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BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION
BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $431,838 to it, the largest being BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS USA MISSION VIEJO LODGE 2444 ($405,605). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $432k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of USA California-Hawaii Elks Association does
Mission
To unite all elks in closer bonds of fraternity: to further good fellowship among the members of the lodges; to protect and promote the interests of the order in the states of california and hawaii; to exchange ideas beneficial to elks lodges; to expand and promote the programs of the grand lodge of the benevolent and protective order of elks to advance the cause of charity toward all mankind; to encourage patriotism and devotion to the protective order of the elks of the united states of america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Magazine publication-major tool in informing our members of the many programs and their accomplishments and needs. It provides a means to exchange ideas beneficial to elks lodges; to expand and promote the programs of the grand lodge of the benevolent and protective order of elks to advance the cause of charity toward all mankind; to encourage patriotism and devotion to the protective order of the elks of the united states of america.
Scholarship-awards are available to high school seniors or their related equivalents and range in the amount from $200 to $3,500.
Provide aid to disabled or needy veterans of the military service of the united states of america, and formulated and carried out programs for aid and service to members of the military forces of the united states of america. National veterans services-help veterans with rehabilitation as well as with occupational and other forms of therapy and job placement programs.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
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 $7.3M to $11M (+50%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
C Michael Melton
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $122k → $97k.
From the IRS filings of BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII 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 OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 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
100% of BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Organizations like BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- California-Hawaii Elks Major Project · exempt
- Elks National Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII 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 OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION?
- BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $431,838 to it, the largest being BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS USA MISSION VIEJO LODGE 2444 ($405,605). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $431,838 in grants to BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION?
- BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS USA MISSION VIEJO LODGE 2444 is the largest funder on record, with $405,605 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF USA CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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