Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA

Analysis

Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA is a registered charity in United States, based in Crownsville, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1947, 79 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2023, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA reported income of $813k and spending of $772k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2019 to April 2023, income grew from $644k to $813k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ballet Etudes ($813k), Common Good Iowa ($813k) and St Bernard Manor III ($813k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $111k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $800k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 23 employees.