· Private foundation
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA Charity Fund Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ELKS NEEDY FAMILY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM | $18,421 |
| ELKS YOUTH ACTIVITIES | $10,538 |
| NOURISH LA | $4,000 |
| LOCAL HOMELESS PROJECT | $4,000 |
| SANTA MONICA ARTS FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| DRUG AWARENESS ESSAY CONTEST | $1,700 |
| ELKS FAMILY ASSISTANCE | $1,067 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| GOWING HOPE GARDENS | $1,000 |
| ST JOSEPHS CENTER | $1,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $480 |
| GIRL SCOUTS TROOP 1445 | $200 |
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 (FY17–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against -37% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC3× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +46%
- WFWESTSIDE FOOD BANK2× · 2020–2021 · $6k · revenue +127%
- SJST JOSEPH CENTER7× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +276%
Funded once
- TDTHE DICTIONARY PROJECTone grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -37%
- EDELKS DICTIONARY PROJECTone grant, 2017 · $5k
- SMSANTA MONICA POLICA ACTIVITIES LEAGUEone grant, 2022 · $4k
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.
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.
Girls youth softball - ages 4 to 14 clinics, practices & games - spring, summer & fall
The mission of the sheriff's activities league is to invest in all youth of san mateo county by creating opportunities that guide them toward their full potential through impactful programs, which foster relationships between deputies,…
The santa monica science magnet program is a two year program designed for students who demonstrate interest in the sciences. this program offers extra curricular activities to 7th and 8th graders. the association's activities are designed…
Community based organization.
Hollywood pal drives positive change in the community we serve by partnering with lapd and school-aged youth in programs that celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion and inspire personal excellence, social awareness, and civic…
The santa barbara police activities league (sbpal) builds bridges between youth, law enforcement, and the community through mentorship, leadership, and academic enrichment. we maintain an open-door policy for all youth ages 11-18, with a…
Historical nbsp;preservation nbsp;and nbsp;education
Provide resources, education and services to the underserved African-American youth population in Los Angeles.
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The Topanga Police Youth Board exists to support the development and growth of the community youth by supporting the Police Activity League (PALs) program which is a gang diversion and leadership program.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 36 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.
- Who funds THE DICTIONARY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC ↗
- Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH CENTER ↗
- Who funds SANTA MONICA POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds St Anne School ↗
- Who funds SANTA MONICA ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CLAREMATRIX ↗
- Who funds Los Angeles County Police Canine Assoc ↗
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.
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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 of the USA Charity Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA Charity Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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