The Society for the Preservation of the Masonic Temple

Analysis

The Society for the Preservation of the Masonic Temple is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Society for the Preservation of the Masonic Temple reported income of $196k and spending of $50k, leaving 74% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $196k (-83%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 3.2% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Society for the Preservation of the Masonic Temple sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grand Marais Playhouse Inc ($196k), Heals Center for the Arts ($196k) and Scituate Library Foundation Inc ($196k).

At year end it held assets of $7.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $7.3m.