Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of East Trinity Lodge Number 157
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
East Trinity Lodge exists to improve the lives of its members through moral and philosophical lessons, promotion of fraternal bonds, and community involvement.
- Income
- $57,104
- Spending
- $37,848
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 12
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
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
Governance
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
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $18,000 spent. The lodge provides educational scholarships to local students to help with the cost of higher education. Funds for this program are primarily raised through an annual golf tournament and supplemented by member contributions. This year, the lodge awarded 6 scholarships totaling 18,000 to deserving students in the community.
- $4,000 spent. The lodge supported the 'Shoes for Kids' program in Rockwall, a community initiative providing new shoes and school supplies to underprivileged children. The lodge provided a grant of $4,000 to First United Methodist Church Rockwall to assist in the funding of this program.
- $1,162 spent. The lodge partnered with Rockwall Helping Hands to purchase and distribute holiday meals to families in need in the local community. The lodge allocated 1,162 for this program, which provided approximately 30 holiday meals to families identified by Rockwall Helping Hands.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
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 October 13, 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 November 1972.
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 October 21, 2026.
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