PROCEEDINGS GRAND LODGE - Freemasons of Wisconsin

Totals for Fund: Spring Appeal $2,251.00Totals for Charity: Wisconsin Masonic Soccer Foundation, Inc. $6,031.00Totals for all Grand Lodge Charities $2,648,999.41Report accepted.Fraternally submitted on behalf of the entire Board,Bruce S. Sim, PGM, PresidentWISCONSIN MASONIC FOUNDATION BOARD REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin;M.W. Grand Master Roger L. Magoon, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, Rodney A.Paulsen, Grand Lodge elected and appointed officers, honored Past Grand Masters,distinguished guests, lodge representatives, brother Masons all, we thank you forthis opportunity to present a report of your Wisconsin Masonic Foundation Boardfor the fiscal year ending, April 30, 2006.It is encouraging to note that the total assets, for which we have investment andfiduciary responsibility were valued at $23,429,460.04 as of April 30, 2006. Thiscompares to $21,264,474.87 reported to you last year for the period then ending onApril 30, 2005.A total of $1,450,095.64 was received as contributions to your Foundation duringthe 05-06 fiscal year. Of this amount, $996,662.09 was the total gift received fromthe Wilson C. and Edna P. Woods Trust to fund annual scholarships in the BeaverDam High Schools, as was anticipated in last year’s report. Forty thousand dollars($40,000.00) in scholarships will be awarded to Beaver Dam graduates this month.We would encourage others to emulate this concept of giving in their Masoniccommunity. Your Foundation stands ready to assume the investment responsibilityfor you.The remaining contribution total of $453,433.55 includes donations to theGeneral Fund, Perpetual Scholarship Fund, Home Endowment Fund, MasonicDiagnostic Fund (Aurora-Sinai), Medical Fund, Youth Fund, Service and AssistanceFund and the Three Pillars Employee Scholarship Fund. All of these amountsare given prior to receiving the final report of our Auditors, which is expected toconfirm them.During the past year, in partnership with many of our Symbolic Lodges, a totalof $132,750.00 ($66,375.00 match) was given out in matching scholarships. We alsonote that many Wisconsin Lodges make individual scholarship awards beyondthese numbers from their own separate funds. We continue to ask for those numbersso that we may report the total charitable impact of the Masonic community to thestate of Wisconsin’s educational community. Please respond to that request.Wisconsin lodges also contributed $116,178.26 to the Medical Fund, to which wasadded $106,729.46 from the Foundation for a total contribution in Medical Fundgrants of $222,907.72. Significant in these grants, was the gift of 132 Project AdamAED units of which 117 went to the Milwaukee Public School system, with veryfavorable press coverage for our fraternity last fall.39