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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA LODGE 2615

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA LODGE 2615 (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,219 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($20,219). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$200k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$304k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA Lodge 2615 does

Mission

Public service thru charitable contributions to better serve the community by way of scholarships, youth activities, veterans programs, drug awareness, etc.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Membership expenses for supplies, association dues, bulletins, etc..

    $11,700 spent
    12% of program spending
  2. Attending state and national conventions and local meeting expenses.

    $3,506 spent
    4% of program spending
  3. Donations to charitable organizations and support of local veterans.

    $13,706 spent
    15% of program spending
  4. To assist with fund raising for contributions to local events.

    $65,277 spent
    69% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $94,189.

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 ($123k) Expenses 100 ($109k) Net assets 100 ($323k)2019 Revenue 79 ($97k) Expenses 112 ($122k) Net assets 98 ($317k)2020 Revenue 88 ($108k) Expenses 100 ($109k) Net assets 98 ($316k)2021 Revenue 62 ($77k) Expenses 81 ($88k) Net assets 94 ($305k)2022 Revenue 82 ($100k) Expenses 101 ($110k) Net assets 91 ($295k)2023 Revenue 88 ($108k) Expenses 104 ($113k) Net assets 90 ($290k)2024 Revenue 101 ($124k) Expenses 114 ($124k) Net assets 90 ($290k)2025 Revenue 143 ($175k) Expenses 161 ($175k) Net assets 85 ($275k)2026 Revenue 163 ($200k) Expenses 159 ($173k) Net assets 94 ($304k)
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Revenue (163)Expenses (159)Net assets (94)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $276k to $308k (+12%).

$324k
$317k
$317k
$305k
$296k
$290k
$290k
$276k
$308k
'17'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 2% · 2023 1% · 2024 2% · 2025 7% · 2026 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$14k
’17
−$25k
’19
−$608
’20
−$11k
’21
−$10k
’22
−$4k
’23
$212
’24
$282
’25
$27k
’26
6.6
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.

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Listed222222122
Joined·········
No longer listed·········
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

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

From the IRS filings of BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA LODGE 2615’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 OF THE USA LODGE 2615 draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, 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 OF THE USA LODGE 2615

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 Missouri

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

54% of spending goes to programs.

Program 54%Management 39%Fundraising 7%

Governance

7
board members
2429%
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 OF THE USA LODGE 2615?
BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA LODGE 2615 (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,219 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($20,219). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA LODGE 2615 have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,219 in grants to BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA LODGE 2615, 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 LODGE 2615?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,219 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA LODGE 2615 find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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