New Jersey · Nonprofit
Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks
Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($34,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $167k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $330k
What Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks does
Mission
The lodge is a local organization whose mission is to provide support for youth organizations, disabled citizens, veterans, students and needy citizens who ask for assistance.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Handicapped Children - The Lodge is active in helping children and adults who were born with or acquired disabilities. The lodge has supplied medically necessary clothing and equipmentwhen needed and also required therapy treatments. The town Office of the Disabled makes the lodge aware of residents needing assistance. The lodge also subsidizes social functions for special need residents and it hosts the annual Disabilities Awareness Day at no charge to the organizer. The lodge also participates in district and state handicap projects.
$3,229 spent13% of program spendingYouth Activities - The lodge provides sponsorship to Little League and youth sports teams. It also holds annual competitions for baseball, basketball and soccer with winners advancing to district competition. The annual sports day challenges children for 5 to 18 years of age in three sports, and it draws close to 100 participants. Children receive shirts, snacks and awards for the winners. The Lodge also sponsors students to leadership conferences and contributes to various high school activities.
$1,738 spent7% of program spendingSocial and Community Welfare - The Lodge often gets called upon to assist residents in distress. These citizens maybe victims of fires or suffering from job loss or have other reasons for assistance. The lodge also distributes dozens of food baskets across town to the needy for holidays or if requested. Donations are also made to the not-for-profit clubs to help them complete their charitable missions.
$20,626 spent81% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,593.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $875k to $717k (−18%).
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.
17% of Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks’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
Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 93 membership benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 93 membership benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks?
- Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($34,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $34,000 in grants to Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks?
- ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $34,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Carteret Lodge # 2235 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 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 2021–2026), 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