New York · Nonprofit
WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER
WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($34,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $387k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $610k
What Watertown Elks Lodge 496 Benevolent and Protective Order does
Mission
To inculcate the principles of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity; to recognize a belief in god; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of american patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization; and to provide for its government. The benevolent and protective order of the elks of the united states of america will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstating that elks care and elks share.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Operation of a fraternal organization
Operation of a fraternal organization
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $791k to $1.5M (+85%).
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. 7 of the last 10 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER’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
WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
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.
Organizations like WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER?
- WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,500 to it, the largest being ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ($34,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $34,500 in grants to WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER?
- ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $34,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WATERTOWN ELKS LODGE 496 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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