Tacoma Elks Lodge 174 Charities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462566557
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Tacoma, WA, USA
Phone
2532721117
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,997
Expenses
$72,267
Assets
$16,719

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LLOYD DIETRICH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LLOYD DIETRICH (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES GUTHRIE (VICE PRESIDE)
  • GARY GIAMBRONE (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To collect donations received from tacoma elks lodge 174 members and remit those donations to elks supported charities and causes including the elks national foundation, tall elks, veterans programs, christmas programs, scholarships, and others.

What it reported doing in 2017

The tacoma elks have helped numerous people throughout the year. We have worked with battered women shelters, mission foods for homeless, and worked with local elementary schools in sending food, books and toys home with those kids that would not otherwise have food on the weekends. We also provide scholarships and funds to assist other charities through many activities including those described below. We have given out 38 scholarships during this fiscal year, each are 1,000.00 and go to qualified students who meet all the requirements set forth by the elks and elks national foundation. We provided more than our quota of 3.65 per lodge member to help with grand lodge scholarships, grants, tall elks, and other activities. We also met our quota of 20.00 per member to go towards helping mentally challenged children that would not otherwise get occupational therapy, as their families could not afford or did not have insurance. We enable therapists to go out to the homes and work with the children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -51% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.