Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA

“The members are initiated into the lodge after a full background check. They pay annual dues and support the lodge by being volunteers and offer their services in any way to enhance the charitable, fraternal purposes of the elks lodge.”

“Proposed members are presented to the lodge body at a stated meeting for approval by vote of the current members.”

“Officers are elected by the members in march to take office in april.”

“The grand lodge annual report and the federal and state tax returns are presented for approval to the members at the june stated meeting.”

“The grand lodge annual report and the federal and state tax returns for the fiscal year ended march 31,2015 are presented to the auditing committee for its review as well as to the officers. The auditing committee and officers review the tax returns and annual reports. These are then submitted to the voting members for approval.”

“The in house auditing committee is responsible for reviewing any possible conflicts and presenting its results to the officers.”

“No compensation is given to the officers of the lodge other than the secretary and treasurer.”

“The only officers that receive compensation are the secretary and the treasurer. The salary amounts are included in the next years budget that must be approved by the voting members.”

“All reports and tax returns for mesa buckhorn elks lodge are available to its members only by request. No documents are available to the general public.”

“Prior year liability was incorrectly included as revenue in fiscal year march 2014temporary restrictions were met with purchase of fixed assets. This resulted in reclasification of net assets from temporarily restricted to unrestricted net assets”