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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by IMPROVED BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE WORLD.

Totals

Total revenue
$874,708
Total expenses
$774,460
Contributions and grants received
$874,708
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,595,581
Total liabilities, end of year
$500,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,095,581
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$408,365
Management and general expenses
$366,095
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 52.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $874,708

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $273,668 · program services $136,834 · management and general $136,834 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $90,894 · program services $45,447 · management and general $45,447 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $29,298 · program services $14,649 · management and general $14,649 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,200 · program services $0 · management and general $1,200 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,422 · program services $4,211 · management and general $4,211 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,976 · program services $22,488 · management and general $22,488 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,701 · program services $6,701 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $35,330 · program services $35,330 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,621 · program services $0 · management and general $6,621 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,492 · program services $7,746 · management and general $7,746 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Donations

    total $64,386 · program services $64,386 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Music & Entertainment

    total $350 · program services $350 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Death Benefits

    total $25,350 · program services $25,350 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $24,226 · program services $12,113 · management and general $12,113 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $147,546 · program services $32,760 · management and general $114,786 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,592,815 · end of year $1,557,724

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $130,000 · end of year $130,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0

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

    $2,907,857

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,907,857 · end of year $2,907,857

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $500,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,130,672 · end of year $4,095,581

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

See Schedule O

  • The Organization works to support its membership base by promoting activities that enhance the welfare of those members. The stated mission of the organization is that the welfare and happiness of its members be promoted and enhanced, the nobleness of soul and goodness of heart be cultivated, and that the spirit if patriotism be enlivened and exalted.

  • N/A

  • N/A

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leonard J Polk

    President

    Total calculated
    $148,500
    From this org
    $148,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Richard Dennis

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $77,000
    From this org
    $77,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Calvin Drew Sr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $16,667
    From this org
    $16,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Samuel J Raines

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Carlton Coleman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Roosevelt Scott

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ed Dawson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Brett Franklin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Felton Brown

    Auditor

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mabrey Duff

    Auditor

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $2,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Yaha Abdul Hafif

    Auditor

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

  • Mark Braxton

    Auditor

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

  • Gary Bailey

    Convention Director

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
2025
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202632109349301348

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