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Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872

Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872 (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,467 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($37,467). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$447k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$42k
Net assets
$669k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872 does

Mission

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... to serve the people and communities through benevolent programs

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided financial support to national and local elks charities.

  2. Provided scholarships to local students.

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 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 ($315k) Expenses 100 ($254k) Net assets 100 ($389k)2018 Revenue 81 ($256k) Expenses 89 ($226k) Net assets 105 ($410k)2019 Revenue 98 ($309k) Expenses 119 ($303k) Net assets 114 ($443k)2020 Revenue 47 ($146k) Expenses 51 ($130k) Net assets 127 ($495k)2021 Revenue 75 ($236k) Expenses 60 ($151k) Net assets 149 ($580k)2022 Revenue 79 ($249k) Expenses 67 ($170k) Net assets 169 ($659k)2023 Revenue 104 ($326k) Expenses 134 ($341k) Net assets 157 ($612k)2024 Revenue 125 ($392k) Expenses 125 ($318k) Net assets 179 ($697k)2025 Revenue 142 ($447k) Expenses 187 ($476k) Net assets 172 ($669k)
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Revenue (142)Expenses (187)Net assets (172)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $691k to $802k (+16%).

$414k
$446k
$480k
$591k
$632k
$687k
$691k
$802k
$821k
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$60k
’17
$30k
’18
$7k
’19
$17k
’20
$85k
’21
$78k
’22
−$15k
’23
$74k
’24
−$29k
’25
8.8
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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Listed222485101412
Joined····+4+0+9+9+8
No longer listed····034510
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $9k.

Funder
'19
'20
'23
'24*
'25*
'26*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872’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

Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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

88%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872 draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 2 states in all.

IL
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’23
Florida out of state home

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Governance

11
board members
64%
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 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872?
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872 (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,467 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($37,467). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872 have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $42,467 in grants to Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $37,467 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 1872 dba Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872 find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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