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US nonprofit · EIN 930444526 · Independence, ORiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 930444526) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 March 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code EO,LODGE), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Independence Lodge 1950 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

Revenue
$233k
year to 31 March 2025
Expenses
$238k
year to 31 March 2025
Total assets
$227k
$106k liabilities
Net assets
$121k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
1.4y av
Staff
1
101 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Activity
Y40
Mutual and membership benefit
Exemption recognised again: the IRS automatically revoked this organisation’s exemption on 15 August 2022, and its IRS ruling date is now 1 August 2024 (a later recognition). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Independence Lodge 1950 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks' network

12 peoplei12 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

12 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 0 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 12 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Bria DezotellEsquire2025
1 yr
Candy DobsonTrustee2025
1 yr
Carolee PickettChaplain2025
1 yr
Chris BellamyLecturing Knight2025
1 yr
Frank HellerInner Guard2025
1 yr
Jeffrey BrownLeading Knight2025
1 yr
Kay JohnsonTreasurer2025
1 yr
Kim CorlessCompany secretary2025
1 yr
Michael LeeExalted Ruler2025
1 yr
Rebecca FollisTrustee2025
1 yr
Sue BirgeLoyal Knight2025
1 yr
Traci CathcartTrustee2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 12 →

Pay and hours

year to 31 March 2025iFrom 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Kim CorlessSecretary40$17k
Michael LeeExalted Ruler25$0
Sue BirgeLoyal Knight25$0
Chris BellamyLecturing Knight25$0
Traci CathcartTrustee40$0
Candy DobsonTrustee25$0
Kay JohnsonTreasurer25$0
Frank HellerInner Guard25$0
Carolee PickettChaplain25$0
Rebecca FollisTrustee25$0
Jeffrey BrownLeading Knight25$0
Bria DezotellEsquire25$0

About

Legal name
Independence Lodge 1950 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
EIN
930444526
Address
Po Box 400, Independence, OR, 97351-0400
State
Oregon
Mission
We are a fraternal organization that works with the community promoting elks care, elks share (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Y40 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
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1955
IRS ruling date
1 August 2024
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
1, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
EO,LODGE

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥1years on the filingsBria Dezotell
≥1years on the filingsCandy Dobson
≥1years on the filingsCarolee Pickett
≥1years on the filingsChris Bellamy

Latest return

year to 31 March 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 March 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$227k
Total liabilities
$106k
Net assets or fund balances
$121k
Contributions and grants received
$86k
Program service revenue
$63k
Employees
1
Volunteers
101

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$233k$238kDeficit $5k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.