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Disaster Relief

Charity in Action

See the chart for summary of relief funds distributed by the MSANA.

Total to date:

$6,354,030.20

The Masonic Service Association of North America is registered with the United States Federal Government as 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

All contributions, donations, and bequests to MSANA are tax deductible.

How it Works

By Richard E. Fletcher, PGM VT., Executive Secretary

When a natural disaster occurs, the Grand Jurisdiction(s) affected may request the MSANA to make an appeal for assistance to all U.S. and Canadian Grand Lodges.

Our first disaster relief appeal was in 1923 to help the victims of an earthquake in Japan. Since that time more than 50 appeals have been made on behalf of individual Grand Lodges.

When a disaster relief appeal is made, all of the monies received are sent, in their entirety, to the Grand Jurisdiction involved. No portion of donated funds is retained by the MSANA for any reason whatsoever. All costs connected with the appeal are absorbed through our regular operating budget. All donated funds are given to help the recovery within the Grand Jurisdiction for whom the appeal was made. Also, every gift is acknowledged by the MSANA.

Summary of Masonic Relief

Location

Year

Amount
Japanese Earthquake Relief 1923 $1,577.25
Florida Hurricane 1926 114,236.97
Mississippi Valley Flood 1927 608,291.91
Puerto Rico Hurricane 1928 86,316.58
Florida Hurricane 1928 107,622.14
Kentucky Flood 1937 33,771.01
Austrian Relief Fund 1938 5,202.36
Chilean Earthquake 1939 7,387.27
Philippine Relief Fund 1945 46,798.46
Ecuador Relief Fund 1949 20,734.51
Manitoba Relief Fund 1950 19,210.44
Holland Relief Fund 1953 29,985.32
Tamaulipas Relief Fund 1955 18,024.42
Miscellaneous Relief Fund 1958 1,000.00
Chilean Relief Fund 1960 11,436.75
Cuban Relief Fund 1962 54,718.90
Louisiana Hurricane Relief Fund 1965 59,395.54
Italy Flood Relief 1967 20,008.68
Mississippi Relief 1969 87,367.33
Peru Relief  1970 19,220.82
Philippine Flood Relief 1972 5,960.00
Nicaragua Earthquake Relief 1973 13,696.60
Honduras Relief 1974 7,320.00
Guatemala Relief 1976 66,130.26
Mississippi Flood Relief 1979 80,560.63
Dominican Republic Disaster 1979 32,859.55
Chilean Earthquake 1985 36,927.00
Florida Hurricane 1985 20,244.00
Mexico Earthquake 1985 6,220.00
Columbia Earthquake 1985 100.00
Chilean Flood 1985 32,500.00
South Carolina Hurricane 1989 243,325.00
Puerto Rico Hurricane 1989 45,625.00
California Earthquake 1989 62,000.00
Philippine Islands Flood 1991 30,500.00
Florida Hurricane 1992 279,750.00
Louisiana Hurricane  1992 243,150.00
Hawaii Hurricane 1992 76,900.00
Iowa Flood 1993 126,600.00
Illinois Flood 1993 103,775.00
Missouri Flood 1993 88,225.00
Kansas Flood 1993 47,850.00
Nebraska Flood 1993 47,825.00
South Dakota Flood 1993 46,650.00
California Earthquake 1994 146,225.00
Georgia Flood 1994 60,725.00
Texas Flood 1994 67,535.00
Japan Earthquake 1995 34,285.00
Oklahoma Bombing 1995 89,962.00
Washington Flood 1996 32,487.00
North Carolina Hurricane 1996 110,524.00
California Flood 1997 42,000.00
Nevada Flood 1997 48,850.00
Minnesota Flood 1997 86,600.00
North Dakota Flood 1997 93,800.00
Italy Earthquake 1998 4,675.00
Alabama Tornado 1998 64,125.00
El Salvador Hurricane 1998 34,700.00
Guatemala Hurricane 1998 34,950.00
Honduras Hurricane 1998 60,800.00
Nicaragua Hurricane 1998 36,000.00
Kansas Tornado 1999 65,500.00
Oklahoma Tornado 1999 133,800.00
North Carolina Hurricane 1999 148,200.00
New Mexico Wildfires 2000 60,325.00
Alabama Tornado 2001 82,825.00
New York 9-11 Attack 2001 982,200.00
Virginia 9-11 Attack 2001 337,200.00
Kansas Tornado 2003 22,425.00
Mississippi Tornado 2003 44,700.00
Tennessee Tornado 2003 43,700.00
North Carolina Hurricane 2003 32,700.00
Virginia Hurricane 2003 31,450.00
California Wildfires 2003 26,762.50
Alabama Hurricane 2004 43,000.00
Florida Hurricane 2004 154,000.00
Total   $6,354,030.20