BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF
EIN 23-7130211 · Mutual & Membership Benefit (Y)
What they do
PUBLIC SERVICE is AN INTEGRAL PART of BEING AN ELK. IN KEEPING WITH THIS TRADITION, ELKS CREATE and PARTICIPATE IN MANY PROGRAMS to BETTER THEIR COMMUNITIES and DEMONSTRATE THAT ELKS CARE - ELKS SHARE SCHOLARSHIPS - EACH YEAR THE ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION PROVIDES MORE THAN 3.65 MILLION IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS to GRADUATING SENIORS. HOOP SHOOT - THE YEARLY ELKS HOOP SHOOT FREE THROW PROGRAM is OPEN to ALL BOYS and GIRLS AGES 8 THROUGH 13. THE CONTEST STARTS AT THE LODGE LEVEL and ADVANCES THROUGH DISTRICT, STATE and REGIONAL CONTESTS BEFORE THE NATIONAL FINALS IN THE SPRING. DRUG AWARENESS - THE ELKS DRUG AWARENESS PROGRAM DISTRIBUTES LITERATURE and ORGANIZES EVENTS to MAKE KIDS and THEIR PARENTS AWARE of THE DANGERS POSED BY ALCOHOL, TOBACCO and ILLEGAL DRUGS. TRY THE PROGRAMS DRUG AWARENESS QUIZ and TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE YOUTH ACTIVITIES - OTHER YOUTH-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE ELKS INCLUDE THE SOCCER SHOOT, THE ANTLERS PROGRAM, THE YEARLY AMERICANISM ESSAY CONTEST and MORE. V
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They name their leaders6 people are listed in the latest report.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (6)
CYNTHIA SHEPHERDTREASURER
MATT PAULSENTRUSTEE
REGAN MOTTSECRETARY
ROBERT SHEPHERDTRUSTEE
SERENA HASLAMEXALTED RULE
STEVE MOTTTRUSTEE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1951
- Location
- PO BOX 314, BOUNTIFUL, UT 84011-0314
- County
- Davis
- In care of
- CYNTHIA SHEPHERD
- Primary officer
- CYNTHIA SHEPHERD, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- April 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BOUNTIFUL PEAK ADVISORS
- NTEE classification
- Mutual & Membership Benefit (Y)
- IRS tax category
- Mutual & Membership Benefit