Nonprofit · EIN 93-0297249
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA
Also known as 1437 TILLAMOOK
Tax-exempt · TILLAMOOK, OR 97141
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | 990 | $591,740 | $529,843 | $61,897 | $939,891 | $157,143 | $782,748 |
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $454,154 | $481,110 | -$26,956 | $886,024 | $165,173 | $720,851 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $447,959 | $447,334 | $625 | $805,554 | $57,747 | $747,807 |
| March 31, 2023 | 990 (amended) | $491,889 | $439,666 | $52,223 | $809,014 | $61,832 | $747,182 |
| March 31, 2022 | 990 (amended) | $422,113 | $343,862 | $78,251 | $757,058 | $55,985 | $701,073 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $129,136
- Membership dues
- $97,808
- Program service revenue
- $203,016
- Investment income
- $2,240
- Net income from gaming
- $32,545
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $220,653
- Other revenue
- $257,348
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $20,917
- Other salaries and wages
- $170,785
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $215,351
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $8,603
- Accounting fees
- $3,000
- Occupancy
- $73,639
- Travel
- $10,077
- Depreciation
- $33,213
- Program services (functional)
- $396,524
- Management and general (functional)
- $133,319
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $886,024
- Total assets, end of year
- $939,891
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $157,143
- Net assets, end of year
- $782,748
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $648,233
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $760,453
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $22,295
- Gross unrelated business income
- $11,033
- Gross receipts
- $862,498
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 50
- Year formed
- 1922
- State of legal domicile
- OR
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERALDINE BALES | Secretary Trustee or director | 20 | $19,800 |
| MEGAN HAMERL | LOYAL KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $1,117 |
| THOMAS HURKA | EXALTED RULER Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| MIKE BENTLEY | LEADING NIGHT Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| MICHAEL HURLIMAN | LECT. KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| WES HODGE | Treasurer Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| JOE ROCHA | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS MOORE | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| TODD BUSH | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| THOMAS SEALS | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| JACOB KEHR | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2025: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERALDINE BALES | Secretary Trustee or director | 20 | $15,750 |
| MEGAN HAMERL | INNER GUARD Trustee or director | 20 | $4,281 |
| RICHARD ROBINSON | EXALTED RULER Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| THOMAS HURKA | LEADING NIGHT Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| MIKE BENTLEY | LOYAL KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| JOSHUA GINGERICH | LECT. KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| JANICE KUNKEL | Treasurer Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| JOSH MATSELL | ESQUIRE Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| JAY BROYLES | CHAPLAIN Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| MICHAEL HURLIMAN | TILER Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| SAM BILLOW | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| VERN DE MARS | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| ROB KOOY | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| GUS FORESTER | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LORI BOREN | INNER GUARD Trustee or director | 20 | $16,993 |
| GERALDINE BALES | Secretary Trustee or director | 20 | $14,400 |
| RICHARD ROBINSON | EXALTED RULER Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| THOMAS HURKA | LEADING NIGHT Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| MIKE BENTLEY | LOYAL KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| JOSHUA GINGERICH | LECT. KNIGHT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| JANICE KUNKEL | Treasurer Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| JOSH MATSELL | ESQUIRE Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| JAY BROYLES | CHAPLAIN Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| MEGAN HAMERL | TILER Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| SAM BILLOW | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| VERN DE MARS | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| ROB KOOY | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| GUS FORESTER | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| TODD BUSH | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldine Bales | Secretary Trustee or director | 20 | $8,400 |
| Vern Demars | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Megan Hamerl | Tiler Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Jill Williams | Esquire Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Richard A Robinson | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Thomas Hurka | Leading Knight Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| George Schmader | Exalted Ruler Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| Robert W Kooy | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Jay Broyles | Treasurer Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Scott Cummings | Loyal Knight Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| Sam Billow | Trustee Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Gary E Beyer | Chaplain Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Susan Larimore | Inner Guard Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Todd Bush | Chairman Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| William K Sargent | Presiding Justi Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| Joshua Gingerich | Lect. Knight Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2022: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vern Demars | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Kooy | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Parry Hurliman | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| George Schmader | Exalted Ruler Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| Scott Cummings | Loyal Knight Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| Sam Billow | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Todd Bush | Chairman Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Robinson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Joshua Gingerich | Lect. Knight Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 87, TILLAMOOK, OR 97141-0087
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- THOMAS HURKA, PO BOX 87, TILLAMOOK, OR 97141
- Signed the 990
- GERALDINE BALES, Secretary
- Phone
- (503) 842-6623
- Return prepared by
- Weitman & Simpson LLC
Mission
TO INCULCATE THE PRINCIPLES OF CHARITY, JUSTICE, BROTHERLY LOVE, AND FIDELITY; TO RECOGNIZE A BELIEF IN GOD; TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND HAPPINESS OF ITS MEMBERS; TO QUICKEN THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM.
Program accomplishments
- THE LODGE OPERATES A LOUNGE WHERE MEMBERS GATHER TO RELAX, DANCE, AND SOCIALIZE WITH OTHER MEMBERSExpenses $365,455
- THE LODGE OPERATES AN RV PARK FOR MEMBERS TO CAMP AND ENJOY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER MEMBERS.Expenses $31,069
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
- 93-0297249
- 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)
- $939,891
- Income (IRS master file)
- $862,498
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2026 | $591,740 | $529,843 | $939,891 | XML |
| 990 | March 2025 | $454,154 | $481,110 | $886,024 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $447,959 | $447,334 | $805,554 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $491,889 | $439,666 | $809,014 | XML |
| 990 | March 2022 | $422,113 | $343,862 | $757,058 | XML |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | 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 93-0297249).
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 93-0297249.
- 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 THOMAS HURKA.
- 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 11 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $19,800 (GERALDINE BALES, 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 $591,740, expenses of $529,843 and total assets of $939,891 at year end.
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