Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie

Public charity · Grantmaker New Market, VA EIN: 54-1636182

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie is a public charity based in New Market, Virginia. Formed in 1995, it reports providing funding to community organizations and needy individuals.

Key facts about Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie

In short: Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie gave $431K across 48 grants in 2025 (avg $9K), mostly in Virginia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
54-1636182
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$431,400
Grants made (2025)
48
Average grant
$8,988
Median grant
$7,500
Total assets
$2,723,786
Primary geography
Virginia (55% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$2.7M

-2.1% YoY

Annual Giving

$431K

-46.2% YoY

Grant Count

48

-42.9% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$9K

-5.9% YoY

How Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie gives

  • 69% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization states that it provides funding for numerous community organizations and needy individuals. Its 2025 grants included organizations whose own missions address areas such as emergency fire and rescue assistance, services for older adults and people with disabilities, food distribution, support for veterans and military families, and autism information, services, and research.

For example, New Market Fire & Rescue describes its mission as providing volunteer emergency fire and rescue assistance to the public. Luther Crest says it provides housing and services for elderly or disabled people, while the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank describes distributing food to people in need through a network of providers and programs.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, the Aerie reported 48 grants totaling $431,400. Grant amounts ranged from $5,000 to $99,000, with a median of $7,500.

The largest listed award was $99,000 to Grand Aerie Charities Foundation. Other notable grants included $15,000 to Manor Memorial United Methodist Church, $12,625 to Virginia State Aerie, $12,000 each to Yellow Door Foundation and Coalition for Better Schools, and $10,000 to Luther Crest. Additional awards included $9,500 to New Market Fire & Rescue, $9,350 to Wreaths Across America, and $9,000 each to Wounded Warrior Project, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, Gary Sinise Foundation, and Folds of Honor.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The 2025 grant dollars were distributed among recipients in multiple states. Virginia accounted for 55% of grant dollars, Ohio 23%, New York 4%, Tennessee 3%, and the District of Columbia 3%.

Grant Distribution by State

18states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 48 itemized grants.

Cities

New MarketWoodstockMount JacksonLurayQuicksburgWinchesterBooneGrove CityWashingtonEdinburgHarrisonburgRockinghamStanleyBasyeBroadwayCharlottesvilleColumbia FallsMonroviaNashvilleStaten Island

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$250K$500K$750K$1MTotal only2021 Total only2022 1 grant2023 84 grants2024 48 grants2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2021) to $802K (2024). In 2025 it made 48 grants totaling $431K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Grand Aerie Charities Foundation: $99KGrand Aerie CharitiesFoundation$99KManor Memorial United Methodist Ch: $15KManor Memorial UnitedMethodist Ch$15KVirginia State Aerie: $13KVirginia State Aerie$13KYellow Door Foundation: $12KYellow Door Foundation$12KCoalition for Better Schools: $12KCoalition for Better Schools$12KLuther Crest: $10KLuther Crest$10KNew Market Fire & Rescue: $10KNew Market Fire & Rescue$10KWreaths Across America: $9KWreaths Across America$9KWounded Warrior Project: $9KWounded Warrior Project$9KThe Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $9KThe Tunnel to TowersFoundation$9K

The largest 2025 recipient was Grand Aerie Charities Foundation ($99K). Together the top 10 received $197K.

Grant Size Distribution

133 grants across all recorded years

130<$50K2$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 130 grants of 133 (98%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Grand Aerie Charities Foundation Grove City, OHCharity$99,000
Manor Memorial United Methodist Ch New Market, VACharity$15,000
Virginia State Aerie Staunton, VACharity$12,625
Yellow Door Foundation Charlottesville, VACharity$12,000
Coalition for Better Schools Quicksburg, VACharity$12,000
Luther Crest New Market, VACharity$10,000
New Market Fire & Rescue New Market, VACharity$9,500
Wreaths Across America Columbia Falls, MECharity$9,350
Wounded Warrior Project Topeka, KSCharity$9,000
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation Staten Island, NYCharity$9,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants reported
2025 $2,723,786 $1,443,702 $1,502,428 $431,400 across 48 grants
2024 $2,781,397 $1,378,893 $1,925,319 $802,085 across 84 grants
2023 $3,329,349 $1,095,044 $811,114 $10,000 across 1 grant
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$1M$2M$3M2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$2,723,786$2,781,397$3,329,349
Revenue$1,443,702$1,378,893$1,095,044
Expenses$1,502,428$1,925,319$811,114
Net Investment Income$7,465$2,014$158

