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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 137 ASHLAND

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 137 ASHLAND (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $36,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($36,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$83k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$37k
Net assets
$196k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 137 Ashland 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.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Youth activities

    $17,350 spent
    21% of program spending
  2. Veteran's programs

    $16,254 spent
    20% of program spending
  3. Lodge activities

    $49,410 spent
    60% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,014.

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 ($85k) Expenses 100 ($77k) Net assets -14 ($-12619)2018 Revenue 220 ($186k) Expenses 106 ($81k) Net assets 100 ($92k)2019 Revenue 141 ($119k) Expenses 114 ($87k) Net assets 135 ($124k)2020 Revenue 134 ($113k) Expenses 123 ($94k) Net assets 155 ($143k)2021 Revenue 159 ($135k) Expenses 90 ($69k) Net assets 226 ($209k)2022 Revenue 32 ($27k) Expenses 81 ($62k) Net assets 189 ($174k)2023 Revenue 91 ($77k) Expenses 88 ($68k) Net assets 199 ($183k)2024 Revenue 86 ($73k) Expenses 85 ($66k) Net assets 207 ($191k)2025 Revenue 102 ($87k) Expenses 103 ($79k) Net assets 215 ($198k)2026 Revenue 98 ($83k) Expenses 111 ($85k) Net assets 213 ($196k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Revenue (98)Expenses (111)Net assets (213)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $180k to $277k (+54%).

$180k
$277k
$294k
$304k
$261k
$182k
$191k
$197k
$209k
$209k
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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
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’17
$105k
’18
$32k
’19
$19k
’20
$66k
’21
−$35k
’22
$9k
’23
$8k
’24
$7k
’25
−$2k
’26
24
months of
reserve
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 ELKS 137 ASHLAND’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 ELKS 137 ASHLAND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, 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 ELKS 137 ASHLAND

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 Wisconsin

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 137 ASHLAND?
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 137 ASHLAND (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $36,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($36,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 137 ASHLAND have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $36,500 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 137 ASHLAND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 137 ASHLAND?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $36,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 137 ASHLAND find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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