Maryland · Nonprofit
Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc
Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,478,772 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($1,277,880). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $843k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc does
Mission
The Association of the B.P.O.E. of Elks Lodges in the State of MD, DE and DC was formed to unite all Elks in closer bonds of fraternity to promote good fellowship among Lodges, to protect and promote the interests of this Order and to bear true allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Operation and maintenance of Elks Camp Barrett. Used for youth camping activities and programs, including underpriviledged and handicapped youth as well as Boy and Girl Scout programs
$315,038 spent45% of program spendingOther youth programs - hoop shoot, soccer shoot, Drug awareness programs for both youth and adults
$16,745 spent2% of program spendingVeterans programs at VA and USO facilities and Americanism programs
$6,300 spent1% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 69,500, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Scholarship programs for High School Seniors as part of the national program sponsored by BPOE Program Service Expenses 147,451, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Conferences-Education Opportunities for Members Program Service Expenses 2,310, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Membership programs including information sharing, lodge development, ritual programs, and awards Program Service Expenses 106,745, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Army of Hope and Welcome Home Assistance for Veterans Program Service Expenses 37,000, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Used by Elks Lodges for community projects and assistance Program Service Expenses 6,000, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Donations to California-Hawaii Elks Association and North Carolina Elks Association after fires and floods
$369,006 spent52% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $707,089.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.8M to $2.0M (+13%).
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. 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $17k → $308k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc’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
Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 71% · 2022 98% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“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
Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc: 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 Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc?
- Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,478,772 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($1,277,880). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,478,772 in grants to Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc?
- ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,277,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Assoc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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