Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Inc Abingdon Lodge 2354

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520845654
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Abingdon, MD, USA
Phone
4106762626
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,972
Expenses
$120,338
Assets
$127,152
Liabilities
$21,209

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Robert Wehland (Exalted Ruler)
  • Dawn Lapp (Leading Knight)
  • Terry Hall (Loyal Knight)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fraternal and community service

What it reported doing in 2025

Elks National Foundation, Elk programs - Hoop Shoot, Soccer Shoot

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 66% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.1%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 22%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.1% of revenue deployed · 22% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.