Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry Southern Jurisdiction
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THIS IS AN ASSOCIATION OF MEN WHO ARE ORGANIZED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF FREEMASONRY AND SEEK TO PROMOTE FRATERNALISM IN THE RESPECT OF GOD.
- Income
- $378,254
- Spending
- $114,213
- Employees
- 0
- Highest pay
- $15,500, secretary
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)
- $114,213 spent. THE PROGRAMS, TOOLS AND PROCESSES ARE MEMBERSHIP FOCUSED AND SUPPORT THE OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL. VMAP (VALLEY MEMBERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT PROJECT) IS INTENDED TO HELP EACH VALLEY CARRY OUT ITS SERVICE TO THE SCOTTISH RITE. THERE ARE ALSO VARIOUS MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEES ORGANIZED TO PERFORM WORKSHOPS, ORGANIZE FRATERNAL FUNCTIONS, SUPPORT THE WSB CLUB, ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN DEMOLAY AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDE OTHER SPECIFIC VALLEY INCENTIVES. THE VISION IS TO BE A ROBUST FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION WITH A STABLE MEMBERSHIP; FINANCIALLY SECURE IN ALL DOMAINS; AND RECOGNIZED, RESPECTED, AND VALUED BY ITS MEMBERS, THE MASONIC WORLD, AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 7, 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 September 7, 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 September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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