The North Carolina Masonic Foundation focuses almost exclusively on supporting Masonic-affiliated residential care institutions in North Carolina, primarily funding an adult care/home for Masons and Eastern Stars and a Masonic children’s home. Its grants are large, targeted, and repeatedly directed to a very small set of internal Masonic charities, reflecting an institutional mission to sustain Masonic social services rather than broad public philanthropy.
Highly concentrated giving: a small number of very large grants (4 grants each) to two repeat grantees; focused, institutional support rather than broad or exploratory grantmaking.
The North Carolina Masonic Foundation Inc directs nearly all of its grantmaking to two Masonic residential institutions in North Carolina: the Masonic and Eastern Star Home of NC in Greensboro and The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford. The recent record shows a pattern of institutional support, with repeated large grants used to provide support for the activities of these homes rather than a broad mix of external nonprofits. That makes the foundation especially relevant to researchers tracking fraternal-organization-affiliated social services and facility-based care. The foundation’s grants are substantial and tightly focused. In the recent list, the Masonic and Eastern Star Home of NC appears as a major recipient across multiple years, while The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford is the other recurring beneficiary. Both organizations are tied to residential care: one serving adults connected with Masonic and Eastern Star traditions, the other supporting children through a Masonic home in Oxford. Together, they define the foundation’s giving profile. Its work is anchored in North Carolina and centered on maintaining the operations of affiliated care institutions. The result is a grantmaking pattern built around continuity, support for internal services, and long-term stewardship of Masonic social programs.
Residential care is the clearest theme in the foundation’s recent grants. It gave $1,966,790 to Masonic and Eastern Star Home of NC for support for the activities of the home, and the same organization appears again with a $1,001,141 grant for the same purpose. Children’s residential services are the other major focus. The North Carolina Masonic Foundation Inc awarded $419,132 to The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford to provide support for the activities of the home, followed by a $339,597 grant for the same purpose. The pattern points to operating support for Masonic-affiliated facilities rather than short-term project funding. The grant purposes repeatedly refer to supporting the activities of these homes, which suggests a funding approach tied to day-to-day institutional care and maintenance.
The foundation’s typical grant size is high, with a p25 of $333,661, a median of $430,404, and a p75 of $881,158. The recent record also shows repeated awards to the same institutions across 2023 and 2025, indicating ongoing support rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is a classic institutional funder: it does not fund individuals and makes no program-related investments. Grantmaking is local, and every recent grant in the dataset went to recipients in North Carolina.
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Most grants fall between $334K and $881K, with a median of $430K.
25th Percentile
$334K
Median
$430K
75th Percentile
$881K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NC.
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Notable grantees: Masonic and Eastern Star Home of NC, The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, Other Masonic-affiliated institutional charities in North Carolina
All recent grants in the dataset went to recipients in the United States, and all were directed to North Carolina organizations. Greensboro and Oxford are the two recipient cities that appear in the recent grants list, reflecting a very concentrated in-state pattern. The foundation’s giving is local, and 100% of grants in the dataset were awarded to recipients in the HQ state of North Carolina.
It supports Masonic-affiliated residential institutions in North Carolina. Recent grants went to Masonic and Eastern Star Home of NC in Greensboro and The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, with each award described as support for the activities of those homes.
No recent grants in the dataset went outside North Carolina. The geographic scope is local, and 100% of the grants listed were awarded to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state of North Carolina.
The foundation’s grant sizes are large by the dataset’s distribution: p25 is $333,661, median is $430,404, and p75 is $881,158. Recent awards also include multi-hundred-thousand-dollar grants to the same recipient institutions across different years.
Yes. The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford appears in the recent grants list with awards of $419,132 and $339,597, both described as support for the activities of the home. This places children’s residential care among the foundation’s core giving areas.
Yes. Masonic and Eastern Star Home of NC appears multiple times in the recent grants list, including grants in 2023 and 2025, and The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford also appears more than once. The pattern points to continuing institutional support.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME OF NC | GREENSBORO, NC | $1,001,141 | 2025 | PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF MASONIC AND EASTERN HOME OF NC |
| MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME OF NC | GREENSBORO, NC | $951,603 | 2025 | PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF MASONIC AND EASTERN HOME OF NC |
| THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD | OXFORD, NC | $419,132 | 2025 | PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD |
| THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD | OXFORD, NC | $339,597 | 2025 | PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD |
| MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME OF NC | GREENSBORO, NC | $1,966,790 | 2023 | PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF MASONIC AND EASTERN HOME OF NC |
| MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME OF NC | GREENSBORO, NC | $521,210 | 2023 | PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF MASONIC AND EASTERN HOME OF NC |
| THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD | OXFORD, NC | $331,682 | 2023 | PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD |
| THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD | OXFORD, NC | $318,066 | 2023 | PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD |
MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME OF NC
$1,001,141PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF MASONIC AND EASTERN HOME OF NC
MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME OF NC
$951,603PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF MASONIC AND EASTERN HOME OF NC
THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD
$419,132PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD
THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD
$339,597PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD
MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME OF NC
$1,966,790PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF MASONIC AND EASTERN HOME OF NC
MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME OF NC
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF MASONIC AND EASTERN HOME OF NC
THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD
$331,682PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD
THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD
$318,066PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD