Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry So Juris of USA
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS MEMBERS THROUGH EXPANDED AND ENLIGHTENED TEACHING OF THE BASIC MASONIC PRINCIPLES; TO EXPAND MASONIC FRATERNALISM; TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE NON-MASONIC PUBLIC ABOUT FREEMASONRY; (SEE SCHEDULE O)TO DEVELOP, PROMOTE, SUPPORT ITS CHARITABLE PROJECTS; AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE SYMBOLIC LODGES AND MASONS IN CENTRAL IOWA.
- Income
- $647,243
- Spending
- $664,365
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 300
- Highest pay
- $63,021, secretary / executive dire
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 (1)
- THE WORK OF THE SCOTTISH RITE SERVES TO ELABORATE ON AND AMPLIFY THAT OF THE PRECEEDING MASONIC DEGREES. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE TEACHING OF LESSONS THROUGH ALLEGORY IN THE FORM OF PLAYS. THE LESSONS ARE TAKEN FROM BIBLICAL AS WELL AS MORE MODERN HISTORICAL EVENTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2024.
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 September 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 October 21, 2026.
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