INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS (EIN 04-2855440)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-06-16
IRS object ID: 201741679349300724
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-06-16T14:47:28-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	203429225	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	C A KENNEDY COMPANY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	55 VETERANS RD FL 2ND	AddressLine1Txt
City	WINTHROP	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02152	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	042855440	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	153 MARGARET WINTHROP REBEKAH LODGE	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	INDE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6178467471	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 52039 34 HARVARD ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	WINTHROP	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02152	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MARY VITIELLO	PersonNm
Person Title	SECRETARY/FINANACIAL	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6178467471	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-06-16	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	CYNTHIA KENNEDY	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00026069	PTIN
Phone	6175391000	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-06-16	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
At Submission Creation Device Id	FB1F93DF522805543FCDC520E563637A67565905	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	FB1F93DF522805543FCDC520E563637A67565905	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MARY VITIELLO	PrincipalOfficerNm
Gross Receipts	$8,036	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1899	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDING CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE, AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITIES, MEMBER BENEFITS AND ASSISTANCE PROVIDE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND HARDSHIP SUPPORT.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$980	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$980	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$38,309	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$7,056	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$36,894	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$76,183	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$8,036	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$11,038	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$20,372	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$71,190	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$49,405	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$82,228	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$69,777	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$6,045	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$61,741	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$421,230	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$359,489	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$421,230	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$359,489	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDING CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE, AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITIES, MEMBER BENEFITS AND ASSISTANCE PROVIDE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND HARDSHIP SUPPORT.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND DONATIONS TO LOCAL CHARITIES	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MEMBER BENEFITS AND ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SUPPORT TO MEMBERS HARDSHIP	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	EXPENDITURES FOR MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES TO MAINTAIN STATE AND NATIONAL AFFILIATIONS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MANAGEMENT EXPENSE	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MARY VITIELL0	PersonNm
Phone	6178466670	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	34 HARVARD ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	WINTHROP	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02152	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
SYLVIA GRAY
TRUSTEE/DIRE	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CAROLYN NICKERSON
TRUSTEE/DIRE	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CINDY SCHOFIELD
TRUSTEE / DI	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CAROLYN NICKERSON
VICE GRAND		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
CHRISTINE LOVERING
NOBLE GRAND		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MARY VITIELLO
SECRETARY/FI		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JANE CHEVALIER
TREASURER		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$980	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$980	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,914	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,914	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$142	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$142	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$142	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$142	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,036	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,914	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$142	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,372	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,372	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$550	TotalAmt
Program Services	$550	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,816	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,816	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80	TotalAmt
Program Services	$80	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$499	TotalAmt
Program Services	$499	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
UNREALIZED LOSS ON STOCK	$30,710	$30,710
DUES TO NATIONAL ASSOC	$4,000	$4,000
MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES	$1,000	$1,000
WINTHROP POLICE	$500	$500

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,250	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$69,777	TotalAmt
Program Services	$69,777	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,005	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,000	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,961	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,385	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$322,264	BOYAmt
EOY	$314,104	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$421,230	BOYAmt
EOY	$359,489	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$421,230	BOYAmt
EOY	$359,489	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$421,230	BOYAmt
EOY	$359,489	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$421,230	BOYAmt
EOY	$359,489	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$61,741	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	MANAGEMENT EXPENSE
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	DEPOSITS AND CHECKS ARE REVIEWED WITH NOBLE GRAND AND TREASURER AND COMPARED TO FORM 990
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	GIFTS 6,105 0 0 ZENITH LODGE 42 600 0 0 DUES REBEKAH ASSEMBLY 350 0 0 REBEKAH ASSEMBLY DONATIONS 1,761 0 0 TOTAL 8,816 0 0

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS: Form 990, tax year 2016

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

Form 990 IRS990

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

US Address USAddress

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

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