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Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas

EIN 23-7182862 · Plano, TX

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

What it says it does

Fraternal Organization

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (2)

Charitable Contributions to other Organizations
Mirabeau B Lamar Scholarship ProgramMirabeau B. Lamar was born in 1798 in Georgia and was raised there on hisfather's farm. An insatiable reader, he was largely self-educated and becamevery proficient in writing, history, liberal arts, sciences, math, and art. It was here that Lamar joined the Masonic Lodge and developed his strong stance for humanliberty and public education. After a brief political career, he moved to Texas in1835 just as the Texas Revolution was starting. He served as a Colonel in theCavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto and was instrumental in this final battle forTexas Independence. In 1838, he was inaugurated as the second president ofTexas and in his very first address to the Texas Congress, President Lamarcalled for and had approved an appropriation of land in every Texas county tosupport public schools and 50 leagues of land that would eventually become theUniversity of Texas and Texas A&M University. For this, he became known asThe Father of Public Education in Texas.In honor of his distinguished contributions to the public education system ofTexas, the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award is presented to a Graduating Senior fromthe Plano Independent School District by Plano Masonic Lodge#768 of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, Plano, Texas

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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)(10) domestic fraternal 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 June 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 January 1973.
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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