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MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC

MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,068 to it, the largest being BPOE MISSOULA HELL GATE LODGE #383 ($5,068). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$105k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$179k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Montana State Elks Association LLC does

Mission

College scholarships for montana high school students, donation of medical equipment for small hospitals in montana, and development of programs benefiting the youth in communities throughout montana

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Program

  1. General execution of exempt purpose for college scholarships and developing programs benefiting youth across montana

The program described on its FY2026 Form 990.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($39k) Expenses 100 ($5k) Net assets 100 ($43k)2021 Revenue 114 ($44k) Expenses 566 ($29k) Net assets 376 ($163k)2022 Revenue 108 ($42k) Expenses 957 ($48k) Net assets 248 ($108k)2023 Revenue 123 ($48k) Expenses 785 ($40k) Net assets 265 ($115k)2024 Revenue 233 ($90k) Expenses 1426 ($72k) Net assets 306 ($133k)2025 Revenue 428 ($165k) Expenses 1882 ($95k) Net assets 351 ($153k)2026 Revenue 272 ($105k) Expenses 1563 ($79k) Net assets 411 ($179k)
2020202120222023202420252026
Revenue (272)Expenses (1563)Net assets (411)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $43k to $214k (+391%).

$43k
$214k
$154k
$162k
$184k
$197k
$233k
2020202120222023202420252026
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

40% of MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,038 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$33k
’20
$15k
’21
−$7k
’22
$8k
’23
$18k
’24
$70k
’25
$26k
’26
35
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.

Board chair

Galen Jaeger

Chairman

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.

2020202120222023202420252026
Listed6778788
Joined·+3+1+3+4+4+1
No longer listed·212531
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC’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 MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC's grant income comes from Montana funders.

MT

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

Against its field

MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 149 membership benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin25% · above the median
Months of reserve34.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 149 membership benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC

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 Montana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Msea Charitable Trust · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC: 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 MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC?
MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,068 to it, the largest being BPOE MISSOULA HELL GATE LODGE #383 ($5,068). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,068 in grants to MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC.
Who is the largest funder of MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC?
BPOE MISSOULA HELL GATE LODGE #383 is the largest funder on record, with $5,068 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MONTANA STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION LLC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing