Original Endowment Fund

The Masonic Endowment Fund is restricted to use by Ohio Master Masons, their wives and widows, those originally eligible to receive care at the Ohio Masonic Home. Only interest from the fund is available for use.

• Click here to visit the Original (Masonic) Endowment Fund page
• Click here to download a printable donation form.

Benevolent Endowment Fund

The Benevolent Endowment Fund provides financial assistance to those not covered by the Original Masonic Endowment including non masonic residents who have exhausted their assets in paying for their care. Only interest from the fund is available for use.

• Click here to visit the Benevolent (Family & Friends) Endowment Fund page
• Click here to download a printable donation form.

Benevolent Care Fund

The Benevolent Care Fund has been established to meet current care needs of any resident. It's use is not restricted and it may be used upon receipt or at a later time, as needed.

• Click here to visit the Benevolent Care Fund page
• Click here to download a printable donation form.

Resident Computer Technology Fund

This fund provides funding for maintaining and upgrading computers available to all residents. In many cases it provides an opportunity for residents to keep in touch with family and friends through e-mail and other uses they may have.

• Click here to visit the Resident Technology Fund page
• Click here to download a printable donation form.

Campus Beautification Fund

This fund was established to provide additional funding for plantings and greenery on all campuses. These are areas that make the campuses more appealing but are not covered under any of our other funding sources.

• Click here to visit the Campus Beautification Fund page
• Click here to download a printable donation form.

Outright gifts may be made in cash, via check, Visa or Mastercard and sent to the Foundation at:

Deferred gifts may be made via bequests, trusts, insurance policies and any of several charitable giving vehicles which a member of the Foundation staff would be pleased to discuss with you.

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To contact the Foundation or a specific staff member, call toll-free: 1-888-248-2664 or contact us online. We may also be reached at 937-525-3003 or via email at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thanks for considering The Ohio Masonic Home Benevolent Endowment Foundation as a destination for your gift!

Click here to download a printable donation form.

The Ohio Masonic Home has three subsidiaries which provide direct care to residents: Springfield Masonic Community, Inc., in Springfield; Browning Masonic Community, Inc., in Waterville; and Western Reserve Masonic Community, Inc. in Medina. An affiliated company, The Ohio Masonic Home Benevolent Endowment Foundation, Inc., manages existing endowment assets and develops additional funding resources.

The Ohio Masonic Home Benevolent Endowment Foundation stands ready to assist donors in making gifts to continue our quality of care and meet the future needs of The Home and its affiliates.

Please browse through the sections below to learn more about the Foundation and discover how your gift can make a difference.

• Ways to Make a Gift
• Why Give?
• Make a Gift Online
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Lodge Secretary's Supplies
• Foundation Contacts
• Request for Information
• Publications

The Foundation, a Section 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization, can provide ideas regarding charitable gift formats that may offer tax advantages to donors, in addition to the satisfaction of helping to maintain a tradition deeply-rooted in the Masonic tenets of brotherly love and relief.

Since 1892, The Ohio Masonic Home has mended spirits, healed hurts and offered peace to young and old alike when they needed it most. The existence of this wonderful facility is directly due to the time, talents and financial gifts of thousands of Ohio Freemasons.

Ohio Freemasons have long recognized the important service that The Ohio Masonic Home has provided to members of the fraternity, their wives, widows and children.

For more information about the Benevolent Endowment Foundation or how to make a gift to the Foundation, contact us.

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As part of our mission to the Masonic Fraternity, The Masonic Financial Assistance Corporation (MFAC) exists to help provide financial assistance to residents who become financially distressed and are unable to continue to provide for the costs of their care by their own means.

Traditionally, financial assistance, or “benevolent care” as it is often referred to, is viewed as providing charitable relief to individuals in need and who have no other resources. This goes to the core of the Masonic ideals.

While the direct charitable relief is the most obvious form of financial assistance, MFAC is also providing other forms of financial assistance as well. This includes a wide array of services, such as financial education, which have the intent of helping people to make the best choices to preserve their resources in order to avoid future reliance on others such as government funded assistance or private charities such as ours."

The following information is available to provide more information on issues related to seniors and their finances. Please take a moment and browse through the newsletters. Please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with questions or suggestions

The Beacon is a quarterly joint publication of The Ohio Masonic Home and the Grand Lodge of Ohio. You’ll find feature stories about our various campuses and services and how they are helping others; stories of residents and those who are benefitting from our services; and stories about those who work to make the lives of our residents and clients better.

