Nonprofit · EIN 15-0243078
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA
Also known as 1605 LOWVILLE
Tax-exempt · LOWVILLE, NY 13367
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | 990 | $511,367 | $726,543 | -$215,176 | $1,167,675 | $241,946 | $925,729 |
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $587,916 | $716,165 | -$128,249 | $1,071,294 | $151,566 | $919,728 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $558,825 | $511,651 | $47,174 | $1,001,784 | $154,240 | $847,544 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $43,635
- Membership dues
- $43,635
- Program service revenue
- $18,368
- Investment income
- $12,026
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $5,883
- Net income from gaming
- $206,592
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $230,309
- Other revenue
- $437,338
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $182,251
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $182,251
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $2,606
- Occupancy
- $90,957
- Depreciation
- $26,012
- Program services (functional)
- $716,657
- Management and general (functional)
- $9,886
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,071,294
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,167,675
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $241,946
- Net assets, end of year
- $925,729
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $423,791
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $261,868
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $663,861
- Gross unrelated business income
- $14,123
- Gross receipts
- $2,292,700
- Employees
- 43
- Year formed
- 1937
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZACHARY R KERFIEN | SECRETARY Officer | 1 | $4,980 |
| MARIE WESTERN | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $1,600 |
| TONY ADSIT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN BRISTOL | LOYAL KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TYLER CLEMONS | LECTURING KN Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM COMPO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEXEY HLAD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DILLON KELLY | EXALTED RULE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KYLE LOGAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KURT RIORDAN | LEADING KNIG Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL SHANNON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES ALBANESE | TILER Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN DOYLE | ESQUIRE Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS NORTZ | CHAPLAIN Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHAY PARK-RICHARDS | INNER GUARD Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2025: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TONY ADSIT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN BRISTOL | LECTURING KN Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TOM COMPO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRITTNEY DOYLE | EXALTED RULE Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ALEXEY HIAD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DILLON KELLY | LEADING KNIG Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KYLE LOGAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KURT RIORDAN | LOYAL KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DANIEL SHANNON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES ALBANESE | TILER Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TYLER CLEMONS | ESQUIRE Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KEVIN DOYLE | INNER GUARD Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVE GIVER | CHAPLAIN Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ZACHARY R KERFIEN | SECRETARY Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MARIE WESTERN | TREASURER Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TONY ADSIT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEREK BURGY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRITTNEY DOYLE | LOYAL KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RAY E FALK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GARY MILLARD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS NORTZ | LEADING KNIG Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MORGAN P ROBERTS | EXALTED RULE Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| DANIEL SHANNON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD A CHARTRAND | TREASURER Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LISA GRIFFIN | TILER Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DILLON KELLY | ESQUIRE Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ZACHARY R KERFIEN | SECRETARY Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SANDRA PLUMB | INNER GUARD Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KURT RIORDAN | CHAPLAIN Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 5600 SHADY AVE, LOWVILLE, NY 13367-1618
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- DILLON KELLY, 5600 SHADY AVE, LOWVILLE, NY 13367
- Signed the 990
- DILLON KELLY, EXALTED RULER
- Phone
- (315) 376-1605
- Website
- WWW.ELKS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- LAWRENCE & PHILIPPE CPAS PLLC
Mission
TO INCLUDE THE PRINCIPLES OF CHARITY, JUSTICE, BROTHERLY LOVE AND FIDELITY; TO RECOGNIZE A BELIEF IN GOD; TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND ENHANCE THE HAPPINESS OF ITS MEMBERS; TO QUICKEN THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM; TO CULTIVATE GOOD FELLOWSHIP; TO PERPETUATE ITSELF AS A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS GOVERNMENT. THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL SERVE THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH BENEVOLENT PROGRAMS, DEMONSTRATING THAT ELKS CARE AND ELKS SHARE.
Program accomplishments
- SOCIAL QUARTERS: SERVES APPROXIMATELY 1,300 MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS.Expenses $178,970 · revenue $10,839
- BANQUET FACILITIES: USED BY SCHOOL, ALUMNI GROUPS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, POLITICAL PARTIES, OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.Expenses $7,547
- COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: YOUTH, FAMILY, AND PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES.Expenses $297,206 · revenue $7,529
- LODGE MEMBERSHIP: NATIONAL, STATE AND DISTRICT DUES, SUPPLIES, RITUALS AND OTHER FRATERNAL EXPENSES.Expenses $232,934
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 15-0243078
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(8): Fraternal beneficiary society
- Exempt since
- 1951
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Group exemption
- 1156: BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,167,675
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,292,700
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2026 | $511,367 | $726,543 | $1,167,675 | XML |
| 990 | March 2025 | $587,916 | $716,165 | $1,071,294 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $558,825 | $511,651 | $1,001,784 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $556,417 | $466,967 | $931,458 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 15-0243078).
Questions about BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA
- What is the EIN of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA is 15-0243078.
- Is BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(8) since 1951.
- Which annual return does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending March 31, 2027) is due August 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2026.
- Who is the principal officer of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 names DILLON KELLY.
- Who are the officers and directors of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 lists 15 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $4,980 (ZACHARY R KERFIEN, SECRETARY).
- How much revenue does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $511,367, expenses of $726,543 and total assets of $1,167,675 at year end.
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