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Eastern Star Masonic Home

Boone, Iowa · EIN 42-0680363 · Human Services · tax-exempt since 1990

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 51.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Graded against 23,236 human services nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.0.5 months16
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.56% of practices56
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.32
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.0% from one source95
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.98.3%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.7%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

201620172018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Aug 2025Form 990$13.12M$14.31M−$1.19M$582K0.5290C
Aug 2024Form 990$13.79M$13.94M−$150K$1.76M1.5238C
Aug 2023Form 990$11.01M$13.46M−$2.45M$1.90M1.7293C
Aug 2022Form 990$10.28M$15.33M−$5.05M$4.34M3.4301B
Aug 2021Form 990$9.96M$13.55M−$3.59M$9.37M8.3199B
Aug 2020Form 990$9.38M$12.10M−$2.72M$12.54M12.4221A
Aug 2018Form 990$9.09M$10.36M−$1.27M$18.00M20.9281B
Aug 2017Form 990$9.31M$9.35M−$44K$19.23M24.7279A
Aug 2016Form 990$9.19M$9.14M$56K$19.05M25.0247B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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