TO:
The Most Puissant General Grand Master
The Right Puissant Deputy Grand Master
The Right Puissant Grand Principal Conductor of the Work
Members of the General Grand Council, Cryptic Masons International
RE: Triennial Report of Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation Executive
Secretary
Having served twenty-eight years as Executive Secretary of Cryptic Masons Medical
Research Foundation, Most Illustrious Companion Marion K. Crum announced his retirement
effective October 17, 2012. Most Puissant General Grand Master George C. Sellars
conducted a structured search for the appropriate candidate to replace the irreplaceable
Marion Crum. On Sunday, October 21, 2012, Grand Master Sellars both humbled and
honored me by offering me the position of Executive Secretary. I accepted.
Executive Summary for the Triennial Giving
CMMRF’s primary function is to raise funds supporting discovery research at the Indiana
Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine (ICVBM), located on the campus of the Indiana
University School of Medicine. To that end I furnish the following table of statistics in
support of our efforts and results for the calendar years 2011, 2012, and 2013.
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Statistical Summary of Top Ten Contributing Jurisdictions
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Jurisdiction
2011
Florida
$30,475.38
Indiana
$15,921.50
California
$31,118.95
Maryland
$2,677.80
Wisconsin
$6,505.00
Colorado
$7,357.67
North Carolina
$9,266.31
Nevada
$11,900.21
Arkansas
$10,180.00
South Carolina
$6,408.66
Top Ten
$131,811.48
Total
$25,486.77 $28,438.06
$21,734.48 $24,773.58
$8,150.00 $20,218.00
$17,866.95 $1,949.35
$12,788.00 $3,000.00
$8,682.73 $5,821.77
$9,147.91 $2,302.87
$3,852.11 $4,898.00
$5,993.41 $2,453.00
$7,181.27 $4,573.00
$84,400.21
$62,429.56
$59,486.95
$22,494.10
$22,293.00
$21,862.17
$20,717.09
$20,650.32
$18,626.41
$18,162.93
Percentage of
Three Year
Total
16.07%
11.89%
11.33%
4.28%
4.24%
4.16%
3.94%
3.93%
3.55%
3.46%
$120,883.63 $98,427.63
$351,122.74
66.85%
2012
Three Year
Total
2013
Cumulative Total of
Top Ten
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
389,601.56
462,741.46
637,059.10
123,776.12
98,487.21
228,073.23
200,192.59
94,228.40
81,474.78
226,815.69
$2,542,450.14
Statistical Summary of the Fifty-Seven Remaining Tracked Jurisdictions
Remaining 57 Tracked
Jurisdictions
2011
$59,924.07
2012
Three Year
Total
2013
$54,934.48 $59,288.85
$174,147.40
Percentage of
Three Year
Total
33.15%
Cumulative Total
$2,413,738.97
 Total contributions for the three years 2011, 2012, and  ICVBM Grants for the years 2011, 2012, and 2013 were $706,298.86.
2013 were $525,270.14.
 Cumulative ICVBM Grants are $3,670,298.86
 Total cumulative contributions are $4,956,189.11
 Number of tracked Jurisdictions giving $0.00 over the
past three years: 15.
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I call to your attention and your action that the total giving over the past three years has
steadily declined. This continues to be the case in 2014. As I write this report we are almost
half way through the calendar year, yet our receipts are at about the 39% level.
This decline can be rationalized. Our membership is shrinking. Our membership is aging.
Men are out of work. Men, back at work, are retiring debt accumulated while out of work.
The list goes on. I remind us of a certain text in scripture, (Matthew 5: 14-16), 14 “You are
the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after lighting a lamp puts
it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the
same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give
glory to your Father in heaven.” We should not hesitate to seize any opportunity to display
our good works to the world. We can no longer restrict our audience to the greater masonic
family. Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation is that shining city on the hill of
masonic charities.
We have been and are able to maintain our level of support through the excellent return on
our investment portfolio. As it is revealed in the numbers displayed, CMMRF gives more to
ICVBM than it receives. One hundred percent of our donation receipts go to discovery
research at ICVBM.
