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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 1246

Our mission emphasizes elkdom's commitment to promoting the four cardinal virtues of charity, justice, brotherly love, and fidelity.

$360k
Granted FY2026still arriving
19
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Human Services$152kPhilanthropy$82kRecreation & Sports$35kEducation$30kAnimals$23kHealth$16kYouth Development$11kCrime & Legal$10k
02FY2026 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $203,058, the rows itemized in this filing. The $359,952 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $156,894 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k10 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $135k
$9,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOURISH NJ$25,000
CITY OF SUMMIT$18,000
OUR HOUSE FOUNDATION$15,000
REBUILDING WARRIORS$15,000
REEVES-REED ARBORETUM$15,000
SUMMIT AREA YMCA$14,000
SAGE ELDERCARE INC$12,500
HELP HOPE LIVE$10,778
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON$10,000
CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF SUMMIT$9,000
SUMMIT PBA LOCAL #55$8,000
GOOD GRIEF$7,500
BRIDGES OUTREACH INC$7,500
SUMMIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE$7,500
GRACE$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–26, $113k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YCS FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%REBUILDING WARRIORS: $15k → 8%NJSEA ARMY OF HOPE: $6k → 11%NJ ELKS VETERANS ASSOCIATION: $6k → 12%YCS FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT VETERANS COMMITTEE: $5k → 8%SUMMIT AREA YMCA: $14k → 10%SUMMIT AREA YMCA: $13k → 10%SUMMIT AREA YMCA: $10k → 10%SUMMIT AREA YMCA: $10k → 10%SUMMIT AREA YMCA: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 97% of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 1246’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 89% of the giving stays in NJ; by stated purpose, 3%.

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 1246lessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$305k · 11 repeat orgs$198k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$305k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+2%

Still filing today

91%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SA
    SUMMIT AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    5× · 2022–2026 · $56k · revenue +15%
  • SE
    SAGE ELDERCARE
    4× · 2023–2026 · $50k · revenue +8%
  • CC
    CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF SUMMIT NJ
    5× · 2022–2026 · $37k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • EC
    EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT VETS COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2024 · $23k
  • EN
    ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $19k · revenue -35%
  • TN
    The New Jersey Golf Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue +81%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
North Jersey Elks Developmental Disabili

North jersey elks developmental disabilities agency's mission is to advance the independence and to enrich the quality of life of individuals with disabilities by providing opportunities to challenge themselves to learn and grow…

Health
2
New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association Inc

The organization was established to promote, advance, and improve, financially and otherwise, the welfare, working conditions, and other interests of police and law enforcement officers through out the state of new jersey.

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3
New Jersey Education Association

The mission of the new jersey education association is to advance and protect the rights, benefits, and interests of members, and promote a quality system of public education for all students.

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4
Foundation At Nj Institute of Technology

Established in 1959, the foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that raises, invests, and distributes philanthropic gifts on behalf of new jersey institute of technology (njit), the state's public polytechnic university. in…

Education
5
Summit Educational Foundation

To maintain and enhance the high quality of a summit, new jersey public school education through community funding of innovative and essential educational grants, a close working relationship with the school district, and careful review,…

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6
New Jersey State Golf Association

The new jersey state golf association, inc. ("the association") is a non-profit organization of public and private clubs that was formed for the purpose of preserving and promoting the game of golf throughout the state of new jersey.the…

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7
Epilepsy Services of New Jersey a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

Epilepsy services of new jersey (esnj) is a state-wide, non-profit charitable agency dedicated to helping to improve the quality of life for people affected by epilepsy and their loved ones. esnj will ensure that people with seizures find…

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8
Nj State Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Assoc Inc

It is the mission of the new jersey firefighters mutual benevolent association to represent, protect, and educate the firefighters, emts, and dispatchers throughout the state of new jersey through representation at the local, state, and…

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9
New Jersey Superior Officers Law Enforcement Association

The mutual protection and benefit of all its members.

Philanthropy
10
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Inc

New jersey institute for social justice (the institute), a public charity, is a newark-based urban research and advocacy organization dedicated to the advancement of new jersey's urban areas and residents.

Human Services
11
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

The foundation's mission is to support current and future members of the workforce in becoming globally competitive, successful members of society and to fuel new jersey's economy by sustaining a qualified workforce.

Community Improvement
12
Woods Foundation of New Jersey Inc

Support Woods Services of New Jersey, Woods Services, Inc. and other affiliates or related nonprofit organizations that are organized and operated to provide comprehensive lifecycle care management services for people with intellectual…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elks National Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rebuilding Warriors. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF SUMMIT NJ: $36,730 · OtherCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF SUMMIT NJCITY OF SUMMIT: $28,500 · OtherCITY OF SUMMITOUR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherOUR HOUSE FOUNDATION INCEAST CENTRAL DISTRICT VETS COMMITTEE: $22,750 · OtherEAST CENTRAL DISTRICT VETS COMMITTEENEW JERSEY STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL CHILDRENS COMMITTEE INC: $17,750 · OtherNEW JERSEY STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION SPE…NATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTEREEVES - REED ARBORETUM: $15,000 · OtherREEVES - REED ARBORETUMThe New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $11,000 · OtherThe New Jersey Golf Foundation IncSUMMIT PBA LOCAL #55: $8,000 · Other+2 more: $11,010 · Other+2 moreSUMMIT AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $56,000 · Human ServicesSUMMIT AREA YOUNG MEN'S C…YCS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesYCS FOUNDATION INCREBUILDING WARRIORS: $15,000 · Human ServicesREBUILDING WARRIORSNEW JERSEY STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITIES INC C/O ROBERT D MAURO: $11,130 · Human ServicesNEW JERSEY STATE ELKS ASS…BRIDGES OUTREACH INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesBRIDGES OUTREACH INCNEW JERSEY STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION NATION AL VETERANS SERVICE CHARITY FUND INC: $6,050 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $5,650 · Human ServicesSAGE ELDERCARE: $50,000 · EducationSAGE ELDERCARERUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY…VMI Foundation: $10,000 · EducationVMI FoundationUniversity of Scranton: $10,000 · EducationUniversity of Scra…Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ: $58,103 · PhilanthropyJewish Communit…ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $19,044 · PhilanthropyELKS NATIONAL F…NOURISHNJ INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionGRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC: $13,000 · Food & NutritionGOOD GRIEF INC: $14,000 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INC: $10,778 · HealthPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF SUMMIT NJ: $19,500 · Youth Development
Other$185,740Human Services$126,330Education$90,000Philanthropy$77,147Food & Nutrition$38,000Health$24,778Youth Development$19,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ: $58,103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMIT AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $56,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAGE ELDERCARE: $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF SUMMIT NJ: $36,730 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetOUR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYCS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF SUMMIT NJ: $19,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $19,044 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JERSEY STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL CHILDRENS COMMITTEE INC: $17,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC: $13,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetThe New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVMI Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JERSEY STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION NATION AL VETERANS SERVICE CHARITY FUND INC: $6,050 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Investors Foundation …The Summit FoundationArthur J Gallagher Fo…The Hyde and Watson F…Bristol-Myers Squibb …Miano Family Foundati…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ20.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · The Summit Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Miano Family Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 1246 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 1246. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Sage Eldercare: 1% of income from government
  • Our House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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