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Masonic Brotherhood Foundation, Inc.
Tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code
Established May 1973
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Through their attorneys, the Bentonville and Pea Ridge lodges filed a lawsuit against County Assessor Shirley Sandlin and Tax Collector Greg Hoggatt, claiming the elected officials unlawfully are imposing ad valorem property taxes on lodge buildings.
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The attorneys for the Masonic lodges claim Arkansas Code Annotated 26-3-301 protects their clients from having to pay taxes. The statute exempts all properties owned by charitable organizations so long as they are not leased or used to turn a profit.
Masonic Care, which has nearly $70 'million in construction projects under way on the Oneida County side of its property, says being located entirely in Utica would make it easier to get approvals for its aggressive expansion projects.
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Luley and Masonic Care officials contend that there's no reason for Herkimer County and Town of Frankfort officials to oppose the annexation, because no revenue would be lost on account of Masonic Care's tax-exempt status, and because they'd save money by no longer having to provide services.
Gerald R. Ford, Jr. 38th President, 1974 - 1977. He was raised to the Sublime degree of Master Mason on May 18, 1951 in Columbia Lodge No. 3, F. &.A.M., of Washington, D.C., as a courtesy for Malta Lodge No. 465, F. & A.M. of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
IRS records show that just over 5% of the money the Shrine takes in yearly is actually spent on their hospitals and other charities.
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The money raised through various Masonic efforts and donated to the Shrine could be better put to use by the various Grand Lodges for the benefit of Masonry in general, as the United Grand Lodge if England does. They have a single Grand Charity, into which funds have been invested for a LONG time
Financial assistance is available for qualifying Ohio Masons and their wives or widows who are residents or are applying for residency at The Ohio Masonic Home campuses in Springfield, Waterville or Medina.
In the Bureaus which we represent, for example, there are records of many cases where the assistance given in individual instances has, ovcr a period of years, passed the ten thousand dollar mark. We have one such case where a small rural Lodge assisted an ailing Brother, then his widow, and now his incapacitated daughter, over a twenty year period.
There are about three million Masons in North America and about two million worldwide. In North America, a Master Mason can branch out and join other "appendant" groups such as the Scottish Rite, the Knights Templar or the Shriners. Once a Master Mason becomes a Shriner, he joins the Red-Fez wearing fraternity of 350,000 or so who meet in 191 North American temples. Though they are Master Masons, some seem to disconnect from and turn their back on Freemasonry to become "Shriners first," who then dedicate their lives to overseeing and supporting their $13 billion network of 22 hospitals that provides free medical care to burned or crippled children at tax payer expense.
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Recent articles about the Royal Order of Jesters began on February 15, 2008, when I published "Jesters Exposed." It asked: "Have the Jesters hustled the feds by convincing them that raising millions for partying is a legitimate exempt purpose because the IRS has had no problem classifying them as both a nonprofit fraternity and charity?"
More than 57 percent of the $32 million the Shriners raised in 2005 through circuses, bingo games, raffles and a variety of sales went to costs of the fraternity, including keeping temple liquor cabinets full and offering expenses-paid trips to Shrine meetings and other events.
¶Only 2 percent of the Shrine hospitals’ operating income comes from money raised by Shrine temples and members’ dues. (The bulk is supplied by the hospitals’ $9 billion endowment.)
¶A top Shrine official told a meeting of temple treasurers that poor accounting for cash coming into the organization was “an increasingly common problem,” and that more than 30 temples had discovered fraud — like theft of money and inventory, altered bank statements, padded payrolls and fake invoices — amounting to as much as $300,000 and involving members of their “divans,” the five-member boards that govern each temple.
Yet whistle-blowers like Mr. Goline are often greeted with hostility, retaliation and official sanctions.
TAX FRAUD TAINT ON BIG CONCERNS.
Evidence in Masonic Temple Scandal Points to Gang With Wide Field of Operations
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State's Attorney Deneen put out his lines yesterday in connection with the forged tax receipt scandal involving the Masonic Temple association and Capt. Edward Williams, its manager
Masonic Home of New Jersey
Accounting handles the normal accounting functions for the Foundation and provides a full service bank for our residents. Some of these services include:
* Quarterly Statements
* Money Orders
* Stamps
* Cash Withdrawals
* Bill Payment
* Fund Investment
* Arrangement of Legal Services
* Income Tax Preparation
* Miscellaneous Banking Services
So the brothers pay a Mason's hospital bill so that Mason isn't a burden on the taxpayers. Sounds like that's a good thing for both the hospital, who's getting paid; the ill brother, who couldn't afford to cover his own expenses in a time of need; and the taxpayers, who aren't affected like they would be if NOBODY was covering the cost of the patient.
Originally posted by cutbothways
Again, the masons taking care of their own.
But what about all the hospitals? Paid by the taxpayer.
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Walter Page, who was about to uncover the latest embezzlement case at his Masonic lodge, was discovered slain in his burned home on Thursday.
Mr Renard spent 30 hours in detention last week before being placed under formal investigation by the city's public prosecutor for allegedly passing sensitive information from France's national criminal database to members of his Masonic lodge.
The case is linked to "hidden networks" in police and judicial circles that have successfully "buried" inquiries into serious allegations against prominent local figures, says the prosecutor, Eric de Montgolfier.
We invite anyone to
look into our practices and see if our joining fees are any greater than what you'd pay in any other lodge,
or if any of our officers are earning the large paychecks that Grand Officers in the large Masonic bodies do.
Originally posted by cutbothways
By the way, the upper level Masons receive a paycheck.
At the time I was suspended, I was also considering accepting a nomination for Grand Secretary, a position held in my jurisdiction for the last 17 years by a Past Grand Master with only a high school education, who receives a compensation package of about $100,000 per year.
Originally posted by cutbothways
At the time I was suspended, I was also considering accepting a nomination for Grand Secretary, a position held in my jurisdiction for the last 17 years by a Past Grand Master with only a high school education, who receives a compensation package of about $100,000 per year.
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Do you pay income tax on your compensation from the lodge?
And HD is correct ( did I just say that?) outside events away from Masonic activities like weddings, graduations, rehersals, and various other events are considered income and must be taxed as they then operate as a business, not a not for profit entity.
In Texas alone, at least four of the state’s 13 temples have lost money to theft, embezzlement and faulty accounting over the last five years, according to several Shriners there.
Originally posted by cutbothways
Could you please provide a list of charities that do not benefit other Masons.
And since the Masons are highly involved in politics, I would suggest they violate the tax code.
At a time when the "useless eaters" are barely getting by, and the Government is giving back $600 to the taxpayer, who's money it was in the first place, I find your defense of the non-profit umbrella quite sickening, and elitists.
Could you please provide a list of charities that do not benefit other Masons.
Employees and trustees of two charities for disabled children have been jailed for a total of 16 years for using their positions to steal more than £900,000.
Care and Aid Trust for Children with Handicaps, known as Catch, and Help for All were both shut down after investigations by the Charity Commission and HM Revenue & Customs into offences including theft of donations, Gift Aid fraud and tax evasion.
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The Swansea-based charity was found to be insolvent and was wound up in court in 2002.
THE SWANSEA MASONIC HALL COMPANY LTD (Single location)