International Association of Lions Clubs

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
646027938
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Biloxi, MS, USA
Phone
2284247840
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,974
Expenses
$32,171
Assets
$30,394

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tadd Gabrielson (President)
  • Austin Knue (Vice President)
  • Dorothy Nehlig (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Tadd Gabrielson (President)
  • Gregory K Crapo (Treasurer)
  • Joe McCormick (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

A volunteer organization providing service as needed to the residents of south Mississippi with an emphasis on sight and hearing care and conservation, youth activities and education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Conducted eye screenings for youth and adults with hundreds of referrals to optometrists for further care resulting in many sight saves.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.9%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.5%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 45; 45th 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: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.9% of revenue deployed · 16.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 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 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.