· Public charity
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 140
To perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its government, the benevolent and protective order of elks of the united states of america will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that elks care and elks share.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k1 grant · $9k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $155k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MTV | $32,778 |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL | $26,680 |
| INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES | $26,584 |
| MOUNT VERNON ARTS | $19,983 |
| HOPE NOW | $19,738 |
| OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION | $18,149 |
| GIVING HOPE CHARITY | $10,929 |
| MOUNT VERNON ASSOC OF POLICE | $9,298 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2026, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ISINTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX3× · 2017–2026 · $39k · revenue +93%
- HHopeNow2× · 2019–2026 · $26k · revenue +122%
- HOHOSPICE OF KNOX COUNTY2× · 2017–2019 · $12k
Funded once
- SVST VINCENT DE PAUL RECTORYone grant, 2026 · $27k
- MIMTVARTS INCgraduatedone grant, 2026 · $20k · revenue +179%
- BABENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER ELKgraduatedone grant, 2026 · $18k · revenue +268%
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.
5 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. 5 of the 9 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 140 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 140. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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