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BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE

BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($37,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$126k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$38k
Net assets
$372k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Big Rapids Lodge No 974 Bpoe does

Mission

To inculcate the principles of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity; to recognize a belief in god; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of american patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its government, the benevolent and protective 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 FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To promote and practice the four cardinal virtues of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of american patriotism and cultivate good fellowship.

    $68,361 spentof which $8,684 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $68,361.

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 ($111k) Expenses 100 ($74k) Net assets 100 ($235k)2022 Revenue 80 ($89k) Expenses 106 ($78k) Net assets 115 ($271k)2023 Revenue 105 ($116k) Expenses 111 ($82k) Net assets 126 ($296k)2024 Revenue 98 ($109k) Expenses 128 ($95k) Net assets 132 ($311k)2025 Revenue 114 ($126k) Expenses 126 ($93k) Net assets 158 ($372k)
20172022202320242025
Revenue (114)Expenses (126)Net assets (158)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $325k to $374k (+15%).

$249k
$280k
$310k
$325k
$374k
20172022202320242025
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
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’17
$11k
’22
$34k
’23
$14k
’24
$33k
’25
21
months of
reserve
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 BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE’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

BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.

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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 BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE

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 Michigan

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
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 BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE?
BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($37,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $37,500 in grants to BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE?
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $37,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIG RAPIDS LODGE NO 974 BPOE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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