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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($35,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$1.1M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$42k
Net assets
$2.0M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA does

Mission

As a fraternal organization, the benevolent and protectice order of elks of the united states of america will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs demonstrating that elks care and elks share

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Program

  1. To raise monies for charitable donations, scholarships, and community programs.

    $292,082 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $292,082.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($714k) Expenses 100 ($776k) Net assets 100 ($1.6M)2019 Revenue 50 ($355k) Expenses 52 ($406k) Net assets 96 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 59 ($424k) Expenses 57 ($439k) Net assets 91 ($1.5M)2021 Revenue 58 ($412k) Expenses 51 ($393k) Net assets 92 ($1.5M)2022 Revenue 81 ($578k) Expenses 63 ($491k) Net assets 98 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 87 ($622k) Expenses 73 ($569k) Net assets 109 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 146 ($1.0M) Expenses 123 ($956k) Net assets 115 ($1.8M)2025 Revenue 156 ($1.1M) Expenses 138 ($1.1M) Net assets 118 ($1.9M)2026 Revenue 155 ($1.1M) Expenses 127 ($987k) Net assets 127 ($2.0M)
'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Revenue (155)Expenses (127)Net assets (127)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.7M to $1.9M (+12%).

$1.8M
$1.7M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.2M
$2.4M
$2.4M
$2.5M
'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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$62k
’18
−$51k
’19
−$16k
’20
$18k
’21
$87k
’22
$54k
’23
$86k
’24
$47k
’25
$120k
’26
12
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.

'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Listed151616121415161512
Joined·+8+6+6+10+6+1+7+4
No longer listed·761085087
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $8k.

Funder
'21
'23
'24*
'25*
'26*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA’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 OF THE USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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

86%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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 OF THE USA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state in all.

IL

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

’21
’23
New Jersey 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 OF THE USA

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 New Jersey

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

47% of spending goes to programs.

Program 47%Management 53%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
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

NJ

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Benevol and Prot Order of Elks Charity · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA?
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,500 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 OF THE USA have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $41,500 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA?
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 OF THE USA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2018–2026), 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