Awards and Recognitions
For the Triennial Years 2011, 2012, and 2013 the following awards were earned:
Diamond Pins
2 Diamonds
3 Diamonds
4 Diamonds
5 Diamonds
7 Diamonds
11 Diamonds
14 Diamonds
15 Diamonds
Number of People Who Received
14
8
11
6
1
1
1
1
Total Pins
48
Individual Plaques
Council Plaques
Extender Bars
37
23
241
Research
Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation partners in discovery with ICVBM recently
expanded their research efforts by moving the clinical division to the Richard Roudebush
Veterans Hospital. Lead by Dr. Keith March and Dr. Michael Murphy, research is currently
addressing the following areas:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Heart Disease
Diabetes
Blindness
COPD / Lung Disease
Regenerative Medicine
6.
7.
8.
9.
Peripheral Artery and Vascular Disease
Burn / Wound Healing
Erectile Dysfunction
Arthritis
To carry the message to constituent regional conferences, grand councils, local councils, and
table councils, CMMRF worked with Dr. March to develop a message that could be easily
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remembered and carried home by the attendees. Most useful was the idea of acronyms.
Since October 2012, three acronyms have been used to spread the message. Those acronyms
are:
1. HELP 4 ALL
2. HALLS
3. LEAP
These acronyms are translated as:
H: Heart
E: Eyes
L: Lung
P: Pancreas
4
A: Aorta
L: Legs
L: Lingering Wounds
H: Heart
A: Aorta
L: Legs
L: Lungs
S: Skin
L: Legs
E: Eyes
A: Aorta
P: Pancreas
The experience is that the message is brief, to the point, and countable on the finger tips for
easy memory and recall.
For information regarding these areas of research, visit www.cmmrf.org.
The Website, WWW.CMMRF.ORG
As I write this report, the CMMRF web site is being renovated and renewed. We anticipate it
will be ready for display at this Triennial Session, but as I have learned, “Just about
everything takes longer than you think it will.” A high point of concern is individual,
regional, and/or local CMMRF web sites. While CMMRF appreciates the enthusiasm and
does not want to crush the spirit, we find that many times the information displayed is
obsolete or just plain wrong. CMMRF encourages the constituent grand councils, local
councils, and any other organizations promoting CMMRF to simply point to or reference the
CMMRF website at www.cmmrf.org. This will ensure that the reader is getting the latest
information directly from the CMMRF organization or ICVBM.
Summary of Support
CMMRF is the philanthropy of the General Grand Council, Cryptic Masons International.
CMMRF understands that most Masonic organizations or associations of Masons have their
own specific philanthropy. CMMRF; however, is “up close and personal” to each of us. Few
indeed are the individuals who can state that their life, the life of a loved one, or someone
close to them has not been affected by one or more of the nine conditions listed. As
Executive Secretary, I urge all levels of membership in General Grand Council to press
forward in their efforts to support CMMRF through Table Council celebrations, participation
in other social events, and the establishment of or continuation of some variation on a
“Pennies for Progress” program. ICVBM has demonstrated it is willing and pleased to assist
the Grand Council or local Council to develop a program for its CMMRF fund raising event.
A “Pennies for Progress” program continues to demonstrate that it is a painless manner to
generate funds for CMMRF. A primary goal is to raise one penny per member per day. That
will be $3.65 per member for the year 2014. Companions, this amount is less than the cost of
one trip to McDonalds, one visit to Starbucks, a gallon of gasoline, or a pack of cigarettes.
Yet we spend for these noted items almost without thinking multiple times over and over.
Additionally, consider achieving the One Hundred Percent Certificate for your Council.
These goals are painless and quite accomplishable. (I am aware of one Grand Council that
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has moved on from a penny a day to a dime a day.) Yes, it can be done. Let’s do something
great together for all mankind.
For the Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation,
Gary G. Wyne, PMIGM
Executive Secretary, CMMRF
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