Grand View

What Grand View does

Grand View Systems (operating as Grand View) is a privately held vertical SaaS company headquartered in Bossier City, Louisiana, that provides a web-based membership management platform purpose-built for Masonic Grand Lodges and their constituent lodges. The platform delivers an encrypted member portal through which Grand Lodge leadership, lodge secretaries, and individual Freemasons can manage membership records, collect per capita dues and donations, coordinate events, run fundraisers, access Masonic educational materials, and locate lodges. As of the latest disclosure, Grand View serves 82 Grand Jurisdictions covering 9,352 lodges and 771,173 memberships.

The platform is hosted on Grand View's own data centers (with redundant backup facilities) using SSL-encrypted connections, firewalls, and VPNs, and runs on standard web browsers without client-side installation. Differentiating features include distributed data entry by lodge secretaries, audit trails with rollback capability, verification workflows for membership changes, automated event notifications (email, text, voice), a map-based Lodge Locator, and a cross-jurisdictional Business Listing Directory. The platform has been described by the company as having evolved from a "simple membership management database" into a multi-module suite.

Grand View's revenue model is predominantly subscription-based at approximately $1.00 per membership per year, billed monthly, quarterly, or annually to Grand Jurisdictions which then provision access to constituent lodges and members. Revenue is supplemented by professional services (training, implementation, dues notice administration), transaction fees from the Business Listing Directory, fundraising services on a managed-services basis, and web design/maintenance provided through a sister division, Online Presence Builders. Payment processing is enabled through an ISO registration with Fifth Third Bank, N.A. The company distributes exclusively through direct enterprise sales to Grand Lodge governing bodies — a top-down adoption motion — supplemented by a referral channel where individual lodges and members can refer the company upward to their Grand Lodge leadership. Grand View is privately held with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or institutional investment, and operates a lean team of 11–50 employees.

Name

Grand View

Legal name

Grand View Systems

Website

https://grandview.systems

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Grand View Systems is a private vertical SaaS company that provides a purpose-built, hosted membership management platform for Masonic Grand Lodges, serving 82 jurisdictions, 9,352 lodges, and 771,173 members on a subscription basis supplemented by professional services and a web design sister division.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bossier City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Software (Membership Management): Subscription-based software billed at regular intervals (monthly, quarterly, or annually). Pricing based on $1.00 per membership per year. Grand Lodges subscribe on behalf of their constituent lodges and members. All enhancements are included with subscription.
2. Business Directory Listing: Members who own or operate businesses can purchase listings in the Mason-only business directory. Set up through member portal with Grand Lodge approval. Generates income for Grand Lodges from member business listings.
3. Web Design Services: Website design and maintenance services through sister division 'Online Presence Builders'. Includes website creation, ongoing maintenance, content updates, and management services for Masonic organizations.
4. Fundraising Services: Fundraising platform services for member organizations. From initial appeal to effectiveness reporting, handling fundraising activities while minimizing administrative overhead. Available on request basis as processes are established.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grand View is a subscription-based, web-hosted membership management platform purpose-built for Freemasonry. It provides an encrypted portal connecting Grand Lodge governing bodies, individual constituent lodges, and individual members to manage membership records, lodge operations, dues collection, events, communications, and Masonic-specific data such as degrees and offices. The company also offers professional services, support and training, fundraising services, and a Mason-only business directory, alongside a sister division (Online Presence Builders) for web design.

Product overview

Grand View is a unified membership management platform for Freemasonry, consisting of the core Grand View platform with integrated modules including Membership Management, Grand Lodge Management, Lodge Management, Lodge Locator, and Hosted Application infrastructure. The platform is offered alongside Professional Services and Support & Training. A sister company, Online Presence Builders, provides web design services. Additional features include a Business Listing Directory, Online Dues Payment system, Member Portal, and Member Dues & Donations Accounting. All functionality is delivered as a subscription-based hosted solution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Online Presence Builders: Internet Marketing / Web Design division that designs beautiful and functional websites for clients including Grand Lodges.

Products and services

• Grand View Membership Management Platform Subscription-based, web-hosted membership management platform purpose-built for Freemasonry. Provides an encrypted portal connecting Grand Lodges, constituent lodges, and individual members, managing membership records, dues, events, communications, and Masonic-specific data such as degrees and offices.
• Professional Services Services that extend the Grand Lodge team including dues notices, event support, feature setup, training, and administrative assistance, scaling based on the needs of the jurisdiction.
• Support & Training Ongoing customer support available by phone, email, and a support portal, plus training delivered through online videos, webinar sessions, and on-site training.
• Fundraising Services Fundraising platform services for member organizations covering the lifecycle from initial appeal to effectiveness reporting, handling fundraising activities while minimizing administrative overhead. Available on a request basis.
• Online Presence Builders (Web Design Services) Internet Marketing and Web Design division that designs and maintains websites for Masonic organizations including Grand Lodges. Operated as a sister company to Grand View.
• Business Directory Listing Service Mason-only business directory where members who own or operate businesses can purchase listings through their member portal, with Grand Lodge approval. Generates income for Grand Lodges and bridges jurisdictional lines across all participating Grand Lodges.

Quantifiable outcome

• 82 Grand Jurisdictions actively using the platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MemberPlanet: All-in-one membership, event, donation, and communication platform for clubs, associations, and member-based groups. Comparable feature set (dues collection, member directory, events) and similar target buyer (organization administrators managing member rosters).
• MembershipWorks: Membership management software for associations and clubs, including member directory, dues billing, event registration, and member portal — overlapping core functionality with Grand View for small-to-mid membership organizations.
• Wild Apricot: Web-based membership management SaaS for associations, clubs, and member-based organizations. Highly comparable to Grand View in core functionality (membership database, dues collection, events, member portal) although it serves associations broadly rather than Freemasonry specifically.
• YourMembership (Community Brands): Long-established association management software offering membership databases, dues processing, event management, and member communities. Directly competes with Grand View for association/fraternal organization software budgets, though it serves a broader association market.
• Impexium: Association management platform offering member databases, engagement tools, events, and dues processing. Comparable to Grand View at the enterprise association tier, though with less vertical specialization in fraternal organizations.
• Fonteva: Membership and association management software built on Salesforce. Comparable in core membership/dues/event functionality, though targeted at larger associations that can absorb the Salesforce-platform premium.
• MemberClicks: SaaS membership and event management platform for associations and member-based organizations. Closely comparable to Grand View in product (member database, dues, events, engagement tools) and customer base (small-to-mid associations and societies).
• ClubExpress: Cloud-based club management platform offering websites, member databases, dues, events, and communications for clubs of all types. Closely comparable to Grand View in that it serves membership-based clubs with a similar all-in-one SaaS bundle.

Emerging players

• Join It: Modern, lightweight membership management platform focused on dues collection and member renewals for organizations of all sizes. Partial overlap with Grand View on the dues/membership layer, though lacking Grand View's deep fraternal-specific workflows.
• StarChapter: Chapter and association management software providing websites, member directories, event registration, and dues for chapters of professional and fraternal organizations. Notably serves professional-fraternal hybrid use cases that overlap with Grand View's Masonic niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grand-view-systems

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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