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Free & Accepted Masons of New York

EIN 16-0781640 · Webster, NY

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

TO MAKE GOOD MEN BETTER BY SPREADING THE CEMENT OF BROTHERLY LOVE

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (11)

$3,453 spent. GRAND LODGE BROTHERHOOD FUND AND OTHER FRATERNAL CHARITIES FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THEIR PROGRAMS
$1,614 spent. WEBSTER SCOUT TROUP 425
$1,134 spent. WEBSTER SCHROEDER BASESALL
Program Service Expenses 3,843, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 BELLAS BUMBAS
Program Service Expenses 1,952, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 WEBSTER THOMAS CHEERLEADING
Program Service Expenses 1,792, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 WEBSTER SCHROEDER BOYS SOCCER BOOSTER
Program Service Expenses 2,108, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 COMFORT CARE
Program Service Expenses 1,219, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 W S P S
Program Service Expenses 922, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 WEBSTER THOMAS FOOTBALL BOOSTERS
Program Service Expenses 751, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 ROCHESTER COMMUNITY ROBOTICS INC
Program Service Expenses 3,666, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 OTHER LOCAL CHARITIES

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(8) fraternal beneficiary society.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1940.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.

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