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ELKS NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE COMMISSION

EIN 13-1548228 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2023
$167,544
Expenses 2023
$5,183,074

Program services were 92.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T40
Classification
1000
Street
2750 N LAKEVIEW AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOUSANDS OF ELKS VOLUNTEERS, THE COMMISSION'S PROGRAMS OFFER DIRECT SERVICE TO VETERANS AND MILITARY MEMBERS IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE NATION. OUR PROGRAMS HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS RECOVER AND THRIVE, SUPPORT VETERANS AS THEY EXIT OR PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, SERVE AGING VETERANS AND VETERANS IN FACILITIES, ASSIST VETERANS IN NEED AND CONNECT VETERANS WITH RESOURCES AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COMMISSION FOCUSES ON SERVING VETERANS IN NEED, THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS RECOVER AND THRIVE, PROVIDE VETERANS WITH RESOURCES TO EXIT HOMELESSNESS, SUPPORT MILITARY FAMILIES, AND ASSIST VETERANS AND MILITARY MEMBERS IN ELKS COMMUNITIES.

  • THE COMMISSION PARTNERS WITH HUNDREDS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) AND OTHER VETERANS' FACILITIES ACROSS THE NATION TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF VETERANS. OUR VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE DIRECT MONTHLY SUPPORT TO AGING VETERANS, RECOVERING VETERANS AND VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE FORM OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, NEEDED SUPPLIES, THERAPEUTIC RECREATION, OUTREACH EVENTS AND MORE.

    Expenses $853,680 · Grants $774,072

  • THE COMMISSION PARTNERED WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE HOMELESS VETERANS AND VETERANS AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS WITH THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE THEY NEEDED TO BECOME OR REMAIN HOUSED, AND TO PROVIDE WELCOME HOME KITS THAT INCLUDE SUPPLIES AND OTHER MATERIAL SUPPORT TO NEWLY HOUSED VETERANS. THE WELCOME HOME PROGRAM OFFERS FOCUS GRANTS UP TO $10,000 TO QUALIFYING LODGES TO BE USED TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, ASSIST PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS VETERANS TO ADJUST, AND HELP VETERANS EXIT HOMELESSNESS.

    Expenses $2,557,430 · Grants $2,405,913

  • THE COMMISSION PROVIDED GRANTS TO 600 LODGES TO FACILITATE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT VETERANS, ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. ELKS USED THESE GRANTS TO PROVIDE FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR HOMELESS AND HOSPITALIZED VETERANS, HOLD ADAPTIVE SPORTS EVENTS FOR VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES, REPAIR THE HOMES OF MILITARY FAMILIES AND VETERANS IN NEED, SUPPORT STUDENT VETERANS AND MORE.

    Expenses $990,917 · Grants $990,917

  • THE COMMISSION PROVIDED GRANTS TO VETERANS ADAPTIVE SPORTS EVENTS RUN BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THESE EVENTS HELP VETERANS TO RECOVER, REHABILITATE AND THRIVE. ELKS VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED AT THESE EVENTS, ASWELL AS DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF PAIRS OF FREE WHEELCHAIR GLOVES TO VETERANS IN ATTENDANCE.

    Expenses $404,784 · Grants $401,810

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ROBERT L DUITSMAN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL R RYAN

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RONALD L HICKS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID R CARR

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN D AMEN

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYAN KLATT

    GRAND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $232,058
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $210,801
    Other
    $21,257
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $210,801 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,433 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,824 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $232,058 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $167,544
    Expenses
    $5,183,074
    Contributions
    $92,160
    Grants paid
    $4,572,712
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,181,799
    Expenses
    $4,716,044
    Contributions
    $5,163,908
    Grants paid
    $4,151,389

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,567,050
    Expenses
    $4,031,312
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,062,592

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,127,337
    Expenses
    $3,720,487
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,503,710

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,503,928
    Expenses
    $3,804,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,111,083

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,778,177
    Expenses
    $3,734,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $848,111

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,249,007
    Expenses
    $2,422,703
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,399,219

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,609,559
    Expenses
    $3,045,954
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,208,583

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,488,653
    Expenses
    $1,550,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,635,387

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.