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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($26,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$238k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$26k
Net assets
$785k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 635 Inc does

Mission

Provide community service and participate in philanthropic endeavors

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Funding for local charities

  2. Provide activities and entertainment for members to generate funds and community

  3. Programs specifically for the youth of the county

  4. Funding for local charities

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 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 ($96k) Expenses 100 ($102k) Net assets 100 ($269k)2018 Revenue 144 ($138k) Expenses 155 ($158k) Net assets 97 ($260k)2019 Revenue 202 ($193k) Expenses 166 ($169k) Net assets 105 ($282k)2020 Revenue 211 ($202k) Expenses 156 ($159k) Net assets 129 ($348k)2021 Revenue 233 ($223k) Expenses 165 ($168k) Net assets 151 ($405k)2022 Revenue 273 ($261k) Expenses 175 ($178k) Net assets 181 ($488k)2023 Revenue 241 ($231k) Expenses 192 ($195k) Net assets 185 ($498k)2024 Revenue 233 ($223k) Expenses 239 ($243k) Net assets 178 ($478k)2025 Revenue 247 ($237k) Expenses 277 ($282k) Net assets 306 ($824k)2026 Revenue 248 ($238k) Expenses 268 ($273k) Net assets 292 ($785k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Revenue (248)Expenses (268)Net assets (292)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $547k to $888k (+62%).

$288k
$278k
$305k
$380k
$463k
$513k
$558k
$547k
$888k
$833k
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
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

Government-grant reliance: 2020 14% · 2021 7% · 2022 4% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’17
−$20k
’18
$24k
’19
$43k
’20
$55k
’21
$83k
’22
$36k
’23
−$20k
’24
−$45k
’25
−$35k
’26
19
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Listed129128111515151615
Joined·+0+7+1+3+7+8+4+4+0
No longer listed·345038431
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 635 INC’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 635 INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, 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 635 INC

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 Indiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

31% of spending goes to programs.

Program 31%Management 69%Fundraising 0%

Governance

416
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC: 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 BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC?
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($26,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $26,000 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $26,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 635 INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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