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Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254

Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254 (Illinois) 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
$285k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$34k
Net assets
$151k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254 does

Mission

To unite all Elks in closer bonds of fraternity to promote the interest of the Order, to encourage discussion of matters beneficial to the member lodge, assist the community and foster charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity and further patriotic devotion to America.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Program

  1. Miscellaneous donations are made to national, state and local charitable organizations, youth groups, veterans, military and ill or diabled children such as Children Care Corporation, Needy Family and DAP programs.

    $239,071 spent$36,286 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $239,071.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($259k) Expenses 100 ($263k) Net assets 100 ($175k)2018 Revenue 92 ($239k) Expenses 95 ($249k) Net assets 96 ($168k)2019 Revenue 104 ($268k) Expenses 109 ($286k) Net assets 84 ($147k)2020 Revenue 92 ($237k) Expenses 93 ($245k) Net assets 79 ($138k)2021 Revenue 49 ($127k) Expenses 52 ($136k) Net assets 75 ($131k)2022 Revenue 88 ($227k) Expenses 80 ($210k) Net assets 85 ($148k)2023 Revenue 94 ($242k) Expenses 90 ($237k) Net assets 88 ($153k)2024 Revenue 103 ($266k) Expenses 102 ($269k) Net assets 86 ($150k)2025 Revenue 108 ($279k) Expenses 107 ($281k) Net assets 91 ($159k)2026 Revenue 110 ($285k) Expenses 111 ($293k) Net assets 87 ($151k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Revenue (110)Expenses (111)Net assets (87)

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 $178k to $146k (−18%).

$223k
$218k
$196k
$178k
$146k
$167k
$173k
$167k
$172k
$165k
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’17
−$11k
’18
−$18k
’19
−$8k
’20
−$9k
’21
$17k
’22
$5k
’23
−$3k
’24
−$2k
’25
−$8k
’26
3.7
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Listed15151515151515141315
Joined·+3+4+4+1+3+3+2+2+6
No longer listed·344133334
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 Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254’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 Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

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 Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254

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 Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254: 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 Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254?
Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254 (Illinois) 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 Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254 have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $34,000 in grants to Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254?
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 Oak Lawn Elks Lodge #2254 find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2026), 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