International Assoc of Lions Club Hinckley Lions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237190531
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Hinckley, MN, USA
Phone
6123903128
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,321
Expenses
$46,035
Assets
$79,649
Liabilities
$664

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAGGIE HICKLE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATIE THOMAS (GAMBLING MAN): $42,240 total reported compensation
  • JOHN FRANK (SECRETARY): $6,859 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

Gambling: the forms of gambling conducted by the organization during the year ended 12/31/2025, included paper pull-tabs, paddletickets, non-linked bingo, tipboards, linked bingo, electronic pull-tabs, and sports-themed tipboards. Revenue in excess of allowable expenses generated by the lawful gambling fund were used for lawful purposes and board approved expenditures as defined by Minnesota statute. Gross receipts for the year eneded 12/31/2025, were 2,967,027. Total gaming expenses for the year ended 12/31/2025 were 2,951,001.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 84% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 87%; rating input score 87; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.7%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 106.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.