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BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321

BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321 (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($37,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$148k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$37k
Net assets
$1.2M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Bedford-Lynchburg Elks Lodge 321 does

Mission

To inculcate the principles of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity, to recognize a belief in god, to promote the welfare and enhance the spirit of american patriotism, to cultivate good fellowship, and to perptuate inself as a fraternal organization.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The lodge is very active in community supporting several various charitable organizations.

  2. In order to fulfill its fraternal purpose, the lodge has various social gatherings. It also operates a bar and grill for the benefit of members and their guests. Commemorations are held for flag day and mothers day plus a memorial service is held annually for members who have passed away during the year. These commemorations are open to the public.

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($37k) Expenses 100 ($60k) Net assets 100 ($489k)2018 Revenue 104 ($39k) Expenses 74 ($45k) Net assets 99 ($484k)2019 Revenue 111 ($42k) Expenses 88 ($53k) Net assets 97 ($473k)2020 Revenue 105 ($39k) Expenses 84 ($51k) Net assets 94 ($461k)2021 Revenue 80 ($30k) Expenses 79 ($48k) Net assets 91 ($443k)2022 Revenue 90 ($34k) Expenses 91 ($55k) Net assets 86 ($422k)2023 Revenue 121 ($45k) Expenses 108 ($65k) Net assets 82 ($403k)2026 Revenue 396 ($148k) Expenses 108 ($65k) Net assets 254 ($1.2M)
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Revenue (396)Expenses (108)Net assets (254)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $452k to $432k (−5%).

$503k
$498k
$483k
$470k
$452k
$432k
$411k
$1.4M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$23k
’17
−$6k
’18
−$12k
’19
−$11k
’20
−$18k
’21
−$21k
’22
−$20k
’23
$83k
’26
55
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed6668137711
Joined·+1+0+3+7+1+2·
No longer listed·101272·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
'25*
'26*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321 draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

IL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321

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In Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321?
BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321 (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($37,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321 have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $37,000 in grants to BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $37,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BEDFORD-LYNCHBURG ELKS LODGE 321 find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing