2020 Annual All Indiana Freemason and Shrine Golf Outing
Mark your calendars for our Annual All Indiana Freemason and Shrine Golf Outing on Thursday, June 4, 2020! We hope you will come out and join us for a great day of fellowship, fun and golf. The event will be held at the beautiful Country Club of Indianapolis....
The Bus Kelver Past Master Challenge
A Challenge to Past Masters from a Fifty-Year Past Master by Eric Vermeulen, IMHF Development Officer In the Prologue of the Ceremony of Installation, we hear that charity and benevolence are the fruits of Masonic teachings. Cecil R. “Bus” Kelver, a longtime...
Indiana Masonic Home Planned Giving Program
The Corinthian Society The Corinthian Society recognizes individuals who have included the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation (IMHF) in their financial estate planning by leaving a legacy of hope for the future care of their fellow Brothers and Sisters. Membership...
Indiana Masonic Home Foundation Vehicle Donation Program
The Indiana Masonic Home Foundation (IMHF) partners with V-DAC to provide vehicle donation services to Indiana Freemasons and other Foundation supporters. V-DAC has provided vehicle donation services to non-profit organizations and donors since 2003. V-DAC has worked...
Meet the IMHF Staff: Cherie Cannon
Cherie Cannon became the Office Manager for IMHF in 2007. She brought with her several years of accounting experience, along with a brief medical background. As a longtime member of the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary Group, Post 45, in Noblesville Indiana, Cherie...
Indiana Masonic Home Foundation Charitable Gift Annuities
How does 5.1% interest sound? That’s what a 70-year old donor earns on a Charitable Gift Annuity of $10,000. The tax deduction in the year of the irrevocable donation is $4002. The annual payments are $510, and, what’s even better, $377 of the annual payment is tax...
Meet the IMHF Staff: Eric Vermeulen
Eric Vermeulen started as a Development Officer for IMHF in April of 2016. Eric grew up in Whiteland, and began his Masonic journey there in 1980 as a member of Centennial Chapter, Order of DeMolay. His first Chapter Dad was Leonard Hatfield, a longtime supporter of...
Compass Park and Indiana Masonic Home Foundation in a Nutshell
Compass ParkIn 1916, the Grand Lodge of Indiana and Indiana Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star opened the Indiana Masonic Home (now Compass Park) in Franklin, Indiana to provide a home for needy Masons, widows, and orphans. The year 2020 celebrates the 104th...
Meet the IMHF Staff: Jeffery P. Zaring
Jeffery P. Zaring has served as Executive Director of the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation since May 1, 2011. A native of Indianapolis, Jeff attended the Indianapolis Public Schools. His undergraduate and graduate studies were at Indiana University, Bloomington, and...
Indiana Masonic Home Foundation Brick Program
“Walk Down Memory Lane” Two of the walkways that radiate from the centerpiece fountain of the Indiana Masonic Home at Compass Park (Compass Park) are paved with engraved bricks. One walkway honors individuals, Lodges, and other groups. The other walkway...