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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.

Revenue FY2020
$99k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$225k
Net assets
$0
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Connecticut Elks Association does

Mission

None

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Program

N/a

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $204k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
2
1
1

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

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

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.

IL

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

’21
’22
’23
Connecticut 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

Organizations like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS CONNECTICUT ELKS ASSOCIATION

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 Connecticut

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

10
board members
100%
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 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 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