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US nonprofit · EIN 480477345 · Wichita, KSiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 480477345)Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry SO Juris USA's network

4 people1 organisationi4 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Gary GatesTrustee2020
6 yrs
Richard H PriceTrustee2020
6 yrs
Ronald L CappsTrustee2022
4 yrs
Ronnie L Van EttenPersonal Representative2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

12 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Dan AndersonAsst Expert2019
Ed CabanaTiler2019
Gary MasonSenior Wardensince 2017
Jim DavenportCompany secretarysince 2017
John RhoadsSenior Wardensince 2017
Jon McConnellJunior Wardensince 2017
Justin CrippenTilersince 2017
Jerry DavidsonExpert2019
Leroy RoseberryAssistant Expertsince 2017
Mike SnivelyVererable Mastersince 2017
Tony G NelzenVenerable Mastersince 2017
Wayne PriceChaplainsince 2017

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Tony G NelzenGeneral Secretary40$6k
Richard H PriceTrustee0.5$0
Ronald L CappsTrustee2$0
Gary GatesTrustee0.5$0
Ronnie L Van EttenPersonal Representative2$0

About

Legal name
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry So Juris USA
EIN
480477345
Address
Po Box 142, Wichita, KS, 67201-0142
State
Kansas
Mission
Fraternal benefits (as filed on the Form 990)
IRS classification
501(c)10 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1887
Principal officer
Tony Nelzen (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 1940
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
9, latest 2025

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsGary Gates
≥6years on the filingsRichard H Price
≥6years on the filingsRonnie L Van Etten
≥4years on the filingsRonald L Capps

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$2.2m
Total liabilities
$18k
Net assets or fund balances
$2.2m
Contributions and grants received
$56k
Program service revenue
$8k
Employees
2
Volunteers
100

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$249k$213k$36k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.