New Jersey · Nonprofit
Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237
Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237 (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE COMMISSION ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $220k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $256k
What Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237 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 happiness of its Members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
The Lodge has successfully effectuated donations to special children, drug awareness, veterans services, youth activities, local charities and scholarships. The achievements were accomplished via fundraisers and grants received.
$156,082 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $156,082.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $511k to $159k (−69%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $19k.
From the IRS filings of Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237’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.
How concentrated its funding is
Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237 draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237?
- Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237 (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE COMMISSION ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237 have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $77,000 in grants to Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237?
- ELKS NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE COMMISSION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cedar Grove Elks Lodge 2237 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 2 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