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GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA (Nevada) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,500 to it, the largest being KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EDUCATIONAL FDN OF THE GEKT USA - GROUP RETURN ($115,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$300k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$123k
Net assets
$2.9M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Nevada does

Mission

Granting of charters for the purpose of establishing masonic lodges in the state of nevada and to carry out the mission of freemasonry. The grand lodge of nevada provides programs, education, training and support services to constituent lodges, officers and individual members. Services include insurance coverage for constituent lodges, certification programs for lodge officers, masonic education for members, and other services and education opportunities. The grand lodge also provides direct monetary support in the form of grants to associated youth groups and other masonic organizaitons.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Constituent lodge support:provided governance, administrative assistance, training, communications, and oversight to constituent masonic lodges throughout nevada to promote effective lodge operations, leadership, membership engagement, and compliance with grand lodge requirements.

  2. Research and education:promoted the study of masonic history, principles, ritual, governance, and leadership through educational programs, instructional materials, meetings, presentations, and research activities for members and constituent lodges.

  3. Charitable activities:encouraged, coordinated, and supported charitable service by the grand lodge and its constituent lodges to assist individuals and communities in need and to promote philanthropy, volunteerism, and community involvement.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($221k) Expenses 100 ($173k) Net assets 100 ($2.2M)2018 Revenue 103 ($228k) Expenses 95 ($164k) Net assets 100 ($2.2M)2019 Revenue 93 ($204k) Expenses 100 ($174k) Net assets 107 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 114 ($252k) Expenses 105 ($181k) Net assets 112 ($2.4M)2021 Revenue 115 ($254k) Expenses 104 ($181k) Net assets 129 ($2.8M)2022 Revenue 125 ($276k) Expenses 119 ($206k) Net assets 111 ($2.4M)2023 Revenue 182 ($402k) Expenses 143 ($247k) Net assets 115 ($2.5M)2024 Revenue 136 ($300k) Expenses 135 ($233k) Net assets 134 ($2.9M)
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Revenue (136)Expenses (135)Net assets (134)

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 $2.6M to $3.0M (+14%).

$2.2M
$2.2M
$2.4M
$2.5M
$2.9M
$2.5M
$2.6M
$3.0M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$48k
’17
$64k
’18
$30k
’19
$71k
’20
$73k
’21
$70k
’22
$155k
’23
$67k
’24
16
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.

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Listed1312121212111212
Joined·+6+4+5+2+5+4+5
No longer listed·7452635
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $12k.

From the IRS filings of GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA’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.

How concentrated its funding is

GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA.

94%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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

GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Nevada, across 2 states in all.

NV
TX

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Nevada 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

Organizations like GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

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 Nevada

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

12
board members
83%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Reno Masonic Temple Association · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA?
GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA (Nevada) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,500 to it, the largest being KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EDUCATIONAL FDN OF THE GEKT USA - GROUP RETURN ($115,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $122,500 in grants to GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA?
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EDUCATIONAL FDN OF THE GEKT USA - GROUP RETURN is the largest funder on record, with $115,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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