Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION TO PROMOTE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, PATRIOTISM, SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT, CHARITY, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
- Income
- $257,701
- Spending
- $249,056
- Employees
- 12
- Volunteers
- 50
- Highest pay
- $4,000, secretary
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND ENHANCE THE HAPPINESS OF ITS MEMBERS, CULTIVATE GOOD FELLOWSHIP AND PERPETUATE ITSELF AS A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION.
- TO QUICKEN THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM.
- CHARITABLE PURPOSES (SILVER TOWER CAMP FOR HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS).
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(8) fraternal beneficiary society.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
Not on the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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