International Asso Of Lions Clubs

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320184510
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6128049376
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,556
Expenses
$1,655
Assets
$42,639
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Todd Shelton (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Barb Shelton (Gambling Manager): $34,185 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Humanitarian grants and programs - as members of their community, lions are uniquely positioned to identify local initiatives that will improve the lives of the people around them who are underserved and vulnerable. Each year lions club members design and implement projects that improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, the elderly, the chronically ill, at-risk youth, and economically disadvantaged members of their communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 86% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.4%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 80.7%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 25.76; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2,065.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $34K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 19/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.