2025-03-11T13:01:11-07:00 2024-12-31 825285627 BAC CPA LLC 1845 8TH ST SE DYERSVILLE IA 52040 990 2024-01-01 426066292 ANCIENT FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS 125 MOSAIC LODGE ANCI 5635850147 2127 GOLD STREET DUBUQUE IA 52001 JACK H SMELTZER Treasurer 2025-03-11 true true Michael Kircher CPA P01056098 8332222721 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z LEON SONKSEN 2127 GOLD STREET DUBUQUE IA 520013247 198737 false 0495 X WWW.MOSAICLODGE125.COM X 1858 IA TO PROMOTE A WAY OF LIFE THAT BINDS LIKE-MINDED MEN IN A BROTHERHOOD THAT TRANSCENDS ALL RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND THROUGH ITS FELLOWSHIP, COMPASSION, AND CONCERN TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH TO SERVE GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY, AND SELF. 47 44 0 0 3916 9025 0 43421 49328 10 447 47347 58800 27300 45900 0 0 0 0 18340 19773 45640 65673 1707 -6873 941887 973118 0 941887 973118 TO PROMOTE A WAY OF LIFE THAT BINDS LIKE-MINDED MEN IN A BROTHERHOOD THAT TRANSCENDS ALL RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND THROUGH ITS FELLOWSHIP, COMPASSION, AND CONCERN TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH TO SERVE GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY, AND SELF. false false FRATERNAL EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES: TO PRESENT THE PRINCIPLES AND TEACHINGS OF FREEMASONRY TO ITS MEMBERS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM BETTER INDIVIDUALS WITHIN SOCIETY AND TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE MASONIC FELLOWSHIP. THE PRINCIPLES AND TEACHINGS OF FREEMASONRY ARE FIRST PRESENTED TO THOSE JOINING MOSAIC LODGE THROUGH THE THREE DEGREES OF SYMBOLIC MASONRY AND THEREAFTER BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, NUMEROUS SELF-STUDY RESOURCES, AND BY WITNESSING HOW OTHER MASONS PRACTICE THEM IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. THE MEMBERS OF THE LODGE WERE PROVIDED WITH A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR MASONIC FELLOWSHIP AND GROWTH. MEMBERS WERE INFORMED ABOUT LODGE MEETINGS, DEGREES WORK, AND VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES INCUDED FAMILY MEMBERS. CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE: TO PROVIDE FUNDS AND ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGHANIZATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. CHARITY IS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FREEMASONRY AND IS EVIDENCED THROUGH ITS SUPPORT OF A VARIETY OF WORTHWHILE CAUSES. IN 2023 MOSAIC LODGE AWARDED GRANTS TOTALING $16,550 TO TEN QUALIFIED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AWARDED $2000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO FIVE OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO ASSIST THEM IN PURSUING A POST-SECONFARY EDUCATION, AND GRANTED $750 TO ONE LODGE MEMBER WHO WAS IN NEED OF CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE. MASONIC CHARITY, HOWEVER, GOES BEYOND THAT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND IS EVIDENCED THROUGH ITS MEMBERS ACTS, KINDNESS, AND SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE WHETHER THEY BE MASONS OR NOT. false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false true true false false 0 false false false false false false false X 47 44 false false false false true false false true false false false false false false false false false false X RANDY L TOLLEY 5638452742 2535 TRAUT TERRACE DUBUQUE IA 520013330 BRIAN P CARROLL Secretary 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 300 JACK H SMELTZER Treasurer 0.75 0.00 X 0 0 150 LEON SONKSEN President 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 75 JOSEPH HARTELL Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 RANDY L TOLLEY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 525 0 false false false 0 5473 3552 9025 0 30676 30676 0 0 0 158589 139937 18652 18652 18652 0 0 0 DINNER RECEIPTS 900099 181 181 LODGE PINS 900099 115 115 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 136 136 15 15 447 58800 49775 28400 17500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 530 0 0 8715 0 0 492 605 0 2400 0 0 0 0 3035 0 0 STORAGE FEES 1894 DINNERS/REFRESHMENTS 1397 OFFICER HONORARIUMS 375 FOREIGN TAXES 224 106 65673 0 0 0 0 116715 106621 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 825172 866497 0 0 0 0 941887 973118 0 0 X 941887 973118 941887 973118 941887 973118 -6873 38104 X false false false true 0 0 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO H.S. GRADS 7 17500 Additional Supplemental Information PT III, COLB: MOSAIC LODGE HAS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE APPLICATION PROCESS TO BE FOLLOWED BY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND BY STUDENTS APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE AWARDED BY THE LODGE. FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE IS REQUIRED OF LODGE MEMBERS OR OTHER INDIVDUALS NEEDING CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE AND IS SUPPORTED BY APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE. IF APPROVED BY THE LODGE, CHECKS ARE ISSUED DIRECTLY TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AWARDED GRANTS, TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR STUDENTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS, AND TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS DETERMINED TO BE IN NEED OF CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE AS SUPPORTED BY APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE. SINCE MOST OF THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PRESENTED, PRIOR TO LODGE MEETINGS, PROGRAMS DESCRIBING HOW FUNDS GRANTED WERE USED. STUDENTS SELECTED TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS OFTEN WRITE TO THE LODGE EXPRESSING THEIR APPRECIATION AND OCCASIONALLY WRITE FOLOW-UP LETTERS INDICATING HOW THE SCHOLARSHIPS HELPED THEM DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1a MOSAIC LODGE IS CLASSIFIED AS A SUBORDINATE ORGANIZATION OPERATING UNDER A CENTRAL ORGANIZATION, THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA, A.F. AND A.M. THE GRAND LODGE , THROUGH ITS CONSTITUTION AND LAWS FOR SUBORDINATE LODGES, SPECIFIES HOW SUBORDINATE LODGES ARE TO OPERATE INCLUDING THEIR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. ANY MAN WHO HAS RECEIVED THREE DEGREES OF SYMBOLIC MASONRY IN A PARTICULAR LODGE OR ANY MASON WHO HAS AFFILIATED WITH IT IS CLASSIFIED AS A MEMBER OF THE LODGE WITH THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ALL MATTERS WHICH MAY COME BEFORE IT. THE GRAND LODGE SPECIFIES THAT ALL MEMBERS OF A LODGE PRESENT AT A REGUKLAR MEETING OF THAT LODGE, PROVIDED THAT A QUORUM OF SEVEN IS PRESENT, ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE AND MAKE GOVERNANCE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE LODGE. THE GRAND LODGE DOES NOT AUTHORIZE DELEGATING THIS AUTHORITY TO A SMALLER BODY. THUS THE FORTY-SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE MOSAIC LODGE FORM ITS GOVERNING BODY. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 SEE ABOVE STATEMENT FOR PART VI, LINE 1A. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b AS REQUIRED BY THE GRAND LODGE, THE SECRETARY OF THE LODGE RECORDS THE MINUTES OF EVERY REGULAR ANS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LODGE IN A MINUTES BOOK WHICH IS KEPT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD WITH MOST BEING FROM THE TIME THAT THE LODGE WAS CHARTERED BY THE GRAND LODGE. DURING A REGULAR MEETING OF MOSAIC LODGE, VARIOUS COMMITTEES WILL GIVE A VERBAL REPORT OF THEIR ACTIVITIES, IF ANY. THESE REPORTS ARE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES OF THAT MEETING. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE MUST BE VOTED UPON BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LODGE PRESENT AT A REGULAR MEETING. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE DATA FOR THE FORM 990 IS INTIALLY PREPARED BY THE TREASURER OF MOSAIC LODGE AND THEN GIVEN TO A CPA FOR REVIEW AND PREPARATION. THE TREASURER REVIEWS THE COMPLETED FORM 990 AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE LODGE- THE MEMBERS PRESENT CONSTITUTING THE GOVERNING BODY. UPON REQUEST, ANY MEMBER OF THE LODGE OR ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC MY EXAMINE FORM 990 IN DETAIL. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OF MOSAIC LODGE CONSIST OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS FOR SUBORDINATE LODGES OF THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA AND THE BY-LAWS OF THE MOSAIC LODGE WHICH MAY NOT BE INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT WITH THOSE OF THE GRAND LODGE. MOSAIC LODGE DOES NOT HAVE A CONFLIT OF INTEREST POLICY. THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE LODGE ARE MAINTAINED BY THE TREASURER. THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION BY ANY MEMBER OF THE LODGE OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. PT VI, LINE 15B AS A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR THEIR SERVICE, MOSAIC LODGE PROVIDES FOR THE ANNUAL PAYMENT OF HONORARIUMS TO THREE OF ITS OFFICERS - THE MASTER, TREASURER, AND SECRETARY, THESE HONORARIUMS, $75, $150, AND $300 RESPECTIVELY, ARE DETERMINED BY TRADITION AND BY THE LODGE'S BY-LAWS. AN AMENDMENT TO THE BY-LAWS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE ANOUNTS SPECIFIED THEREIN. THE CURRENT AMOUNTS HANE BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 2001. PT VI, LINE 7A SEE ABOVE STATEMENT FOR PART VI, LINE 1A PT VII, COLF SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT FOR PART VI, LINE 15B PT XII, LINE 2C THE TREASURER OF MOSAIC LODGE ANNUALLY COMPILES A WRITTEN REPORT SUMMARIZING THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE LODGE FOR THE PRECEDING YEAR. AS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS FOR SUBORDINATE LODGES OF THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA, THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE LODGE , INCLUDING THE TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT, ARE EXAMINED ANNUALLY BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LODGE. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ITS FINDINGS AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE LODGE AND RECOMMENDS WHETHER THE ANNUAL REPORT COMPILED BY THE TREASURER SHOULD BE ACCEPTED. IF ACCEPTED, THIS REPORT BECOMES A PART OF THE MINUTES OF THE LODGE AND A COPY OF THE REPORT IS SENT TO THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA.