Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles
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What it says it does
GRAND AERIE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES MEMBERS THE MEANS TO HELP OTHERS THROUGH FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND VOLUNTEERISM. THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES UNDER A "LODGE" SYSTEM, THE CHARITABLE (SEE SCHED. O) EARNINGS OF WHICH ARE DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY, EDUCATIONAL AND FRATERNAL PURPOSES.MISSION STATEMENT: THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, AN INTERNATIONAL, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, UNITES FRATERNALLY IN THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY, TRUTH, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY TO MAKE HUMAN LIFE MORE DESIRABLE BY LESSENING ITS ILLS AND BY PROMOTING PEACE, PROSPERITY, GLADNESS AND HOPE.
- Income
- $18.5 million
- Spending
- $12.9 million
- Employees
- 48
- Volunteers
- 686,196
- Highest pay
- $288,489, cfo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 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 May 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 May 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)
- ANNUAL CONVENTION HELD FOR MEMBERSHIP TO REVIEW PRIOR YEAR'S ACTIVITIES, ENACT LAW CHANGES, PLAN AND SET ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS FOR FUTURE YEARS STRATEGIC PLANS AND TO JOIN IN FELLOWSHIP AND FRATERNALISM.
- THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES MEMBERSHIP TOOLS FOR USE BY LOCAL CHAPTERS TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE FRATERNITY. THIS INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP PROMOTIONAL ITEMS SUCH AS NASCAR ASSOCIATE SPONSORSHIP, TOOLKITS, TRAINING AND AWARDS FOR RECRUITING MEMBERS TO USE IN THEIR EFFORTS AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND GUIDANCE TO ASSIST THE LOCAL CHAPTERS IN THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND PUBLICITY, SUPPLIES PARTICULAR TO THE FRATERNITY; TRAINING AND LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE FRATERNITY; PUBLICATIONS FOR MEMBERS; AND PROGRAMS TO UNITE THE LOCAL CHAPTERS TOWARDS COMMON GOALS.
- THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A MEMBER BENEFIT TO QUALIFYING AUXILIARY MEMBERS OF $200 DEATH BENEFIT FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 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.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(8) fraternal beneficiary society as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Caution.
Its 2025 filing told the IRS that the organization has closed.
Source: Form 990-N (e-Postcard) filings, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 5, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1940.
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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