Burlingame Lions Charities

Overview

Mission

The specific purpose for which the organization was formed are as follows:(1) to benefit the community by encouraging gits to the organization for allocation to: section 501(c)(3) organization for scientific, education or charitable purposes; or; the city of burlingame or any department thereof, for exclusively public purposes.(2) to stimulate an awareness of the needs of the community and to inform of the needs and how they can be met with charitable contributions.(3) to assist in harmonizing and making more efficient the work of charitable organization in burlingame, and in other communities in the county of san mateo, California, by cooperating with and assisting such organizations, and by receiving by gift, will, or otherwise, money or other proper means and distributing it as may be deemed best for the promotion of charity in such communities; and to do any and all other things necessary or proper in connection with or incidental to any of the foregoing.

Operating model

Revenue model

Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.

Distribution model

Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - Program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 4
• Transparency & Controls: 55
• Sustainability: 53
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 5.5% of revenue deployed
• Governance: Filed governance answers
• Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
• Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 2 filed schedules
• Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series balance sheet did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.