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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $224,840 to it, the largest being Elks National Foundation Inc ($198,440). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Putnam Area Foundationlocal
- National Fraternal Order of Police Foundationportfolio match
- Wounded Warriors Family Support Incportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $204k.
From the IRS filings of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION’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 CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — diversifying over time.
“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 CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 2 funders put you well-backed among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Putnam Area FoundationlocalCT · funds 25 organizations near you
- National Fraternal Order of Police Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wounded Warriors Family Support Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Others First Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Signal 30 Troopers Benefit Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Homes for Heroes Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Council for Community Development Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Veterans Support Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The GEO Group Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Veterans United Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation InclocalCT · funds 36 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION: 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 CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION?
- BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $224,840 to it, the largest being Elks National Foundation Inc ($198,440). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $224,840 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION?
- Elks National Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $198,440 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing