Boylston Lions Club Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881435533
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Boylston, MA, USA
Phone
5088692369
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,745
Expenses
$44,407
Assets
$7,489

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VAN BAKER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • VAN BAKER (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID BUTLER (TREASURER)
  • THOMAS TASKER (SECRETARY)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

While the initial mission of lions international is to cure blindness, that mission has expanded to diabetes cures and treatments and disaster relief, among others. We remain very committed to these charaties, but also have a focus on our community. We donate to youth sports programs, support scholarships for graduating students, as well as support our senior citizens and schools.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarships for graduating students, donations to national organizations, donations to local organizations

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 70% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 43.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -23% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.