KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $57K · expenses $42K · assets $1.2M

Also known as

1 CALIFORNIA COMMANDERY

EIN

94-0607309

Address

18695 HESPERIAN BLVD, SAN LORENZO, CA 94541-2245

NTEE code

Y42

Exempt type

501(c)(10): domestic fraternal society (association)

Ruling date

January 1964 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt: reinstated April 15, 2017 after an automatic revocation on April 15, 2017 IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes, according to the Business Master File

Principal officer

Theodore Lyau (its 2012 Form 990-N)

Form 990-N e-postcards

1 filed, 2012 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗

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Mission

THE ENITY IS A MASONIC FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION OPERATING UNDER THE "LODGE SYSTEM". THE COMMANDERY MEETS MONTHLY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND CONFER DEGREES. IT MAKES CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, PROVIDES EDUCATION AND PROMOTES FREEMASONRY IN THE BAY AREA.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

15 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF CALIFORNIA GRAND CHAPTER San Francisco, CA · 4 people in common (Arthur Walton, Francis Feliciano, James Toy)
• SAN LEANDRO MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION San Leandro, CA · 1 person in common (William Eadus)
• FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIFORNIA San Leandro, CA · 1 person in common (William Eadus)

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.