Allentown Lions Club Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 825010729
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Allentown, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9734541346
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,214
- Expenses
- $52,106
- Assets
- $108,774
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BIFF SEARING (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHUCK TKACHUK (DIRECTOR)
- DOUGLAS BOTH (DIRECTOR)
- KEVIN O'NEILL (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The allentown lions club foundation raises funds to support the local community. This includes community events, scholarships, donations, medical equipment, vision screening, eyeglass recycling and a playground.
What it reported doing in 2025
Community events, scholarships, donations, medical equipment, vision screening, eyeglass recycling and a playground.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.2%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 45.3%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.09; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.2% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $46K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.