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← ELKS NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE COMMISSION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ELKS NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE COMMISSION.

Totals

Total revenue
$167,544
Total expenses
$5,183,074
Contributions and grants received
$92,160
Grants paid
$4,572,712
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$50,545
Other revenue
$24,839
Total assets, end of year
$573,639
Total liabilities, end of year
$164,865
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$408,774
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,806,811
Management and general expenses
$376,263
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,806,811

Program services were 92.7% 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

    $92,160

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $83,412

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $53,898 · excluded $53,898

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,092,870

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,096,223

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$3,353

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,353 · excluded -$3,353

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $24,839 · excluded $24,839

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,839

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,263,116 · program services $3,263,116

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,309,596 · program services $1,309,596

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,443 · management and general $15,443

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,773 · management and general $2,773

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $23,000 · management and general $23,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,442 · program services $547 · management and general $7,895

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,170 · management and general $7,170

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,205 · management and general $1,205

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,657 · program services $5,922 · management and general $1,735

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $83,662 · program services $3,759 · management and general $79,903

  • 24a · Other expenses: RELATED PARTY PAYROLL A

    total $329,215 · program services $215,231 · management and general $113,984

  • 24b · Other expenses: RELATED PARTY EXPENSE S

    total $88,382 · management and general $88,382

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND DELIVERY

    total $18,109 · program services $2,655 · management and general $15,454

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $15,532 · program services $2,797 · management and general $12,735

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,772 · program services $3,188 · management and general $6,584

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $124,441 · end of year $85,805

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,041,240

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,941 · end of year $4,565

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $22,118

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $56,480 · end of year $58,736

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $466,833

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $400,440

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,969 · end of year $1,975

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,075 · end of year $93,390

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $229,544 · end of year $71,475

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $385,045 · end of year $408,774

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,041,240 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOUSANDS OF ELKS VOLUNTEERS, THE COMMISSION'S PROGRAMS OFFER DIRECT SERVICE TO VETERANS AND MILITARY MEMBERS IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE NATION. OUR PROGRAMS HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS RECOVER AND THRIVE, SUPPORT VETERANS AS THEY EXIT OR PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, SERVE AGING VETERANS AND VETERANS IN FACILITIES, ASSIST VETERANS IN NEED AND CONNECT VETERANS WITH RESOURCES AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COMMISSION FOCUSES ON SERVING VETERANS IN NEED, THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS RECOVER AND THRIVE, PROVIDE VETERANS WITH RESOURCES TO EXIT HOMELESSNESS, SUPPORT MILITARY FAMILIES, AND ASSIST VETERANS AND MILITARY MEMBERS IN ELKS COMMUNITIES.

  • THE COMMISSION PARTNERS WITH HUNDREDS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) AND OTHER VETERANS' FACILITIES ACROSS THE NATION TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF VETERANS. OUR VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE DIRECT MONTHLY SUPPORT TO AGING VETERANS, RECOVERING VETERANS AND VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE FORM OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, NEEDED SUPPLIES, THERAPEUTIC RECREATION, OUTREACH EVENTS AND MORE.

    Expenses $853,680 · Grants $774,072

  • THE COMMISSION PARTNERED WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE HOMELESS VETERANS AND VETERANS AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS WITH THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE THEY NEEDED TO BECOME OR REMAIN HOUSED, AND TO PROVIDE WELCOME HOME KITS THAT INCLUDE SUPPLIES AND OTHER MATERIAL SUPPORT TO NEWLY HOUSED VETERANS. THE WELCOME HOME PROGRAM OFFERS FOCUS GRANTS UP TO $10,000 TO QUALIFYING LODGES TO BE USED TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, ASSIST PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS VETERANS TO ADJUST, AND HELP VETERANS EXIT HOMELESSNESS.

    Expenses $2,557,430 · Grants $2,405,913

  • THE COMMISSION PROVIDED GRANTS TO 600 LODGES TO FACILITATE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT VETERANS, ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. ELKS USED THESE GRANTS TO PROVIDE FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR HOMELESS AND HOSPITALIZED VETERANS, HOLD ADAPTIVE SPORTS EVENTS FOR VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES, REPAIR THE HOMES OF MILITARY FAMILIES AND VETERANS IN NEED, SUPPORT STUDENT VETERANS AND MORE.

    Expenses $990,917 · Grants $990,917

  • THE COMMISSION PROVIDED GRANTS TO VETERANS ADAPTIVE SPORTS EVENTS RUN BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THESE EVENTS HELP VETERANS TO RECOVER, REHABILITATE AND THRIVE. ELKS VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED AT THESE EVENTS, ASWELL AS DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF PAIRS OF FREE WHEELCHAIR GLOVES TO VETERANS IN ATTENDANCE.

    Expenses $404,784 · Grants $401,810

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ROBERT L DUITSMAN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL R RYAN

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RONALD L HICKS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID R CARR

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN D AMEN

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYAN KLATT

    GRAND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $232,058
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $210,801
    Other
    $21,257
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $210,801 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,433 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,824 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $232,058 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442409349300244

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