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2011 Beacon

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2011 Annual Report

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2010 Annual Report

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Front Cover Mission, Vision, Values Chairman,OMH CEO and Chairman, BEF 2010 Board of Trustees Charting the Course for the Future 2010 Service Statistics The Ohio Masonic Home Financial Report The Benevolent Endowment Foundation Back Cover
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2009 Annual Report

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Front Cover Mission, Vision, Values Chairman, CEO and COO Messages 2009 Boards of Trustees A Time to Rebalance The Ohio Masonic Home Financial Report Benevolent Endowment Foundation Gifts Locations
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2008 Annual Report

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Front Cover Chairman and CEO Messages 2008 Boards of Trustees Solutions and Answers The Ohio Masonic Home Financial Report Benevolent Endowment Foundation Gifts Locations
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2006 Annual Report

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Alumni remember fondly their days growing up on the campus of
The Ohio Masonic Home. Here, they gather at a recent reunion for a group shot.

Every two years, The Ohio Masonic Home Alumni return to their "Home on the Hill". The Alumni's 29th Homecoming was held on the Springfield Campus July 9 and 10, 2010.

A total of 740 children, 437 boys and 303 girls, lived on the Springfield campus during a 59-year period (1897-1956). Nineteen of those children served their country in World War I and 126 served in the Armed Forces during World War II, including three women. A total of eight made the ultimate sacrifice during those two wars. And twenty–two alumni married other alumni.

Former residents of the Ohio Masonic
Home’s children’s home formed friendships
that have lasted a lifetime.

Charles Shellhamer became the first alumnus in 1901 when he was discharged at the age of 14 to go to work. The first reunion was held July 4, 1901, and attended by 26 alumni.

During the two–day reunion, adventurous tales are told about being a member of The Ohio Masonic Home Band, The Ohio Masonic Home Children's Choir, the baseball team, the football team, working on the farm, the print shop, the kitchen, playing on the tennis court or in the swimming pool, attending Saturday night movies in Rickly Auditorium, and the numerous off campus trips that were taken.

However, despite the organized activities, some kids managed to create their own events, like climbing the water tower, sneaking off grounds to get a coke or a hamburger at the Rustic Inn or climbing trees to peer into destiny.

Due to the benevolence of Ohio Master Masons, 740 children had food, shelter, clothing and love. Each child eventually left their Home to travel down life's path. However, no matter where they travel they will always remember a prayer that was said before every meal:

"Our kind and Heavenly Father, From whom we all are fed. Thanks today for our home and friends, And thanks for our daily bread. All we eat and drink and wear, Proves our Heavenly Father's care."

Alumni Day 2008

Ohio Masonic Home alumni return
regularly to catch up with one
another and reminisce.

Charles Shellhamer became the first alumnus in 1901 when he was discharged at the age of 14 to go to work. The first reunion was held July 4, 1901, and attended by 26 alumni.

Several people who lived on the The Ohio Masonic Home grounds when it served as a children’s home gathered for their 28th annual homecoming reunion July 5-6 at Springfield Masonic Community.

The group reunites biennially to spend time together, reminisce about their time here, dine and have their business meeting.

The Ohio Masonic Home had a children’s home from 1897 to 1956 in addition to its retirement home. It differed from a traditional orphanage as the children came when a parent passed away or couldn’t support them properly. The Home would take them in and gave them a good life until the parents’ situation improved or they turned 18.

Although the weekend followed the normal pattern of activities, there were a few things that stood out at this reunion. A Hollywood crew shot a documentary about the event. Rachael Harris, an actress and daughter of alumni president Cynthia Whitacre Cameron, led the crew and interviewed alumni members and Home staff. The documentary is being edited. Plans were not certain yet when the documentary will air.

Longtime alumni committee members Paul Davis and Guy Miller were honored for their many years of service to the alumni as was the late Jack Lindsay. A plaque recognizing their work was awarded and will hang near the present Apartments at Cunningham Place on the campus. The alumni met every three years in the past, but now meet every two years on the first weekend in July, with the next coming up in 2010.

There are fifteen trustees, each appointed for a three-year term, that serve on The Home's Board of Trustees. Six members are representatives of The Ohio Grand Lodge, three members from Grand Commandery, three members from Grand Chapter, one member from Grand Council and two members represent the Scottish Rite.

Each presiding officer of The Grand Body is responsible to either reappoint an existing board member or appoint a new board member at the end of the board member's term. Every year five board members are up for reappointment. Each Grand Master, Grand Commander and Grand High Priest will have a least one board appointment during their time in office.

The existing board members assist the fraternal presiding officers on board profiles to help them search and select board members with the specific expertise and skills to meet the organizational needs.

Each subsidiary board is composed of seven members, of which up to two are from the OMH (parent) board. Two-thirds of the parent board members also serve on one of the subsidiary boards and all the trustees serve on various committees. There is a mandatory retirement age of 70 for board members.

Through its committee structure, the parent board members decide key governance issues dealing with finance, long-range planning and policy, nominating, pension board and executive concerns.

Current OMH Board of Trustee Members