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 Great Falls, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 June 2024, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA reported income of $165k and spending of $158k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from July 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $154k to $165k (+7.6%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2021, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Ann Arbor Public Library ($165k), Institute for Advertising Ethics ($165k) and Oklahoma Well Log Library Inc ($165k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $34k, net assets of $2.3m.