ENF Community Investments Program - Spotlight Grants
Funding Amount
US $2,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
The ENF Community Investments Program offers Spotlight Grants to Lodges, empowering them to tackle pressing community issues such as family literacy, veteran homelessness, and hunger. Each Lodge can apply for a $2,000 grant without needing to meet the GER's per-member-giving goal. Funds can be used for one of the designated project plans or combined with the Beacon Grant, enabling flexible support for local initiatives.
The Spotlight Grant provides Lodges the opportunity to shine a light on important issues facing nearly every American community: family literacy, homelessness among veterans, and hunger and essential needs assistance.
Every Lodge is eligible for this $2,000 grant. The Lodge does not need to meet the GER’s per-member-giving goal to receive the Spotlight Grant. Lodges can choose to use the Spotlight Grant one of two ways:
- completing one of the seven outlined project plansmerging the Spotlight Grant with the Beacon Grant
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Elks National Foundation Inc's IRS filings)
Greater Pine ISL FL Lodge No 2781
Bokeelia, FL · 2026
$24K
Plant City, FL · 2026
$23K
Lynnwood, WA · 2026
$22K
Putnam, CT · 2026
$21K
Hackettstown, NJ · 2026
$21K
5,791 grants in Elks National Foundation Inc's 2021–2026 filings reference “ENF Community Investments Program” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Elks National Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2026
- Grants in 2026
- 1,536
- Total given
- $36.49M
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $5,410–$6.31M
- By dollars: Illinois 30%, California 8%, Florida 5%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; Tucson, AZ; St. Louis, MO.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Elks National Veterans Service Commission · Chicago, IL
Programs support
$6.31M
Elks Veterans Memorial Restoration Trust · Chicago, IL
Chicago memorial 100th anniversary 1926-2026
$2M
California-Hawaii Elks Major Project Inc · Fresno, CA
State charitable grant
$1.68M
Elks National Drug Awareness Commission · Chicago, IL
Programs support
$1M
Florida Elks Charities Inc · Umatilla, FL
State charitable grant
$646K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Veterans
- Hunger
- Homeless
- Literacy
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