International Association of Lions 31239 Plummer Lions Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510200136
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Plummer, MN, USA
Phone
2182304467
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,067
Expenses
$2,605
Assets
$60,192
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSS ARLT (President)
  • DAVID HOFSTAD (Vice President)
  • TROY FERGUSON (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEREK GAGNER (Secretary): $11,102 total reported compensation
  • TONY GERARDY (Director): $3,898 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Promotion of social welfare, area & community activities

What it reported doing in 2025

Raised funds in support of educational, civic, and charitable causes by selling pull-tabs under state of Minnesota license at two licensed sites in plummer and oklee, mn. Output and results from pull-tab operations are reported in part ix, lines 1,2, and 5. Also part viii, line 9. (double reporting of grants paid and gambling staff compensation is reversed - part ix, line 24).

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.6%; rating input score 14
  • 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: 28.6%; rating input score 29; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 87.6%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.11; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 575.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 14/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.