Ohio · Nonprofit
OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR
OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,732,489 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($1,600,690). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $857k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Ohio Elks Association Charitable Tr does
Mission
A charitable oganization that funds, supports and promotes cerebral palsy, higher education, youth activities, veterans and community service.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Grants to cerebral palsy rehabilitation and research centers.
$280,617 spent53% of program spendingOther programs including support of americanism, community service projects and veterans
$208,058 spent39% of program spendingScholarship programs and educational awards
$45,000 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $533,675.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $535k to $870k (+63%).
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.
93% of OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Chris Hatcher
Trustee chairman
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $22k → $391k.
From the IRS filings of OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR’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
OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states in all.
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.
Against its field
OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR: 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 OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR?
- OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,732,489 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($1,600,690). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,732,489 in grants to OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR?
- ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,600,690 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2019–2026), and the filings of 3 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