Beginning May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026, to earn the Premier Lodge Award, a Lodge must:

1) Increase Active Membership over the fiscal year ending 4/30/2025

2) Increase in Total Giving to Moose Charities over the fiscal year ending 4/30/2025. Includes Youth Awareness and individual Donor Circle donations to Moose Charities for your members

OR

Lodge per capita contributions to Moose Charities during the fiscal year ending 4/30/2026 must equal or exceed the fraternity-wide per capita average of $8.69 per member (as established during the prior 2 calendar years)

3) Submit Heart of the Community Reports and receive a grade of “Excellent” or “Superior” on each report

4) Indebtedness on the monthly Moose International Consolidated Billing Statement is reduced at least 5% at April 30, 2026, than the balance due shown on the May of 2025 statement (any April 30, 2026, balance of zero or less is considered less than the prior year)

5) Submission of Moose of the Year nomination form by established deadline

6) Lodge must be represented at the 2025 International Convention, 2025 Association State Annual Convention, and 2026 Association Mid-Year Convention by any lodge member

7) Lodge must remit Endowment Fund contributions to Moose Charities in at least 10 months during the year

8) Lodge must hold an Orientation/Lodge enrollment a minimum of every two months during the year, starting no later than June

9) Conduct Monthly Financial Reviews and Submit Report to TM (all 12 months)

10) Submit the Current Year IRS Form 990 on time (Due September 15, 2025, or file extension March 15, 2026). All previous filings shall be current and have no loss of tax status.

Leadership Awards

When the Lodge qualifies for the Premier Lodge Award, both the President and/or Administrator can earn a Leadership Award, qualifying each of them for 100,000 Moose Rewards points. In order to qualify, the following criteria must be met individually:

• Must serve a full term from May 1 through the following April 30th
• Must be an active Chapter/Moose Legion member at the close of their term, April 30th
• Must sponsor at least three members into The Moose during term of office
• Must, during their term of office, have personally attended all meetings below during their year of service (Alternate Delegates qualify for a Lodge’s representation but do NOT qualify for the Leadership Award)
  • Association Annual Convention AND Association Mid-Year Conference
  • 2025 Moose International Convention

• Must have successfully completed the minimum required training, pursuant to the Training rules and regulations.
• (Administrator only) Reconciliation QuickBooks 10 of the 12 months starting May 1 of current year to April 30 of closing Moose Year
• (President only) Financial Review Committee formed and conducting monthly reviews

Without exception, ALL of the above conditions MUST be met in order to qualify for the award.

***At the discretion of the Chief Compliance Officer, a Lodge may be disqualified from earning the Premier Lodge Award or Leadership Award for failing to abide by our General Laws. REVISED 5/9/25