Mississippi Elks State Association

Elks National Foundation

State Chairman: Mike Gordon (Bonnie)
1109 Cloverdale Dr.
Greenville, MS 38703
Home: 662-323-3281
Email: mikeandbongordon@cs.com

As of 1/31/2010 Mississippi State Elks are currently ranked 7th in the nation at $6.651 per capita.

Lodge Members current 3/31/2009 3/31/2008 3/31/2007
Canton #458 63 $1.111 $33.704 $7.222 $8.258
Clarksdale #977 153 $7.039 $20.8833 $5.302 $5.597
Corinth #2573 199 $0.000 $6.085 $9.872 $5.550
Greenville #148 147 $17.109 $28.804 $22.316 $11.513
Greenwood #854 79 $5.294 $11.742 $19.785 $14.761
Biloxi #606 556 $2.592 $6.746 $0.851 $4.950
Gulfport #978 204 $10.719 $4.515 $2.189 $3.218
Hattisburg #599 697 $4.980 $1.906 $2.035 $1.541
Natchez #553 100 $2.000 $0.000 $0.000 $0.680
Ocean Springs #2501 382 $6.394 $2.183 $5.819 $10.824
Pascagoula #1120 358 $9.816 $13.711 $12.909 $11.299
Vicksburg #95 121 $21.826 $40.710 $9.161 $4.309

How is the
Elks National Foundation
Helping Mississippi?

When you give to the Elks National Foundation, you’re doing more than funding the Elks National Drug Awareness and "Hoop Shoot" programs. You’re doing more than supporting the Community Investments Program and providing Emergency Educational Grants to the children of deceased or totally disabled Elks. You’re doing more than maintaining the Elks Veterans Memorial

You're doing all that, and you're supporting Elkdom in Mississippi.

During the 2008-09 Lodge year, the Elks of Mississippi donated $29,079.20 to the Elks National Foundation. This year, the Foundation will give back the following:

That's a total grant of $59,510.00, which represents a ratio of 2.047 for every dollarThat's a total grant of $59,510.00, which represents a ratio of 2.047 for every dollar the Foundation received from your state last year.

And if you'd like to know what the Elks National Foundation has done for Mississippi in the past, Since inception in 1928 through March 31, 2009, the Foundation has granted a total of $857,798.59 to your state, compared with your state's total donations of $621,520.19. That's a ratio of 1.380 for every dollar the Foundation has received from your state.

The Foundation's past support includes: