2024-04-26T10:00:19-04:00 2023-12-31 205978061 HARDY WRESTLER AND ASSOCIATES CPA PC PO BOX 1781 JOPLIN MO 64802 990 2023-01-01 436033388 SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI INC SCOT 3145337410 PO BOX 410303 ST LOUIS MO 63141 RANDALL WILSON BOARD CHAIRMAN 3145337410 2024-02-05 true RANDALL WILSON 999009999 true ROGER WRESTLER CPA CFE CFF CGMA P01070350 4177824919 2024-04-18 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z RANDALL WILSON PO BOX 23036 ST LOUIS MO 63156 248331 false X X 1946 MO IT IS THE MISSION OF THE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI, INC. TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN OF MISSOURI BY ACTIVELY EMBRACING HIGH SOCIAL, MORAL, AND SPIRITUAL VALUE THROUGH: THE RITECARE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE PROGRAM, YOUTH MEDICAL AND DENTAL ASSISTANCE, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND DISASTER RELIEF. 37 37 0 0 84261 97208 0 135160 151106 17 17 219438 248331 113311 112204 0 12324 63080 0 0 131609 59361 257244 234645 -37806 13686 4663168 5196548 0 4663168 5196548 X IT IS THE MISSION OF THE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI, INC. TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN OF MISSOURI BY ACTIVELY EMBRACING HIGH SOCIAL, MORAL, AND SPIRITUAL VALUE THROUGH: THE RITECARE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE PROGRAM, YOUTH MEDICAL AND DENTAL ASSISTANCE, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND DISASTER RELIEF. false false PRESERVATION GRANTS - TO PROVIDE LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF GRANTS TO SPECIFIC SCOTTISH RITE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATIONS TO BE EXPENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CHARITABLE EXEMPT PURPOSES FOR WHICH EACH SAID ASSOCIATION HAS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED 501 (C) (3) DESIGNATION UNDER THE INTERAL REVENUE CODE. 24330 24330 SCHOLARSHIPS - TO GRANT A LIMITED NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. 57874 57874 RITECARE LANGUAGE DISORDER CLINICS - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE VARIOUS MISSOURI RITECARE CLINICS, RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS EXEMPT PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, FOR TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE DISORDERS. 61460 30000 OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE BENEVOLENCE AND OTHER GRANTS - TO GRANT LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND PERSONAL NEEDS OF DESERVING CHILDREN. ALSO TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MISSOURI DEMOLAY TO OFFSET EXPENSES RELATED TO INSURANCE AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING. 61460 30000 143664 true true false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false false X 37 37 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false X X PAUL A DEMERATH 3145337410 3633 LINDELL BOULEVARD ST LOUIS MO 63108 X RANDALL WILSON BOARD CHAIRM X X 0 0 0 KURT WITZEL PRESIDENT X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM SHANSEY VICE PRESIDE X X 0 0 0 JIM HARDY TREASURER X X 0 0 0 PATRICK WEST SECRETARY X X 0 0 0 JR MEASE DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 ROBERT COCKERHAM SGIG X 0 0 0 JACK KAIRY DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 DUANE DIMMITT DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 ROGER FLEER VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 MELVIN LEE GORDON VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 JACK KAIRY DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 JIM KERN VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 MIKE SHULSE VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 DAVID APPLEBY VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 T WAYNE ANDERSON DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 PATRICK STEWART VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 DAVID COLLIGNON DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 JAMES GILBERT VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER NICKLE VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 MICHAEL JOHNS DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 AARON SHOEMAKER VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 WESLEY WINGFIELD VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 SHAN CHRISTOPHER VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 STANTON BROWN II VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 KELLY DAUGHERTY VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 JIM JEFFERS VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 LEE ROSS DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 ED STARK VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 MICHAEL DAVIS VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 BOBBIE E WHITE DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 BRET AKERS VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 JACOB THOMPSON VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 TY TREUTELAAR VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 TODD SCHULZE DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 MICHAEL SMITH VOTING MEMBE X 0 0 0 false false false 97208 97208 150930 150930 176 176 176 176 MISCELLANEOUS - FOUNDATION 13 13 MISCELLANEOUS - BLACKMER 4 4 17 248331 193 150930 87874 87874 24330 24330 63000 63000 80 80 3052 3052 21278 21278 355 355 GRANTS - SIMON 25253 25253 SPEECH AND LANGUAGE EXP 3384 3384 RITE CARE EXPENSES 2823 2823 MISCELLANEOUS 2599 2599 617 617 234645 143664 90981 0 18197 11687 2254 2254 4644971 5184861 4663168 5196548 0 0 X 4653916 5187296 9252 9252 4663168 5196548 4663168 5196548 13686 519694 X false false false X 102571 20184 54520 84261 97208 358744 102571 20184 54520 84261 97208 358744 358744 66586 140557 125675 133645 151123 617586 976330 34 0.36740 0.35130 X SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AS NOTED ON PAGE 1 OF FORM 990, THE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI WAS ORIGINALLY FORMED IN 1946 AND HAS BEEN FUNCTIONING SINCE THAT TIME TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOU THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MISSOURI. AS NOTED ON FORM 990 PART III, PAGE 2, THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN OF MISSOURI BY ACTIVELY EMBRACING HIGH SOCIAL, MORAL, AND SPIRITUAL VALUES THROUGH THE SEVERAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION. DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION IS SET FORTH IN PART III, AT LINE 4A, 4B, AND 4C DESCRIBED IN THE PRESERVATION GRANTS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EXISTING SCOTTISH RITE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATES IN VARIOUS CITIES IN MISSOURI TO BE EXPENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE EXEMPT PURPOSE ON THE BASIS OF WHICH SAID LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS HAVE THERETOFORE RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS TAX EXEMPT ENTITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRANT TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO ENABLE THEM TO ATTEND ACCREDITED COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES; AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE RITECARE LANGUAGE DISORDER CLIENTS ALSO RECOGNIZED BY THE IRS AS TAX EXEMPT ENTITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE IRC FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE DISORDERS. DURING THE MOST RECENT RECESSION, WHEN PUBLIC EDUCATION BUDGETS WERE BEING CUT, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED ABOUT 30 SCHOLARSHIPS PER YEAR TO DESERVING MEN AND WOMEN. THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE THE NEED FOR SUCH EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND CONTINUES TO JUSTIFY CONTINUING FINANCIAL SUPPORT WHICH THE FOUNDATION IS SEEKING TO PROVIDE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ITS AVAILABLE RESOURCES. FUNDS EXPENDED FOR THIS PURPOSE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR WAS 20 SCHOLARSHIPS AMOUNTED TO 24,330. THE SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR MANY YEARS, PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS EACH YEAR TO MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ATTENDING ACCREDITED COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES OF THEIR CHOICE. NO AFFILIATION WITH THE FRATERNITY IS REQUIRED OF THE STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS, OR GUARDIANS. PURSUANT TO A DONOR'S WRITTEN DIRECTIONS, INCOME PAYMENTS FROM AN EDUCATIONAL FUND WERE ALSO MADE TO SEVERAL DESIGNATED SCHOOLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEEDY STUDENTS OR FOR ACQUISITION OF NEEDED EDUCATION EQUIPMENT. THROUGH THE FOUNDATION'S GRANTS, SEVERAL HUNDRED CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TEN SUFFERING FROM LANGUAGE AND HEARING DISORDERS HAVE RECEIVED THE BENEFIT OF FREE CARE AND TRAINING FROM TRAINED PROFESSIONALS. IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESSING NEED FOR SUCH SOCIAL SERVICES, THE FOUNDATION HAS MANAGED TO PROVIDE INCREASING FINANCIAL SUPPORT. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS EXPENDITURES TO THE ASSOCIATED RITECARE LANGUAGE DISORDER CLINICS LOCATED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF MISSOURI IN THE AMOUNT OF 57,874. ALL OF THE RITECARE CLINICS WERE AND ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE IRS AS EXEMPT ENTITIES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE IRC. THE RITECARE PROGRAM, WHICH IS OPERATED THROUGH PROFESSIONAL CLINICS LOCATED THROUGHOUT MISSOURI, HAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE FOUNDATION. NO AFFILIATION WITH THE SCOTTISH RITE FRATERNITY IS REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE FUNDS AND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDED IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY. ANOTHER PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS PROVIDES LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MISSOURI CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM VARIOUS DENTAL, HEARING, AND OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO RECEIVE SUCH REMEDIAL TREATMENT. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTED FROM A BENEVOLENCE FUND TO A SCHOOL LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI WHICH FOR OVER 100 YEARS HAS PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR DEAF CHILDREN AND IS A 501(C)(3) ENTITY. AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUTH INVOLVES THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS KNOWN AS DEMOLAY. IN PARTICULAR, THE FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE DEMOLAY TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR THESE YOUNG MEN. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTED 30,000 FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MISSOURI DEMOLAY PROGRAM. THE FOUNDATION HAS ALSO BEEN RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC NEED IN THE FORM OF DISASTER RELIEF IN VARIOUS PARTS OF MISSOURI FOR MANY YEARS. THUS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE OR WHEN A NATURAL DISASTER STRIKES A COMMUNITY IN MISSOURI, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE SEEKING HELP. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO JOPLIN, MISSOURI IN THE AMOUNT OF 30,000 IN 2013 TO ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TRAGIC STORMS WHICH ATTRACTED NATIONAL ATTENTION. THE SEVERAL ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO ABOVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE YOUTH OF MISSOURI, HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON A CONTINUING BASIS AND LONG-TERM PLANS PROVIDE FOR THEIR CONTINUATION, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES. THE BROAD-BASED ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY OPERATED ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI. SCOTTISH RITE OFFICES ARE MAINTAINED IN ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY, JOPLIN, ST. JOSEPH, AND COLUMBIA. IN ADDITION, SCOTTISH RITE CLUBS OPERATE IN LOCAL AREAS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI. THEIR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES MEET FOR FELLOWSHIP, EDUCATION, AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION. IN EACH OF THE CITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE, MULTIPLE CLASSES OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH RITE FRATERNITY ARE RECEIVED INTO MEMBERSHIP EACH YEAR. THE NEW MEMBERS ARE FURNISHED EXPLANATORY INFORMATION COVERING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO DONATE FUNDS, TIME AND EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIOUS CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION. AT THE END OF EACH YEAR A SOLICITATION MAILING IS SENT TO THOSE NEW MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH RITE TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR DONATIONS AND TO EDUCATE THE NEW MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CONCERNING THE WORK OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FRATERNITY TO THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL THROUGHOUT MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO THESE MAILING, YEAR-END REMINDERS ARE SENT WITH THE ANNUAL DUES NOTICES TO ALL MEMBERS. DONATIONS TO THE FOUNDATION ARE SOLICITED IN THESE MAILINGS. DURING THE YEAR, THE FOUNDATION COMMUNICATES WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH RITE THROUGH THE PAGES OF THE SCOTTISH RITE JOURNAL, WHICH IS FURNISHED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO EDUCATE THEM CONCERNING THE CHARITABLE PROGRAMS AND THE NEED FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN CARRYING OUT THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION. 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TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN OF MISSOURI BY ACTIVELY EMBRACING HIGH SOCIAL, MORAL, AND SPIRITUAL VALUE THROUGH: THE RITECARE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE PROGRAM, YOUTH MEDICAL AND DENTAL ASSISTANCE, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND DISASTER RELIEF. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE BENEVOLENCE AND OTHER GRANTS - TO GRANT LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND PERSONAL NEEDS OF DESERVING CHILDREN. ALSO TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MISSOURI DEMOLAY TO OFFSET EXPENSES RELATED TO INSURANCE AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE BOARD HAS EMPOWERED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE FOUNDATION'S FORM 990 ANNUALLY. A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS ALSO SUBMITTED TO ALL DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS UP WITH BOARD MEMBERS ANNUALLY TO REVIEW THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE IN COMPLIANCE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.