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Form 990 for tax year 2024

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

Totals

Total revenue
$359,512
Total expenses
$226,079
Contributions and grants received
$47,497
Grants paid
$98,279
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$600
Other revenue
$311,415
Total assets, end of year
$710,880
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,899
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$695,981
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$199,287
Management and general expenses
$26,792
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$198,947

Program services were 88.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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

    $38,517

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,980

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $600 · related or exempt $600

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,530

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,530

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,530 · related or exempt $2,530

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $14,641

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $21,471

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$6,830

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $518,737

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $174,450

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $344,287 · related or exempt $344,287

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $135,979

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $167,950

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$31,971 · related or exempt -$31,971

  • 11a · Other revenue: Misc income (exp reimb)

    total $3,399 · related or exempt $3,399

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,399

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $98,279 · program services $98,279

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $6,065 · management and general $6,065

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,997 · management and general $4,997

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,851 · program services $2,851

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $950 · program services $475 · management and general $475

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $60,966 · program services $45,725 · management and general $15,241

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,936 · program services $9,936

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $17,536 · program services $17,536

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,092 · program services $13,092

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,169 · program services $7,169

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $2,972 · program services $2,972

  • 24b · Other expenses: KEY CARD LODGE

    total $764 · program services $764

  • 24c · Other expenses: INDOCTRINATION EXPENSE

    total $488 · program services $488

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $10 · management and general $10

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4 · management and general $4

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $222,449 · end of year $264,429

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $62,632 · end of year $163,711

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,601 · end of year $1,942

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $430,153

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

    $149,355

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $280,843 · end of year $280,798

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,977 · end of year $14,899

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $562,548 · end of year $695,981

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

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.

  • Provide use of the lodge facilities, volunteers and monetary support for many community organizations. Monetary support grouped into the following main programs: Youth (Scholarship & Athletic), Needy and Handicapped, Veterans Service, Community Service, and National Elks Foundation.

    Expenses $198,947

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Keith Acker

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Fithian

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $65
    From this org
    $65
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Todd Lichness

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • David Priest

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Hiller

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Dick

    EXALTED RULER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sandy Dick

    LEADING KNIGHT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Tami Acker

    LOYAL KNIGHT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511329349305881

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