Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts.
- Where is Masonic Education & Charity Trust based?
- Masonic Education & Charity Trust is based in MA.
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