Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA

“All elections for officers and directors are voted on by the general membership. All other concerns of the lodge are voted on by the general membership including bills, building improvements, etc. All members are also allowed to voice opinions on prospective members. Whereas there are 14 elected officers and trustees of the organization, all members of the organization are allowed to vote at meetings and thus there are 285 members noted on 1a as voting members, but only 14 elected officers and trustees shown on form 990, part vii.”

“For the year ended 3/31/15, there were two officer's (bradley & melissa erickson) that were husband and wife. Neither one had any business dealings with the lodge outside of being an officer and neither one had a business that did any dealings with the lodge. There also was a mother and son (melissa erickson & mathew cody warren) who were officer's during the year. They also had no business dealings with the lodge outside of being an officer and neither one had a business that did any dealings with the lodge. There also were two father and son relations (calvin hayes & troy hayes) & (william hamilton and jason hamilton) who were officer's during the year. Neither of these pairs had any business dealings with the lodge outside of being an officer and none of them had a business that did any dealings with the lodge.”

“The elks lodge no. 2197 is a non-profit organization that had 283 paid members on 3/31/14 and 285 paid members on 3/31/15. A member must be at least 21 years of age. There is an initiation fee to be paid of $35 per new member. Also annual dues need to be paid in the amount of $58.00 per member for the year ended 3/31/15.”

“All elections for officers and directors are voted on by the general membership. All other concerns of the lodge are voted on by the general membership including bills, building improvements, etc. All members are also allowed to voice opinions on prospective members.”

“All elections for officers and directors are voted on by the general membership. All other concerns of the lodge are voted on by the general membership including bills, building improvements, etc. All members are also allowed to voice opinions on prospective members.”

“The board of trustees did not meet separately during the year. General membership meetings are held and the general membership votes on all issues.”

“A copy of the completed form 990 is given to the lodge's treasurer and president and they review the tax return and sign the e-file authorization form after they have reveiwed the form 990. The 990 is not made available to the general membership until after it has been reviewed by the treasurer and president. Then it is made available to all members.”

“The organization makes its organizational documents and form 990 available for public inspection upon request of the treasurer.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request of the treasurer.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the annual financial statement compilation and selection of it's independent accountant. The organization did not change it's oversight process or selection process during the current tax year just ended.”