Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA
Revenue
$670k
year to 31 March 2026
Expenses
$507k
year to 31 March 2026
Total assets
$1.4m
$126k liabilities
Net assets
$1.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
4.6 years on average
Staff
4
4,433 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
26
named in Part VII
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA's network
5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 5 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Kurtz | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Jennifer Kurtz | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kate Reynolds | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Oscar Renautt | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Philip Carbon | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
26 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Pankey Fanning | Company secretary | since 2019 |
| Chris Harris | Company secretary | since 2019 |
| Christopher Summers | Tiler | since 2020 |
| Dan Tucker | Esquire | 2023 |
| Jake Cunningham | Presiding Justice | since 2019 |
| Jennifer Kurtz | Loyal Knight | since 2019 |
| Joshua Gardner | Loyal Knight | since 2020 |
| Joshua Gartner | Leading Knight | 2023 |
| Kate Reynolds | Leading Knight | since 2021 |
| Liam Selig | Inner Guard | 2022 |
| Mairin Poniatowski | Esteemed Lecturing Knight | since 2023 |
| Mark Fanning | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Mark Queentry | Inner Guard | 2019 |
| Matthew Teets | Tiler | since 2020 |
| Melissa Kasey | Chaplin | 2022 |
| Metthew Teets | Esteemed Lecturing Knight | 2023 |
| Oscar Renaut | Exalted Ruler | 2022 |
| Oscar Renautt | Loyal Knight | since 2019 |
| Philip Carbon | Leading Knight | since 2019 |
| Randy Stewart | Loyal Knight | since 2019 |
| Sarah Covne | Chaplin | 2021 |
| Sarah Coyne | Loyal Knight | since 2022 |
| Sarah Lewan | Leading Knight | since 2024 |
| Steven Kuzmanovich | Esquire | 2019 |
| Steven Laurain | Tiler | since 2023 |
| Timothy Merrill | Tiler | 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 March 2026iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Gartner | Trustee | 2 | $0 | ||
| Oscar Renautt | Trustee | 10 | $0 | ||
| Eddie Storer | Esteemed Loyal Knight | 10 | $0 | ||
| Charles Pankey Fanning | Secretary | 10 | $0 | ||
| Mark Fanning | Treasurer | 10 | $0 | ||
| Bryan Haithcoat | Trustee | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Kurtz | Trustee | 2 | $0 | ||
| James Kurtz | Trustee | 2 | $0 | ||
| Brian Louwers | Esteemed Lecturing Knight | 2 | $0 | ||
| Steve Laurain | Esteemed Leading Knight | 5 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Lewan | Exalted Ruler | 10 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA
- EIN
- 381210535
- Address
- 22856 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI, 48220-1735
- State
- Michigan
- Mission
- Impress the principles of charity justice and brotherly love. To promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members. To quicken the spirit american patriotism and cultivate good fellowship (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- Y40Z Mutual and membership benefit
- IRS classification
- 501(c)08 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Mutual & Membership Benefit
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1933
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 1951
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsJames Kurtz
≥5years on the filingsPhilip Carbon
≥4years on the filingsJennifer Kurtz
≥3years on the filingsOscar Renautt
Latest return
year to 31 March 2026iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 March 2026. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.4m
- Total liabilities
- $126k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $221k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 4,433
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $596k | $430k | $166k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.