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Form 990 for tax year 2025

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

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2025 , filed 27 August 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,090,554 changed to $1,113,303
Total expenses
$1,021,228 changed to $993,172
Grants paid
$119,634 changed to $120,634
Program service revenue
$304,231 changed to $305,310
Other revenue
$750,854 changed to $772,524
Total assets, end of year
$2,637,227 changed to $2,728,581
Total liabilities, end of year
$270,989 changed to $311,538
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,366,238 changed to $2,417,043
Program services expenses
$967,787 changed to $938,567
Management and general expenses
$53,441 changed to $54,605
Program service expenses (Part III)
$967,787 changed to $938,567

Totals

Total revenue
$1,090,554
Total expenses
$1,021,228
Contributions and grants received
$23,057
Grants paid
$119,634
Program service revenue
$304,231
Investment income
$12,412
Other revenue
$750,854
Total assets, end of year
$2,637,227
Total liabilities, end of year
$270,989
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,366,238
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$967,787
Management and general expenses
$53,441
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$967,787

Program services were 94.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,057

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $255,263 · related or exempt $255,263

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP EVENTS

    total $26,117 · related or exempt $26,117

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LODGE INCOME

    total $15,689 · related or exempt $15,689

  • 2d · Program service revenue: COMMITTEE INCOME

    total $7,162 · related or exempt $7,162

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,412 · excluded $12,412

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $50,158

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $50,158

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $50,158 · related or exempt $27,098 · excluded $23,060

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $99,092

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $36,972

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $62,120 · excluded $62,120

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $177,419

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $37,476

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $139,943 · related or exempt $139,943

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,002,180

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $503,547

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $498,633 · related or exempt $498,633

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $119,634 · program services $119,634

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $9,000 · program services $9,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $360,819 · program services $324,736 · management and general $36,083

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $49,184 · program services $44,266 · management and general $4,918

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,217 · management and general $4,217

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,248 · management and general $2,248

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,469 · management and general $2,469

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,130 · program services $3,130

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,506 · management and general $3,506

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $152,992 · program services $152,992

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,312 · program services $4,312

  • 20 · Interest

    total $635 · program services $635

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $59,262 · program services $59,262

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,310 · program services $24,310

  • 24a · Other expenses: LODGE EXPENSE

    total $56,549 · program services $56,549

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES-OTHER

    total $49,647 · program services $49,647

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES/CREDIT CAR

    total $34,279 · program services $34,279

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $28,138 · program services $28,138

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $56,897 · program services $56,897

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $478,677 · end of year $535,879

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,912 · end of year $722

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $20,363 · end of year $27,970

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,039 · end of year $1,645

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

    $2,440,002

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

    $536,532

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,942,691 · end of year $1,903,470

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $162,292 · end of year $167,541

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $74,087 · end of year $37,110

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $190,381 · end of year $209,029

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $52,806 · end of year $24,850

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,222,172 · end of year $2,291,371

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,528 · end of year $74,867

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

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 ITS GOVERNMENT, THE BENEVOLENT 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)

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 ITS GOVERNMENT, THE BENEVOLENT 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.

  • SUPPORT OF YOUTH SERVICES, VARIOUS CHARITIES, CIVIC AND PATRIOTIC PROGRAMS, OPERATION OF THE LODGE AND VARIOUS ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, CURRENTLY BPO LODGE 134 HAS APPROXIMATELY 1,180 ACTIVE MEMBERS

    Expenses $967,787 · Revenue $969,905

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Chapman

    EXALTED RULER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stacey Little

    LEADING KNIGHT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Terrance Warco Ending 092125

    LOYAL KNIGHT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Steve Kamau

    LECTURING KNIGHT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kyle Moore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $4,000
    From this org
    $4,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Rick Laliberte

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Matt Kruse

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Conrad Gast

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Neal Heisey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lee Rossman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rocc Steco Jr

    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
2025
Filed
13 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622259349302412

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