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Masonic Home of Virginia and Westminster Canterbury Richmond compared

Two Virginia communities about 6 miles apart, compared from their own disclosure statements. Tinted rows are where they differ; each page tab opens the filing at the figure.

FigureMasonic Home of VirginiaWestminster Canterbury Richmond
LocationRichmond, VARichmond, VA
Filing used2023 statement, fiscal 2022 financesPDF2026 statement, fiscal 2025 financesPDF
Contract typesType B (modified), Type C (fee for service)Type A (life care), Type B (modified)
Entrance fee, one person$36,000 to $279,900p. 79$135,485 to $1,074,558p. 98p. 89
Monthly fee, independent living$2,355 to $5,623p. 79$2,406 to $12,317p. 98p. 89
Refund plansVillage / B-Wing Apartment pro-rata refund; Adult Home entrance fee (6-month proration); C/D-Wing Suite fee prorationp. 68p. 10Standard declining refund (Type A/B); 50% guaranteed refund option; 70% guaranteed refund option; 90% guaranteed refund option; Assisted Living declining refundp. 13
Highest guaranteed refund0% of the feep. 68p. 1090% of the feep. 13
When a refund is paidWhen your unit is re-occupied and the new resident has paidp. 68p. 10When your unit is re-occupied and the new resident has paidp. 13
Days cash on hand1295 days (FY2022, calculated)p. 1401310 days (FY2025, interim)p. 23FY2025 ratios are management-reported for the Obligated Group, which excludes the Foundation and the Development Corporation. FY2025 investment income included $36.8 million of realized gains from a change of investment advisors. The days-cash figure is consistent with Westminster-Canterbury Corporation's own balance sheet: cash $57.4 million plus investments $206.3 million at September 30, 2025 (p151); it does not rely on the Foundation's $94.4 million.
Its lenders' minimumNot disclosed in the 2023 filingNot disclosed in the 2026 filing
Debt service coverageNot disclosed in the 2023 filing7.48x (FY2025, interim)p. 23FY2025 ratios are management-reported for the Obligated Group, which excludes the Foundation and the Development Corporation. FY2025 investment income included $36.8 million of realized gains from a change of investment advisors. The days-cash figure is consistent with Westminster-Canterbury Corporation's own balance sheet: cash $57.4 million plus investments $206.3 million at September 30, 2025 (p151); it does not rely on the Foundation's $94.4 million.
Independent living occupancy69% (2022)p. 19187.9% (2025)p. 20
Net position$67.3 million (FY2022)p. 140$202.5 million (FY2025)p. 151
Whose financesMasonic Home of Virginiap. 140Westminster-Canterbury Corporation (column of the Westminster-Canterbury Management Corporation consolidating balance sheet); ratios for Obligated Groupp. 151
Audit opinionUnmodified (clean) opinion, Keiterp. 140Unmodified (clean) opinion, CliftonLarsonAllen LLPp. 151
Nursing care, CMS ratingNo CMS record linked5 of 5 (CMS overall)

What care costs later, in each contract

Masonic Home of Virginia

Type B (modified): Independent living residents may apply to the Adult Home or Care Center; admission requires Board approval and a new contract. 30 days of care a year are included, then standard rates.p. 12

Type C (fee for service): Adult Home paying residents pay a monthly fee that rises with their level of care and pay the established Care Center rate for nursing; they pay their own medical, physician and medication costs.p. 8

Westminster Canterbury Richmond

Type A (life care): Moving to assisted living or the Health Center does not add to the monthly fee. A resident who chooses a deluxe nursing room pays the additional daily rate.p. 12

Type B (modified): Lower entrance and monthly fees than Type A, but assisted living and nursing are billed per day at a 10% discount from the current daily rate, plus ancillaries.p. 51

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