Louisiana Elks Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 721099471
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Shreveport, LA, USA
- Phone
- 3184641408
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $103,719
- Expenses
- $110,468
- Assets
- $266,370
- Liabilities
- $21,025
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- JEFF WHEAT (PRES)
- BRIAN BAYE (PRES ELECT)
- JESSE HARTLE (SECRETARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Faternal order for charlity patriotism
What it reported doing in 2024
Special projects Donantion of 1000 each to 8 food banks near home areas of 8 elk lodges, donations of 1000 each to 8 LA sub Elks lodges for reimburment of school supplies donated to adopted elementary schools
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.5%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 55.3%; rating input score 55
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: -6.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.41; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.5% of revenue deployed · 55.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.