Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592070926
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Crestview, FL, USA
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,201
Expenses
$53,070
Assets
$384,248
Liabilities
$6,298

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Deborah McMullen (Exalted Ruler)
  • Chris Snelgrove (Leading Knight)
  • James Wright (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

What it reported doing in 2025

Freedom Grant - Three of our members held a donut breakfast the Crestview Manor hosting our Veterans that live there. We explained that we had received the Freedom grant to spend on our local Veterans and thanked them for our Freedom. We met with them individually to discuss their service years to our Country and ask them what they needed in personal items - a wish list. We documented their wish list and sizes and colors and committed to return on Memorial Days. The list was shared with the Lodge members after the list was compiled by Veteran name and the grant funds were shared equally amongst them. The personal items were purchased and packaged and finally the snacks and treats were added to the bags of clothing shoes personal hygiene products. The plan was to purchase all requested items and deliver after the Memorial Day Celebration on May 26th by all Elks available to attend.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. 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: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.8%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 27.8%; rating input score 28

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.24; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.8% of revenue deployed · 27.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 26/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.