California · Nonprofit
ELKS RECREATION INC
ELKS RECREATION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $44,569 to it, the largest being COASTHILLS CREDIT UNION ($44,569). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $-60468
What Elks Recreation Inc does
Mission
To foster, promote, and encourage public sports, athletics and other amusements and recreations. And to foster and encourage public programs and contests for such purposes
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization conducts the annual santa maria elks rodeo. Since 1943 the rodeo generates funds for youth recreation in the santa maria valley. The rodeo attracts world class competition, and has ranked as high as 22nd in the world and third in the state of california.
$1,724,637 spent$2,063,864 earned by the program62% of program spendingAnnual christmas in the country is held during holiday period for local santa maria valley and surrounding communities. Entertainment acts and christmas decor are setup on the rodeo grounds for families to drive thru.
$8,488 spent$84,040 earned by the program0% of program spendingAnnual queen contest raises funds for local non profit groups. All funds raised during the rodeo period for the rodeo queens, is returned to the groups after paying direct expenses. Over 95% of revenues raised was returned to the organizations in 2024. Expenses include amount returned to organizations in 2024 of $998,126
$1,062,315 spent$1,089,886 earned by the program38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,795,440.
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 2019 to 2020, from $684k to $1.0M (+49%).
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. 6 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Tina Tonascia
Exec director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of ELKS RECREATION INC’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
100% of ELKS RECREATION INC'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.
Government funding ELKS RECREATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $346k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$346k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ELKS RECREATION INC
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.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Benevolent & Protecive Order of Elks · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ELKS RECREATION INC: 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 ELKS RECREATION INC?
- ELKS RECREATION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $44,569 to it, the largest being COASTHILLS CREDIT UNION ($44,569). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ELKS RECREATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $44,569 in grants to ELKS RECREATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ELKS RECREATION INC?
- COASTHILLS CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $44,569 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELKS RECREATION INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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