Fraternal Order of the Eagles
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237160748
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Punta Gorda, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9416291645
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $381,235
- Expenses
- $349,965
- Assets
- $557,318
- Liabilities
- $4,205
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRIAN CARMAN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MARTHA V NEWTON (SECRETARY): $26,002 total reported compensation
- GEORGE BAKER (TREASURER): $770 total reported compensation
- BRIAN CARMAN (PRESIDENT): $50 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide social and fraternal activities for members and their guests and support the fraternal and humanitarian efforts of the grand and state aerie, fraternal order of eagles. 501(c)(10) domestic fraternal societies and associations - lodge devoting its net earnings to charitable, fraternal and other specified purposes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fundraising and gaming activtivies to provide social and fraternal activities for members and their guests and to support the fraternal and humanitarian efforts of the grand and state aerie, fraternal order of eagles.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $26K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.