Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA 246

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810110618
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Livingston, MT, USA
Phone
4062222511
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$157,254
Expenses
$98,914
Assets
$330,106
Liabilities
$22,645

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DARYN HENDRICKSON (Trustee)
  • MICHAEL KLASING (Trustee)
  • BELINDA SCHWEIGART (Leading 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 organization organized to serve its people and community through benevolent programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Support of fellowship through meetings & functions with members & support of community through youth & adult activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.2%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.34; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.2% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $96K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.