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Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA

EIN 39-0159920 · Rice Lake, WI

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

PROVIDE CHARITABLE AND CIVIC SUPPORT THROUGHOUT LOCAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE BPOE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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

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

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (2)

$2,000 spent. DONATED TO VARIOUS CIVIC, MEMBER, OUTSIDE AND MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES SUCH AS FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC LIBRARY, FOOD PANTRIES, ETC AS OUTLINED BY THE BPOE SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDED TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
$1,920 spent. DONATE TO VARIOUS YOUTH ACTIVITIES,FOR EXAMPLE LUNCH BUNCH, SCOUTS, YOUTH BOWLING, ETC. AS OUTLINED BY THE BPOE INCLUDING THE USE OF THE FACILITY FOR MEETINGS AND FUNCTIONS

Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1951.
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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