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THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $914,797 to it, the largest being Masonic Service Association ($912,797). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $915k
- Net assets
- $24M
What The Grand Lodge of Texas Ancient Free and Accepted Masons does
Mission
Fraternal organization
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization governs the operation of 781 masonic lodges in texas. Membership dues are due annually on june 23. The organization has 64,120 members
$441,322 spentof which $72,544 as grants$301,262 earned by the program75% of program spendingThe organization issues a quarterly publication.
$124,348 spent$74,382 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe organization provides direct financial assistance to recipients.
$14,500 spentof which $14,500 as grants2% of program spendingThe organization provides assistance for youth activities.
$5,000 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $585,170.
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.
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 $55M to $46M (−17%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $752k → $163k.
From the IRS filings of THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS’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
THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 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
THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
44% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS?
- THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $914,797 to it, the largest being Masonic Service Association ($912,797). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $914,797 in grants to THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS?
- Masonic Service Association is the largest funder on record, with $912,797 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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