Shriners International

Tax-deductible

Lake Charles, LACemetery / fraternalSince 1974EIN 72-0741703Revenue $158K in FY2025

On file with the IRSPo Box 112, 70602-0112 · Lake Charles, LATax-exempt since Nov 1940

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Fraternity with a philanthropic mission

Tax-exempt charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
7¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $87K a year · 25% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
7%
of spending
Concern: 7% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$85K
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 7 voting members
Concern: none of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$158K
-57% vs prior year
Spent
$494K
To programs
7%
Net assets
$430K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$158K
FY2025▼ -57%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$123K
FY2021$269K
FY2022$855K
FY2023$291K
FY2024$371K
FY2025$158K
Expenses
$494K
FY2025▲ +89%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$165K
FY2021$201K
FY2022$206K
FY2023$216K
FY2024$261K
FY2025$494K
Net assets
$430K
FY2025▼ -48%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$604K
FY2021$687K
FY2022$843K
FY2023$630K
FY2024$831K
FY2025$430K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1940.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

7 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 7% · $34K Management & general 93% · $460K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Potentate
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Rabban
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Rabban
$0Pt VII · Sec A
High Priest Prophet
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Oriental Guide
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Recorder
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Craig M Manuel$24,000———
Thomas L Kussmann—$23,678——
Kenny Powell——$18,000—
Kirby O Vinson———$15,080

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Builds brotherhood and serves communities through charitable work.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Program Services

Membership dues: Members are billed in the Fall for the upcoming year to foster in brotherhood and fun.

Pt IX · col B

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$158K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$86K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$41K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15K
Money outPt IX
$494K
Ln 25
Programscol B$34K
Managementcol C$460K
Owns and owesPt X
$430K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$45K
Total assetsLn 16$514K
LiabilitiesLn 26$85K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$41K
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Other incomeLn 4–11$86K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$158K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$43K
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$45K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$197K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$514K
LiabilitiesLn 26$85K
Net assetsLn 32$430K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$76K$45K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$227K$197K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$884K$514K
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K$85K
Net assetsLn 32$831K$430K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$22K$0$22K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$0$4K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$272K$0$272K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$0$18K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$3K$0$3K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$10K$0$10K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$71K$0$71K$0
TravelLn 17$5K$0$5K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$0$5K$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$24K$24K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$401$0$401$0
InsuranceLn 23$48K$0$48K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$10K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$494K$34K$460K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $158K$494K−$336K$430K 990 PDF
FY2024 $371K$261K$109K$831K 990 PDF
FY2023 $291K$216K$75K$630K 990 PDF
FY2022 $855K$206K$649K$843K 990 PDF
FY2021 $269K$201K$68K$687K 990 PDF
FY2020 $123K$165K−$42K$604K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $157,608 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,267$15,478
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $39,763$41,103
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,754$15,126
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $312,742$85,901
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $370,526$157,608
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $50,764$26,650
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $210,433$466,871
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $261,197$493,521
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $109,329−$335,913
Part VI · Governance 0 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $157,608 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $263 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$11,847
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$15,478
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $41,103 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$41,103
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $15,126 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$15,126
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$65,786
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$16,250
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,602
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $56,229 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$157,608
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $493,521 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $22,169 · Fundraising $0$22,169
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $4,481 · Fundraising $0$4,481
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $272,491 · Fundraising $0$272,491
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $17,772 · Fundraising $0$17,772
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $3,024 · Fundraising $0$3,024
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $10,458 · Fundraising $0$10,458
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $71,212 · Fundraising $0$71,212
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $4,660 · Fundraising $0$4,660
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $5,478 · Fundraising $0$5,478
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $23,549 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$23,549
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $401 · Fundraising $0$401
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $47,637 · Fundraising $0$47,637
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,189 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$10,189
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $33,738 · Management $459,783 · Fundraising $0$493,521
Part X · Balance sheet $514,292 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $72,896$42,865
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,498$2,132
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $567,586$262,368
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $3,896$5,582
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,298$2,018
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,277$1,998
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $226,775$197,329
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $884,226$514,292
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,930$38,575
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $34,450$46,020
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $53,380$84,595
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $669,031$256,038
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $161,815$173,659
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $830,846$429,697
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $884,226$514,292
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $429,697 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$157,608
XI-2 Total expenses$493,521
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$335,913
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$830,846
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$15,839
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$81,075
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$429,697

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