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 3, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 22, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 13, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 19, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS October 9, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing are Tom Wilkins, president; John Blosser Jr, past president; Mike Baker, secretary; Steven J Showman, treasurer; Tony Veney, outside guard; Ralph Hartman, chaplain; Anthony Ritchie, conductor; Mike Thompson and Eric Pool, trustees; and Thomas Gochenour, inside guard.

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie is led by Tom Wilkins, President since 2025 (on filings since 2021); 10 of 14 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Tom Wilkins

    President

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    $360 (2023) → $310 (2025)

  • Eric Pool

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    $230 (2025)

  • Mike Thompson

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    $240 (2025)

  • Brian Johns

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Estep

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • George Tarbutton

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anthony Ritchie

    Conductor

    Inside Guard → Conductor, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    $190 (2022) → $310 (2025)

  • JOHN BLOSSER Jr.

    Past President

    President → Past President, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    $210 (2022) → $360 (2025)

  • Mike Baker

    Secretary

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $33K (2021) → $38K (2025)

  • Ralph Hartman

    Chaplain

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    $160 (2021) → $340 (2025)

  • Tony Veney

    Outside Guard

    Conductor → Outside Guard, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    $180 (2021) → $360 (2025)

  • Steven J. Showman

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    $230 (2025)

  • Thomas Gochenour

    Inside Guard

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    $200 (2025)

  • Jason Fulk

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (13)
  • Former: Bradley Hupp (2021–2024) — Outside Guard
  • Former: Dow McGrady (2021–2024) — Past President
  • Former: Kim Rucker (2021–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Rick Turner (2021–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: James Barb (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Aj J. Garretson (2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Max Dunlap (2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Terry Jones (2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Alan J. Garretson (2021–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Phyllis Ritchie (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Tammy Jones (2022–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Jennifer Frye (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Terry Kingan (2021) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Mike Baker — Secretary: $38KMike BakerSecretary$38KJOHN BLOSSER Jr — Past President: $360JOHN BLOSSER JrPast President$360Tony Veney — Outside Guard: $360Tony VeneyOutside Guard$360Ralph Hartman — Chaplain: $340Ralph HartmanChaplain$340Tom Wilkins — President: $310Tom WilkinsPresident$310Anthony Ritchie — Conductor: $310Anthony RitchieConductor$310Mike Thompson — Trustee: $240Mike ThompsonTrustee$240Steven J Showman — Treasurer: $230Steven J ShowmanTreasurer$230Eric Pool — Trustee: $230Eric PoolTrustee$230Thomas Gochenour — Inside Guard: $200Thomas GochenourInside Guard$200

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $38K, to Mike Baker (Secretary). 10 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: PO Box 602, New Market, VA 22844-0602
Phone: (540) 740-3755

Frequently asked questions about Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie

How much does Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie give each year?

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie gave $431K across 48 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $802K across 84 grants.

What is Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie's typical grant size?

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie's median grant in 2025 was $7,500, and its average grant was $8,988, across 48 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie give grants?

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie gives mostly in Virginia: 55% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Ohio (23%). The most frequent recipient cities were New Market, VA (10 grants), Woodstock, VA (5 grants), Quicksburg, VA (3 grants) and Mount Jackson, VA (3 grants).

Does Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 44 grants with a stated purpose on Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Charity" (44 grants).

Who are Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie's largest grantees?

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie's largest 2025 grantees include Grand Aerie Charities Foundation ($99,000), Manor Memorial United Methodist Ch ($15,000) and Virginia State Aerie ($12,625), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 29% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie?

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie reported $2.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.4M.

What does Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie fund?

The organization states that it provides funding for numerous community organizations and needy individuals. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie?

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie's EIN?

Fraternal Order of Eagles 4264 Aerie's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 54-1636182. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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