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FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO ELKS

FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO ELKS (Indiana) 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
$33k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$34k
Net assets
$47k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Fort Wayne Lodge No 155 Bpo Elks 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 the 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 FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 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 the elks of the united states of america will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that elks care and elks share.

  2. 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 the elks of the united states of america will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that elks care and elks share.

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($972k) Expenses 100 ($735k) Net assets 100 ($191k)2024 Revenue 120 ($1.2M) Expenses 98 ($718k) Net assets 127 ($242k)2025 Revenue 57 ($555k) Expenses 55 ($402k) Net assets 155 ($297k)2026 Revenue 3 ($33k) Expenses 3 ($22k) Net assets 24 ($47k)
2023202420252026
Revenue (3)Expenses (3)Net assets (24)

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 $307k to $52k (−83%).

$192k
$251k
$307k
$52k
2023202420252026
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.

2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$236k
’23
$446k
’24
$153k
’25
$11k
’26
29
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.

2023202420252026
Listed7777
Joined·+2+1+0
No longer listed·210
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 FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO 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

FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO ELKS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, 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 FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO 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 Indiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

7
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 FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO ELKS?
FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO ELKS (Indiana) 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 FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO ELKS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $34,000 in grants to FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO ELKS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO 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 FORT WAYNE LODGE NO 155 BPO ELKS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2023–2026), 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