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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $38,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($38,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$321k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$38k
Net assets
$547k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of 2427 Bpoe 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; 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. This fraternal order was founded "to promote and practice the four cardinal virtues of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of american patriotism and cultivate good fellowship."

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Program

  1. The hutchinson elks lodge has actively worked to meet the needs of local youth, veterans, and the community. The restaurant/bar is operated to promote the welfare of members and the community. Charitable gambling net proceeds are distributed per mn statutes 349 and 297. Served 232 members.

    $231,693 spentof which $24,000 as grants$208,430 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $231,693.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($158k) Expenses 100 ($163k) Net assets 100 ($324k)2021 Revenue 98 ($155k) Expenses 67 ($110k) Net assets 114 ($369k)2022 Revenue 129 ($203k) Expenses 105 ($172k) Net assets 124 ($401k)2023 Revenue 124 ($195k) Expenses 108 ($176k) Net assets 129 ($419k)2024 Revenue 150 ($237k) Expenses 127 ($207k) Net assets 136 ($440k)2025 Revenue 160 ($252k) Expenses 143 ($234k) Net assets 141 ($458k)2026 Revenue 204 ($321k) Expenses 142 ($232k) Net assets 169 ($547k)
2020202120222023202420252026
Revenue (204)Expenses (142)Net assets (169)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $489k to $584k (+19%).

$341k
$384k
$416k
$440k
$472k
$489k
$584k
2020202120222023202420252026
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’20
$45k
’21
$31k
’22
$19k
’23
$30k
’24
$18k
’25
$90k
’26
16
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.

Board chair

Tammy Lehnmark Hanke

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.

2020202120222023202420252026
Listed14141411111111
Joined·+5+2+3+2+3+6
No longer listed·526236
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 BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE’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

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, 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 BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE

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 Minnesota

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
45%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE?
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $38,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($38,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $38,000 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $38,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF 2427 BPOE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2020–2026), 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