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Form 990 for tax year 2025

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

Totals

Total revenue
$628,356
Total expenses
$689,720
Contributions and grants received
$403,088
Grants paid
$168,740
Program service revenue
$11,654
Investment income
$56,511
Other revenue
$157,103
Total assets, end of year
$1,932,084
Total liabilities, end of year
$285,269
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,646,815
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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

    $315,235

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $87,853

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANTLER ADVERTISING

    total $6,479 · unrelated business $6,479

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $5,175 · related or exempt $5,175

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $56,511 · excluded $56,511

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $270,938

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $160,188

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $110,750

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $792,415

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $678,013

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $114,402 · excluded $114,402

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $787,770

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $855,819

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$68,049 · related or exempt -$68,687 · unrelated business $638

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $159,990

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,750

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $31,906

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $53,675

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,422

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,812

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,880

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,105

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $160,374

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,107

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $52,864

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $42,877

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,522

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $30,339

  • 24b · Other expenses: COUPONS AND DRAWINGS

    total $26,534

  • 24c · Other expenses: LODGE SUPPLIES

    total $22,503

  • 24d · Other expenses: BULLETIN EXPENSES

    total $11,396

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,664

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $137,383 · end of year $127,153

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $461,805 · end of year $307,257

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $44,339 · end of year $38,128

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,473 · end of year $3,675

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

    $1,072,751

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

    $808,872

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $263,753 · end of year $263,879

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $949,156 · end of year $1,187,261

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,969 · end of year $4,731

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,612 · end of year $52,259

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $236,826 · end of year $221,091

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,290 · end of year $11,919

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,605,150 · end of year $1,646,815

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ELKS IS TO HELP BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES. WE FULFILL THIS PLEDGE BY INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES. WE PROVIDE TOMORROW'S LEADERS, OUR YOUTH, WITH LIFELONG SKILLS. FUND PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN LOCAL ELKS COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SERVICES TO BENEFIT MEMBERS OF THE LODGE

  • THE CLUB'S DINING ROOM AND BAR ARE OPERATED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF THE LODGE MEMBERS.

  • LODGE ACTIVITES ARE OF A FUNDRAISING NATURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHARITY. THE LODGE DONATES FUNDS TO VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JANE LOZANO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $26,565
    From this org
    $26,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • LEN SAMUELSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $5,341
    From this org
    $5,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • JAMES PACHECO

    EXALTED RULE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

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

  • CHEMPI

    $29,700

    TO SUPPORT CHILDREN

  • ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION

    $6,258

    ANNUAL DONATION

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
2025
Filed
31 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202632309349300618

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