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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973 (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($31,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $465k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Athens Lodge 973 does
Mission
The benevolent and protective order of elks is a national fraternal organization supporting many projects nationally, state wide and locally. Such as drug awareness, and veteran aid groups. Donating funds for scholarships and making contributions to cerebal palsey.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
To support various benevolent and youth programs such as drug awareness, veterens aide groups, provisions for needy families, and cerebral palsy research nationally, statewide, and locally through donations, scholarships and volunteer hours.
$82,688 spent46% of program spendingTo provide activities and services for members to promote comradery and fellowship.
$13,881 spent8% of program spendingTo manage and maintain the lodge and clubroom for members to carry out the
$38,674 spent21% of program spendingTo manage and maintain the lodge and clubroom for members to carry out the the organization's primary purposes.
$46,033 spent25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $181,276.
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.
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 $777k to $986k (+27%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 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. 2 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973’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 ATHENS LODGE 973 draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state in all.
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.
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973?
- BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973 (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($31,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973 have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $31,500 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973?
- ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $31,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS ATHENS LODGE 973 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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