Ancient Free & Accepted Masons
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROMOTE A WAY OF LIFE THAT BINDS LIKE-MINDED MEN IN A BROTHERHOOD THAT TRANSCENDS ALL RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND THROUGH ITS FELLOWSHIP, COMPASSION, AND CONCERN TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH TO SERVE GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY, AND SELF.
- Income
- $55,493
- Spending
- $53,594
- Employees
- 0
- Highest pay
- $500, secretary
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 December 31, 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 December 31, 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 (2)
- FRATERNAL EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES: TO PRESENT THE PRINCIPLES AND TEACHINGS OF FREEMASONRY TO ITS MEMBERS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM BETTER INDIVIDUALS WITHIN SOCIETY AND TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE MASONIC FELLOWSHIP. THE PRINCIPLES AND TEACHINGS OF FREEMASONRY ARE FIRST PRESENTED TO THOSE JOINING MOSAIC LODGE THROUGH THE THREE DEGREES OF SYMBOLIC MASONRY AND THEREAFTER BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, NUMEROUS SELF-STUDY RESOURCES, AND BY WITNESSING HOW OTHER MASONS PRACTICE THEM IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. THE MEMBERS OF THE LODGE WERE PROVIDED WITH A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR MASONIC FELLOWSHIP AND GROWTH. MEMBERS WERE INFORMED ABOUT LODGE MEETINGS, DEGREES WORK, AND VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES INCUDED FAMILY MEMBERS.
- CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE: TO PROVIDE FUNDS AND ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGHANIZATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. CHARITY IS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FREEMASONRY AND IS EVIDENCED THROUGH ITS SUPPORT OF A VARIETY OF WORTHWHILE CAUSES. IN 2023 MOSAIC LODGE AWARDED GRANTS TOTALING $16,550 TO TEN QUALIFIED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AWARDED $2000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO FIVE OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO ASSIST THEM IN PURSUING A POST-SECONFARY EDUCATION, AND GRANTED $750 TO ONE LODGE MEMBER WHO WAS IN NEED OF CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE. MASONIC CHARITY, HOWEVER, GOES BEYOND THAT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND IS EVIDENCED THROUGH ITS MEMBERS ACTS, KINDNESS, AND SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE WHETHER THEY BE MASONS OR NOT.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 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 October 1941.
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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