Connecticut · Nonprofit
Putnam Lodge of Elks #574
Putnam Lodge of Elks #574 (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($75,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $382k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $78k
- Net assets
- $364k
What Putnam Lodge of Elks #574 does
Mission
The lodge is a local affiliate lodge of a national fraternal organization of elks dedicated to helping with local community projects and assisting whenever needed in order to encourage good fellowship.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The organization provides newsletters and social activities to its members. The organization helps to foster community by offering activities, scholarships and services to the local general public.
$364,723 spent93% of program spendingThe organization donates to other charities in the community.
$29,387 spent7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $394,110.
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. 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 $372k to $428k (+15%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of Putnam Lodge of Elks #574’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $19k.
From the IRS filings of Putnam Lodge of Elks #574’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
Putnam Lodge of Elks #574 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Putnam Lodge of Elks #574 draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, 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
Putnam Lodge of Elks #574's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 93 membership benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like Putnam Lodge of Elks #574
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Putnam Lodge of Elks #574: 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 Putnam Lodge of Elks #574?
- Putnam Lodge of Elks #574 (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,000 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($75,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Putnam Lodge of Elks #574 have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $78,000 in grants to Putnam Lodge of Elks #574, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Putnam Lodge of Elks #574?
- ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $75,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Putnam Lodge of Elks #574 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2 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