Lewis County Elks - 2883

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851026878
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hohenwald, TN, USA
Phone
9313293771
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,779
Expenses
$70,416
Assets
$268,690
Liabilities
$263,783

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JERRY K CROWELL (Trustee)
  • JERRY CHURCHWELL (SECRETARY)
  • MATTHEW DUNCAN (TREASURER)

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

To serve the people and communities through benevolent programs and demonstrate that elks care.

What it reported doing in 2025

To serve and help people in the community through benevolent programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.7%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 6

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.82; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.98; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -42.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.7% of revenue deployed · 5.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.
  • 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 6/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.