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GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC

GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $640 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($640). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$640
Net assets
$2.1M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania Order of the Eastern Star Inc does

Mission

The purpose of this grand chapter, and the subordinate chapters constituted by and under its authority, is to promote the practice of charity and fraternity, exclusively within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 as amended.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The special purpose fund is used to provide support for the masonic villages, where we ask them to purchase specific items that will enhance the residents' life or specialty items needed in the health care area. The fund also covers the national ms society, which is our special service project, and the 14 veterans' facilities throughout the state where we provide monetary donations along with over 10,000 volunteer hours at each of the facilities annually. We provide monetary contributions annually to our youth and youth organizations as well. These funds are provided in accordance with the organization's constitution and laws and donations presented by our chapters specially designed to go to specific organizations. We have also given to susquehanna service dogs, alzheimer's and bellas bumbas over this past year.

    $440,361 spentof which $440,361 as grants
    32% of program spending

  2. The organization provides educational scholarships and estarl awards annually. 133 individuals benefitted from this program service this past year. The applicants must present all the information that is required in the application process by april 1st, at which time the scholarship committee reviews each application. The applicants and the chapters are then notified if they were accepted to receive scholarship money from our organization. The only time applicants are refused is when they do not provide the information that is requested. The scholarship money that was presented in june 2025 to those eligible was in the amounts of $3,000.00 each and can be used in any way the student desires. The money that is raised for these funds comes from our chapter donations along with direct gifts from our members.

    $399,000 spentof which $399,000 as grants
    29% of program spending

  3. The fraternal and emergency fraternal funds are used to help those in need of financial support. The emergency fraternal assistance is provided at request by either the individual or the chapter on behalf of the individual for needs that require immediate response for payment. The fraternal fund provides monthly assistance to those individuals requesting the need for additional funds to help them meet their monthly bills. These funds are given and they never need to be repaid by the individuals. An annual reassessment is done on all recipients to make sure they fall under the guidelines to receive the funds. The monthly amounts vary per individual and need and are reviewed every six months by the committee to make sure more money isn't needed or that lifestyles have changed.

    $229,374 spentof which $229,374 as grants
    17% of program spending

  4. Revenue that is generated as part of the general fund of the organization that is not specifically designated but is allocated wherever the need is greatest.

    $320,766 spent$321,407 earned by the program
    23% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,389,501.

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 ($410k) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($914k)2018 Revenue 253 ($1.0M) Expenses 92 ($1.3M) Net assets 114 ($1.0M)2019 Revenue 155 ($635k) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 117 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 123 ($505k) Expenses 89 ($1.3M) Net assets 131 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 344 ($1.4M) Expenses 41 ($576k) Net assets 179 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 328 ($1.3M) Expenses 94 ($1.3M) Net assets 181 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 404 ($1.7M) Expenses 103 ($1.4M) Net assets 204 ($1.9M)2024 Revenue 505 ($2.1M) Expenses 116 ($1.6M) Net assets 251 ($2.3M)2025 Revenue 425 ($1.7M) Expenses 141 ($2.0M) Net assets 225 ($2.1M)
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Revenue (425)Expenses (141)Net assets (225)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 2023 to 2024, from $2.0M to $2.4M (+20%).

$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$2.0M
$2.4M
$2.3M
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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

76% of GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$998k
’17
−$254k
’18
−$779k
’19
−$749k
’20
$835k
’21
$20k
’22
$210k
’23
$431k
’24
−$245k
’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.

Board chair

Donald C Graver

Grand trustee, chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed191917191415202222
Joined·+5+3+5+0+4+6+5+5
No longer listed·55353135
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $182 → $115.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $4.8M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Grand Chapter of Pa Endowment Corporation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC raised.

From the IRS filings of GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR 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 GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $640 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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In Pennsylvania

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Nationally

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 25%Fundraising 5%

Governance

17
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

78%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Grand Chapter of Pa Endowment Corporation Inc · exempt

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC?
GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $640 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($640). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $640 in grants to GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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