Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Brewster Lodge 2101
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 141442878
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Brewster, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9142793261
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $238,990
- Expenses
- $208,395
- Assets
- $697,592
- Liabilities
- $136,119
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Marilou Minella (Secretary): $3,750 total reported compensation
- Dominic DiMezza (Trustee): $3,200 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To inculate the principles of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity; to regognize a belief in God; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its government, that the benevolent and protective order of Elks of the United States of America will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that Elks care and Elks care
What it reported doing in 2025
Assistance and support for community welfare programs, Elks national foundation, handicapped children, hospitalized veterans, youth-oriented activities which include the soccer shoot, hoop shoot, yearly Americanism essay contest, various other charitable programs and more
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.35; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $208K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.