Illinois · Public charity
Elks National Veterans Service Commission
In partnership with thousands of elks volunteers, the commission's programs offer direct service to veterans and military members in need throughout the nation. Our programs help hospitalized veterans recover and thrive, support veterans as they exit or prevent homelessness, serve aging veterans and veterans in facilities, assist…
- $5.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 158
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 134
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $82,088
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 134
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 43
- Total assets, FY2025
- $708k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Elks National Veterans Service Commission funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $264k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 150 | $2.5M | 23% |
| FY2024 | 134 | $2.1M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 110 | $1.6M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 106 | $1.6M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 102 | $1.4M | 99% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $452k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Re-Creation USA Inc | $398,288 | 4 | 46% |
| Hopkins Lodge No 2221 of the Benev Protective Order of Elks of the USA | $246,305 | 5 | 19% |
| California-Hawaii Elks Major Project Inc | $233,110 | 5 | 1% |
| Colorado Elks Association Charities Inc | $220,570 | 5 | 11% |
| Benevolent&Protective Order of Elks | $196,239 | 5 | 33% |
| Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - Lodge 744 | $174,892 | 4 | 60% |
| El Paso Elks Lodge #187 of the Benevolent Order | $172,873 | 5 | 50% |
| Lynnwood Elks 2171 | $165,910 | 3 | 20% |
| Vancouver Elks Lodge #823 | $161,488 | 5 | 15% |
| Bpoe Elks Lodge #339 | $148,532 | 5 | 32% |
Show all 215 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Elks National Veterans Service Commission supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 192 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Elks National Foundation Inc · Elks Disaster Relief Program Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Elks National Veterans Service Commission with peer funders
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About Elks National Veterans Service Commission
- How much does Elks National Veterans Service Commission give?
- Elks National Veterans Service Commission reported 158 itemized grants totaling $2,477,679, out of $5,035,599 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 134 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elks National Veterans Service Commission fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Civil Rights (16%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are Elks National Veterans Service Commission's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Re-Creation USA Inc ($398k), Hopkins Lodge No 2221 of the Benev Protective Order of Elks of the USA ($246k), California-Hawaii Elks Major Project Inc ($233k).
- Does Elks National Veterans Service Commission fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elks National Veterans Service Commission?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Elks National Foundation Inc, Elks Disaster Relief Program Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Elks National Veterans Service Commission based?
- Elks National Veterans Service Commission is based in IL.
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