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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540 (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($9,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$11k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$9k
Net assets
$0
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1540 does

Mission

Faternal organization that provides financial and physical support to veterans, youth, and the local community

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.

Beaver dam elks lodge 1540 (xxx-xx-xxxx) merged with watertown elks lodge 666 (23-7130184)both organizations are 501c8 organizations. After the merger the organization is known as watertown-beaver dam elks lodge 666transfered amount $107,873

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).

  1. 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. Our programs include scholarships, youth programs, hoop shoot, veterans programs.

    $21,552 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $21,552.

02The organization over time
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
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540’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 1540 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 1540

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.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540?
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540 (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($9,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540 have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $9,000 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540.
Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $9,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 1540 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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