Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of South Dakota
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS CHARITABLE EFFORTS AND HUMANITARIAN ENDEAVORS TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE DISTRESSED AND OTHER BENEVOLENT SERVICES.
- Income
- $457,772
- Spending
- $116,342
- Employees
- 2
- Highest pay
- $9,605, grand secret
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2023, 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 December 31, 2023, 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 December 31, 2023, 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 (1)
- THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS IS A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO A WIDE RANGE OF CHARITABLE AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS. THESE INCLUDE SCHOLARSHIPS, LOW-INTEREST STUDENT LOANS AND GRANTS, AFFORDABLE NURSING HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY, YOUTH AND FAMILY SUMMER CAMPS, AND ANNUAL DONATIONS TO VARIOUS CHARITIES. THE GRAND LODGE SUPPORTS LOCAL LODGES BY PROVIDING BONDING, DISTRIBUTING NEWSLETTERS TO MEMBERS, COVERING THE COSTS OF ANNUAL CONVENTIONS, AND PRINTING JOURNALS FOR ODD FELLOWS UNITS. IT ALSO OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO SOUTH DAKOTA COLLEGE STUDENTS, ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN DISTRESS, AND OTHER BENEVOLENT SERVICES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2023, 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? 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 September 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 May 1962.
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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