Skip to content

Massachusetts · Nonprofit

EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC

EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $64,290 to it, the largest being GRAND CHAPTER OF MASS ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR ($64,290). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$88k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$64k
Net assets
$2.1M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%
01What it does

What Eastern Star of Mass Charitable Foundation Inc does

Mission

To provide care to the aged and indigent members of the order/organization.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Fraternal/temporary financial assistance to aged and indigent members of the order

    $69,680 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $69,680.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($37k) Expenses 100 ($154k) Net assets 100 ($1.6M)2018 Revenue 134 ($49k) Expenses 66 ($101k) Net assets 97 ($1.6M)2019 Revenue 119 ($44k) Expenses 35 ($53k) Net assets 101 ($1.6M)2020 Revenue 136 ($50k) Expenses 17 ($27k) Net assets 93 ($1.5M)2021 Revenue 171 ($62k) Expenses 53 ($81k) Net assets 114 ($1.8M)2022 Revenue 203 ($74k) Expenses 15 ($24k) Net assets 123 ($2.0M)2023 Revenue 161 ($59k) Expenses 46 ($71k) Net assets 118 ($1.9M)2024 Revenue 198 ($73k) Expenses 33 ($50k) Net assets 130 ($2.1M)2025 Revenue 241 ($88k) Expenses 59 ($90k) Net assets 130 ($2.1M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (241)Expenses (59)Net assets (130)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+22%).

$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.5M
$1.8M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$2.1M
$2.1M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

42% of EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (52% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,628 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$117k
’17
−$52k
’18
−$10k
’19
$23k
’20
−$18k
’21
$51k
’22
−$12k
’23
$22k
’24
−$2k
’25
10
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed555555555
Joined·+2+1+0+0+2+1+0+2
No longer listed·21002102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $8k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,318 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · above the median
Months of reserve10.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,318 housing & shelter nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Massachusetts

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

38%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Grand Chapter of Mass Order of Eastern Star · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

A paid feature, included from the $75 plan up. Sign in to download.

Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf

Questions and answers

Who funds EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $64,290 to it, the largest being GRAND CHAPTER OF MASS ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR ($64,290). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $64,290 in grants to EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
GRAND CHAPTER OF MASS ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR is the largest funder on record, with $64,290 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EASTERN STAR OF MASS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

Play a game about who funds Eastern Star of Mass →

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing