2024-08-19T13:28:59-05:00 2023-12-31 474526160 EFPR GROUP CPAS PLLC 6390 MAIN STREET SUITE 200 WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221 990 2023-01-01 135572761 THE GRAND CHAPTER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ROYAL ARCH MASONS GRAN 3157984893 2150 BLEECKER STREET UTICA NY 13501 BRIAN D SINGER GRAND TREASURER 3157984893 2024-08-14 1 0 DAVID A URBAN CPA P00630018 7166340700 2024-08-14 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z JEFFREY M WILLIAMSON 2150 BLEECKER STREET UTICA NY 13501 2621619 0 X WWW.NY-ROYAL-ARCH.ORG X 1940 NY FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION 12 12 1 0 0 0 54818 257339 64433 58347 273234 192163 2262 4287 394747 512136 64608 70522 0 0 62856 60712 0 0 0 144175 134343 271639 265577 123108 246559 7644474 8467990 891 14174 7643583 8453816 FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION 0 0 136577 70522 58347 GRAND CHAPTER ACTIVITIES PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN NEED OF MEDICAL RELIEF AND PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS. 136577 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X BRIAN D SINGER 5187473036 2150 BLEECKER STREET UTICA NY 13501 VINCENT LIBONE TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE TESTUT TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD J KESSLER TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES W HEMSTROUGHT JR TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY M WILLIAMSON PRESIDENT 1.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER L ALLEN TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID STOY TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 GORDON WHITING TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 CYRIL FRANCIS TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN PATTERSON TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES ROBERTS VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PIERS VAUGHN TRUSTEE 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRIAN SINGER GRAND TREASURER 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LARRY N BARNARD GRAND KING 5.00 0.00 X 9000 0 0 STEVEN SHEARER GRAND HIGH PRIEST 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL DUNN GRAND SECRETARY 5.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 9000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 257339 257339 MEMBERSHIP DUES AND ASSESSMENTS 611710 58347 58347 58347 252505 252505 2049141 2109483 -60342 -60342 -60342 BOOK SALES 900099 2903 2903 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 900099 1384 1384 4287 512136 58347 0 196450 2290 68232 58288 2424 68442 6100 12233 2700 13619 9651 8088 1525 CHARITY MAILINGS 5407 MISCELLANEOUS 3524 SUPPLIES 1093 TELEPHONE 720 1241 265577 175444 365246 8035 8035 0 0 7424587 8045576 44443 57168 7644474 8467990 891 490 0 13684 891 14174 X 6591381 7108291 1052202 1345525 7643583 8453816 7644474 8467990 246559 563674 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 6291871 619536 63127 16089 6832191 6875048 -465895 59399 57883 6291871 5730737 1199016 54705 6875048 5351651 475725 51863 44776 5730737 4284939 1168531 59466 42353 5351651 1.00000 0 0 8035 8035 0 0 OTHER LIABILITIES 13684 13684 X 1007368 563674 563674 443694 68442 68442 512136 197135 0 197135 68442 68442 265577 PART III, LINE 1A: THE GRAND CHAPTER MAINTAINS A COLLECTION OF GRAND LINE OFFICER JEWELS AND OTHER HISTORICAL ITEMS. EACH MEMBER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESERVATION, CARE, AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE JEWELS IN THEIR POSSESION. THE COLLECTIONS, WHICH WERE ACQUIRED THROUGH PURCHASES AND CONTRIBUTIONS SINCE THE GRAND CHAPTER'S INCEPTION, ARE NOT RECOGNIZED AS ASSETS ON THE STATEMENT OF FINACIAL POSITION. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE RECORDED AS DECREASES IN NET ASSETS WITHOUT DONOR REATRICTIONS IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ITEMS ARE ACQUIRED. CONTRIBUTED COLLECTION ITEMS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PROCEEDS FROM DEACCESSIONS WOULD BE USED TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR THE COLLECTION. FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021, THERE WERE NO PURCHASES OR DEACCESSIONS OF COLLECTION ITEMS. PART III, LINE 4: THE GRAND CHAPTER MAINTAINS A COLLECTION OF GRAND LINE OFFICER JEWELS AND OTHER HISTORICAL ITEMS. PART V, LINE 4: THE GRAND CHAPTER'S ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF THREE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS, EACH ESTABLISHED FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE. AS THE ENDOWMENTS WERE ESTABLISHED BY AN INTERNAL DESIGNATION AND ARE NOT DONOR RESTRICTED, THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AND REPORTED AS NET ASSETS WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS. THE GRAND CHAPTER HAS A SPENDING POLICY OF APPROPRIATING FOR DISTRIBUTION EACH YEAR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE INCOME THAT THE ENDOWMENTS GENERATE TO BE USED FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. PART X, LINE 2: THE GRAND CHAPTER IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (THE CODE); THEREFORE, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES IS REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE GRAND CHAPTER PRESENTLY DISCLOSES OR RECOGNIZES INCOME TAX POSITIONS BASED ON MANAGEMENT'S ESTIMATE OF WHETHER IT IS REASONABLY POSSIBLE OR PROBABLE THAT A LIABILITY HAS BEEN INCURRED FOR UNRECOGNIZED INCOME TAXES. MANAGEMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE GRAND CHAPTER HAS TAKEN NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. U.S. FORMS 990 FILED BY THE GRAND CHAPTER ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES. 1 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - MEDICAL 6 26232 SCHOLARSHIPS 42 42000 PART I, LINE 2: A COPY OF THE TUITION INVOICE FOR EACH SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT IS ATTACHED TO THE RECIPIENT LETTER AND KEPT ON FILE. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IS MONITORED TO ENSURE FUNDS ARE USED FOR DESIGNATED PURPOSES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 GRAND CHAPTER CONSISTS OF: NUMBER OF DISTRICTS - 18 NUMBER OF CHAPTERS - 75 NUMBER OF MEMBERS - 3,299 CONSTITUTIONALLY: MEMBERS ELECT THE OFFICERS OF A CHAPTER ANNUALLY AND HAVE A VOTE ON THE ACTIONS OF THE CHAPTER. ELECTED OFFICERS OF A CHAPTER ARE: HIGH PRIEST, KING, SCRIBE, TREASURER, SECRETARY, TRUSTEES. THE HIGH PRIEST, AS PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE CHAPTER, IS CONSIDERED A VOTING MEMBER OF GRAND CHAPTER AND HAS A VOTE AT GRAND CHAPTER. THE DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND HIGH PRIEST, WHO REPRESENTS THE GRAND HIGH PRIEST IN THE DISTRICT HAS A VOTE AT GRAND CHAPTER. THE GRAND CHAPTER IS MADE UP OF THE PERMANENT MEMBERS, ELECTED OFFICERS, AND APPOINTED OFFICERS. THE PERMANENT MEMBERS CONSIST OF ALL THE ELECTED GRAND OFFICERS AND EACH HAS A VOTE AT GRAND CHAPTER. THE PERMANENT MEMBERS MEET TWICE A YEAR, APPROVE THE ACTIONS OF THE GRAND LINE, AND SUGGEST RECCOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION. THE ELECTED GRAND LINE OFFICERS ARE: GRAND HIGH PRIEST, GRAND KING, GRAND SCRIBE, GRAND TREASURER, AND GRAND SECRETARY. EACH HAS A VOTE AT GRAND CHAPTER, AND EACH APPOINTED OFFICER ALSO HAS A VOTE AT GRAND CHAPTER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE VOTING MEMBERS ELECT ALL THE GRAND CHAPTER OFFICERS IN THE GRAND CHAPTER MAKEUP AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. NON-ELECTED GRAND CHAPTER OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE INCOMING GRAND HIGH PRIEST WITH THE CONSENT AND APPROVAL OF THE PERMANENT MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B THE TYPES OF DECISIONS MADE BY THE MEMBERS INCLUDE APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTS SUBMITTED, APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT RESULTS, AND VOTE ON ANY AND ALL CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES. CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES REQUIRED THE APPROVAL OF TWO (2) ANNUAL CONVENTIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS EXAMINED AND SIGNED BY THE TREASURER ONLY. ALL OTHER OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES RECEIVE A COPY OF THE CERTIFIED ANNUAL REPORT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12 THE ORGANIZATION HAS IMPLEMENTED A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, WHICH IS MONITORED AND UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. 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