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The Scottish Rite Foundation Southern Jurisdiction USA Inc

To fund childhood language disorder programs, award scholarships for under-graduate and advanced degrees, and fund natural disaster relief efforts.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$8.4MHealth$1.1MEducation$270kMembership Benefit$127kHuman Services$47kPhilanthropy$41kCrime & Legal$30kOther$386k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 7 grants below total $1,533,963 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,796,936 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $262,973 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $48k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $157k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$17,149
Median grant
6
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE HISTORIC$1,060,481
OMAHA SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL ASSOC$268,000
SRF OF NEBRASKA$157,000
NORTH CAROLINA SR MASONIC$17,149
SRF OF FLORIDA$11,074
SRF OF VIRGINIA$10,259
LIVINGSTON SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–22, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ALABAMA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF UTAH: $17k → 8%SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 7% of The Scottish Rite Foundation Southern Jurisdiction USA Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 80% of the giving stays in DC; read by stated purpose it is 74% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

The Scottish Rite Foundation Southern Jurisdiction USA Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.0M · 11 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

11 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
36

Total granted

$9.0M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+24%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $268k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Membership BenefitHealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TH
    THE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDAION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8.4M · revenue +120% · 64% of their budget
  • SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $150k · revenue +37%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $45k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • TS
    TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
    one grant, 2018 · $525k · revenue +20%
  • U
    UNKNOWN
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • RU
    RADFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $55k · revenue -82%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Scottish Rite Foundation of Texas
Arts & Culture
2
New Orleans Scottish Rite Foundatio
Arts & Culture
3
Cedar Rapids Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation
Education
4
Cumberland Scottish Rite Foundation Inc
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5
Tucson Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation
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6
Portsmouth Scottish Rite Foundation Inc

To establish conduct maintain and promote any support for children in general but more especially for children with language disorders.

Health
7
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Nmj Valley of Hartford

Domestic fraternal organization

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8
The Scottish Rite Learning Center of West Texas

Remedial training of individuals with dyslexia

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9
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Honolulu

None

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10
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Nmj Valley of Hartford

Domestic fraternal organization

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11
Ritecare of Minneapolis-St Paul Inc

Endeavor to give children with speech and language disorders the opportunity to reach their full potential by providing financial grants for treatment.

Education
12
Memphis Scottish Rite Fdn Inc

The Foundation assists in support of a children's speech disorder clinic at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Scottish Rite Foundation of Wyoming and the most unlike its peers is Demolay International. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%3%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%3%10–20yr18%18%20–35yr16%49%35–55yr15%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%0%10–20yr18%1%20–35yr16%91%35–55yr15%8%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/45
the rest of the field
12%
1,600/12,956

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
26/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDAION INC — $8,355,898 · Arts & CultureTHE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDAION INC+3 more — $83,200 · Arts & CultureTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN — $524,600 · HealthTEXAS SCOTT…Scottish Rite Foundation of Omaha — $268,000 · HealthScottish Ri…Scottish Rite Foundation of Nebraska Inc — $217,000 · HealthScottish Ri…+5 more — $45,833 · HealthUNKNOWN — $250,000 · OtherHURRICAN IAN RELIEF AID — $15,000 · Other+13 more — $121,370 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $150,346 · EducationRADFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $54,600 · EducationCALIFORNIA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $45,274 · EducationSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA — $20,259 · EducationNorth Carolina Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation Inc — $27,149 · Membership BenefitLouisiana Scottish Rite Foundation — $20,000 · Membership BenefitKansas Scottish Rite Foundation Inc — $10,000 · Membership BenefitARKANSAS SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Membership BenefitNEVADA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Membership BenefitSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF COLORADO — $10,000 · Membership BenefitTHE OREGON SCOTTISH RITE EDUC FDN — $10,000 · Membership BenefitSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC — $10,000 · Membership BenefitSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF WYOMING — $10,000 · Membership BenefitMARYLAND SCOTTISH RITE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Membership BenefitSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF UTAH — $26,652 · Human ServicesKNOXVILLE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION INC — $10,602 · Human ServicesALABAMA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA — $21,074 · PhilanthropySCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropySCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF GAINC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyMASONIC CHARITIES OF HAWAII — $30,000 · Crime & Legal
Arts & Culture$8,439,098Health$1,055,433Other$386,370Education$270,479Membership Benefit$127,149Human Services$47,254Philanthropy$41,074Crime & Legal$30,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDAION INC — $8,355,898 over 8y, 64% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN — $524,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScottish Rite Foundation of Omaha — $268,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetScottish Rite Foundation of Nebraska Inc — $217,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $150,346 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRADFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $54,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDEMOLAY INTERNATIONAL — $50,200 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $45,274 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMASONIC CHARITIES OF HAWAII — $30,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetNorth Carolina Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation Inc — $27,149 over 2y, 13% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF UTAH — $26,652 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetLINCOLN SCOTTISH RITE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $23,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA — $21,074 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA — $20,259 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetLouisiana Scottish Rite Foundation — $20,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetKansas Scottish Rite Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetARKANSAS SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF IDAHO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetIOWA SCOTTISH RITE MASONIC FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetScottish Rite Foundation of Montana — $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetNEW MEXICO SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetNEVADA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF GAINC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF COLORADO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALABAMA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII — $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE OREGON SCOTTISH RITE EDUC FDN — $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAlaska Scottish Ritecare Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF WYOMING — $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMARYLAND SCOTTISH RITE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHUNTINGTON WV SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY FOUNDATION INC — $5,833 over 1y, 12% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC4.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Scottish Rite Foundation Southern Jurisdiction USA Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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