INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS (EIN 91-0452542)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-02-17
IRS object ID: 201610489349300041
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-02-17T14:19:49-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SHIELDS TAX & CPA PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2308 MAIN ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	VANCOUVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98660	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	910452542	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	INDE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3605189560	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 2746	AddressLine1Txt
City	VANCOUVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	986682746	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JORDAN VERNON	PersonNm
Person Title	VICE GRAND	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3605189560	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-02-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	TRAVIS W RICHARDSON CPA	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	3606963877	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-02-17	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-08-17 19:52:53Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JORDAN VERNON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	22301 NE 83RD ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	VANCOUVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	986829423	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$33,605	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1866	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PROVIDE A LODGE FACILITY FOR MEMBERS TO MEET AND DISCUSS FRATERNAL ISSUES	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	43	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	43	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,325	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,415	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$86,944	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$32,190	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$88,269	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$33,605	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	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	$87,349	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$34,756	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$87,349	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$34,756	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$920	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,151	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$922,449	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$880,273	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$922,449	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$880,273	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	PROVIDE A LODGE FACILITY FOR	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$34,756	ExpenseAmt
Desc	OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF ORGANIZATION WERE COVERED ALLOWING MEMBERS TO MEET AND DISCUSS FRATERNAL ISSUES	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$34,756	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
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	Yes (true)	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
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
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
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	43	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
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
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JORDAN VERNON	PersonNm
Phone	3602533601	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	22301 NE 83RD ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	VANCOUVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	986829423	ZIPCd

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
DIANNA L COSSETTE
NOBLE GRAND	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JORDAN VERNON
VICE GRAND	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TARI ROMO
SECRETARY	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PATRICK MURPHY
TREASURER	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
THERESA COLE
FINANCIAL SECRETARY	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

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	$1,240	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$175	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,415	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$18,190	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$14,000	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$14,000	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$14,000	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$33,605	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$32,190	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
DONATIONS	$7,685
PER CAPITA	$1,611
OTHER EXPENSES	$25,460

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,756	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,336	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,186	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$29,735	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,735	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,735	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$889,378	BOYAmt
EOY	$848,352	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$922,449	BOYAmt
EOY	$880,273	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	$922,449	BOYAmt
EOY	$880,273	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$922,449	BOYAmt
EOY	$880,273	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$922,449	BOYAmt
EOY	$880,273	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$1,151	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$41,026	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$29,735	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$29,735	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$29,735	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11b	THE TREASURER REVIEWS THIS FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING.
Pt VI, Line 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	OTHER DISBURSEMENTS

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS: Form 990, tax year 2015

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

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

US Address USAddress

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

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