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SYRIA SHRINERS

SYRIA SHRINERS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,378 to it, the largest being ABRAHAM L HUFF TRUST TW ($101,608). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.4M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$103k
Net assets
$8.5M
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Syria Shriners does

Mission

Fraternity with a philanthropic mission

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Voice of syria - newspaper publication distributed to all members six times per year providing information on shrine activities. Fosters brotherhood and fellowship.

  2. Hospital patient transportation fund - a separately maintained fund for payment of transporting qualifying children and guardians to shriners hospitals. We will continue to provide this free service indefinitely.

  3. Membership dues - billed to members in the fall for the upcoming year. Fosters brotherhood and fellowship.

  4. "other program services"- charitable fundraising ;car raffle ; catering and bar income

The 4 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 ($1.0M) Expenses 100 ($960k) Net assets 100 ($6.7M)2018 Revenue 114 ($1.2M) Expenses 96 ($921k) Net assets 90 ($6.1M)2019 Revenue 76 ($775k) Expenses 84 ($806k) Net assets 102 ($6.9M)2020 Revenue 59 ($607k) Expenses 60 ($576k) Net assets 111 ($7.4M)2021 Revenue 251 ($2.6M) Expenses 73 ($700k) Net assets 119 ($8.0M)2022 Revenue 47 ($481k) Expenses 71 ($682k) Net assets 100 ($6.7M)2023 Revenue 52 ($532k) Expenses 72 ($693k) Net assets 108 ($7.3M)2024 Revenue 238 ($2.4M) Expenses 81 ($773k) Net assets 127 ($8.5M)
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Revenue (238)Expenses (81)Net assets (127)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $8.7M to $7.1M (−18%).

$7.2M
$6.6M
$7.2M
$7.7M
$8.7M
$7.1M
$7.7M
$8.8M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$64k
’17
$240k
’18
−$31k
’19
$31k
’20
$1.9M
’21
−$201k
’22
−$162k
’23
$1.7M
’24
12
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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Listed77777777
Joined·+1+2+1+1+1+2+1
No longer listed·1211121
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $270 → $20k.

From the IRS filings of SYRIA SHRINERS’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

SYRIA SHRINERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 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

98% of SYRIA SHRINERS's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

OH
PA
TX

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

’17
’18
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania 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 SYRIA SHRINERS

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 Pennsylvania

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Syria Temple Holding Corporation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds SYRIA SHRINERS?
SYRIA SHRINERS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,378 to it, the largest being ABRAHAM L HUFF TRUST TW ($101,608). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SYRIA SHRINERS have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $103,378 in grants to SYRIA SHRINERS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SYRIA SHRINERS?
ABRAHAM L HUFF TRUST TW is the largest funder on record, with $101,608 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SYRIA SHRINERS 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.

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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 3 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