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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA.

Totals

Total revenue
$749,624
Total expenses
$816,666
Contributions and grants received
$289,535
Grants paid
$102,841
Program service revenue
$94,646
Investment income
$5,191
Other revenue
$360,252
Total assets, end of year
$1,148,406
Total liabilities, end of year
$340,467
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$807,939
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $270,101

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,434

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LODGE ACTIVITIES

    total $67,238 · related or exempt $67,238

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

    total $19,952 · related or exempt $19,952

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER ACTIVITIES

    total $7,456 · related or exempt $7,456

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,191 · excluded $5,191

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,052

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,052

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,052 · excluded $4,052

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $2,199,393

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,992,837

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $206,556 · related or exempt $206,556

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $577,976

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $441,968

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $136,008 · related or exempt $136,008

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $13,636 · related or exempt $13,636

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,636

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,841

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $25,300

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $95,148

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,263

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,943

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,449

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,795

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,549

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,111

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $133,985

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,784

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,033

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $72,298

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $69,602

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,669

  • 24a · Other expenses: ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS

    total $86,603

  • 24b · Other expenses: LODGE ACTIVITIES - NON-

    total $33,364

  • 24c · Other expenses: LODGE ACTIVITIES - MEMB

    total $11,127

  • 24d · Other expenses: LODGE EXPENSES - OTHER

    total $8,802

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $206,914 · end of year $160,714

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $101,818 · end of year $135,895

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,121 · end of year $4,121

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $29,909 · end of year $29,909

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,683 · end of year $1,683

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,016,437

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,295,774

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $763,194 · end of year $720,663

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $84,875 · end of year $89,242

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,118 · end of year $6,179

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $42,064 · end of year $42,064

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $278,587 · end of year $298,403

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $874,981 · end of year $807,939

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

B.P.O.E. CARLSBAD ELKS LODGE'S MISSION IS TO INCULCATE THE PRINCIPLES OF CHARITY, JUSTICE, BROTHERLY LOVE AND FIDELITY; TO RECOGNIZE A BELIEF IN GOD; TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND ENHANCE THE HAPPINESS OF ITS MEMBERS; TO QUICKEN THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM; TO CULTIVATE GOOD FELLOWSHIP; TO PERPETUATE ITSELF AS A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS GOVERNMENT, THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL SERVE THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH BENEVOLENT PROGRAMS, DEMONSTRATING THAT ELKS CARE AND ELKS SHARE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

B.P.O.E. CARLSBAD ELKS LODGE SUPPORTS NONPROFIT, YOUTH ATHLETIC AND LOCAL SPECIAL NEEDS CHARITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEMBERS THROUGH RITUAL TRAINING AND COMPETITION.

  • THE ORGANIZATION GENERATES REVENUE FROM GAMING ACTIVITIES, MEMBERSHIP DUES AND VARIOUS LODGE ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES , CHARITY DRIVES, ENTERTAINMENT, AND STAG AND LADIES NITE MEMBER SERVICES. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANIZED AND MANAGED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S TRUSTEES, LODGE OFFICERS AND MEMBER VOLUNTEERS. THE REVENUE GENERATED THROUGH THESE SERVICES ARE UTILIZED TO SUPPORT B.P.O.E. GRAND LODGE SPONSORED CHARITIES, LOCAL YOUTH ORGANIZED ATHLETIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS LOCAL 501(C) (3) ENTITIES THROUGH DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THE USE OF BANQUET FACILITIES AND DINING AMENITIES.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ROGER MAXWELL

    EXALTED RULER/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • ROBERT ROBERSON

    LEADING KNIGHT/VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • KENT HITCHENS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $5,853
    From this org
    $5,853
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • JEFFREY GORDON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $5,625
    From this org
    $5,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CHRISTOPHER GOOCH

    LOYAL KNIGHT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • LORI STEARS

    LECTURING KNIGHT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • WILLIAM VERA

    OUTGOING PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • MIKE KURIMSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAMON WEST

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DARLENE SMITH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MICHAEL JOHNSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TRACY DEARING

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543179349309924

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