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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #1343

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #1343 (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($35,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$276k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$36k
Net assets
$550k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge #1343 does

Mission

Promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members, cultivate good fellowship, and perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members, cultivate good fellowship, and perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization. (members of st. Johnsbury lodge no. 1343 served 585.

  2. To quicken the spirit of american patriotism (flag day ceremony).

  3. Charitable purposes (silver towers camp for handicapped individuals).

  4. Educational purposes (drug awareness program, local scholarships).

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 ($272k) Expenses 100 ($284k) Net assets 100 ($684k)2018 Revenue 109 ($297k) Expenses 125 ($356k) Net assets 88 ($605k)2019 Revenue 106 ($288k) Expenses 99 ($281k) Net assets 90 ($619k)2020 Revenue 103 ($280k) Expenses 100 ($284k) Net assets 86 ($592k)2021 Revenue 62 ($170k) Expenses 50 ($143k) Net assets 100 ($681k)2022 Revenue 83 ($225k) Expenses 81 ($231k) Net assets 96 ($658k)2023 Revenue 91 ($247k) Expenses 99 ($283k) Net assets 86 ($588k)2024 Revenue 91 ($249k) Expenses 99 ($280k) Net assets 84 ($573k)2025 Revenue 96 ($262k) Expenses 97 ($274k) Net assets 82 ($560k)2026 Revenue 101 ($276k) Expenses 101 ($288k) Net assets 80 ($550k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Revenue (101)Expenses (101)Net assets (80)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $614k to $707k (+15%).

$736k
$655k
$652k
$614k
$707k
$689k
$629k
$588k
$600k
$594k
'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: 2021 21% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’17
−$58k
’18
$6k
’19
−$4k
’20
$27k
’21
−$6k
’22
−$36k
’23
−$31k
’24
−$12k
’25
−$12k
’26
1.6
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
Listed15131211111111111412
Joined·+1+6+1+3+1+4+3+6+2
No longer listed·372314334
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 LODGE #1343’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 LODGE #1343 draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, 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 LODGE #1343

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 Vermont

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VT

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Questions and answers

Who funds BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #1343?
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #1343 (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($35,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #1343 have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $35,500 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #1343, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #1343?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS LODGE #1343 find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 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