International Association of Lions Clubs

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
756050734
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Canyon, TX, USA
Phone
8062825958
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$209,123
Expenses
$183,160
Assets
$91,490
Liabilities
$3,602

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

Leadership & pay

36 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stacia Hauser (President)
  • Dennis Rice (1st Vice President)
  • Claudia Burkett (2nd Vice President)
  • Jed Welch (3rd Vice President)
  • Kayla Ebenkamp (Past President)
  • Cody Jones (Immediate Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Stacia Hauser (President)
  • Dennis Rice (1st Vice President)
  • Claudia Burkett (2nd Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lions Club with volunteers and partners work to improve the health and well-being and to strengthen communities, To support those in need through humanitarian services. To provide grants that impact lives globally and to encourage peace and international understanding.

What it reported doing in 2024

Football Playoff Games - The Club plans and coordinates all aspects of 6-10 High School playoff games that are scheduled in our school district football stadium. The club takes tickets, works the chains on the field, runs the scoreboard and game clocks, provides the play-by-play announcing and spotter. The club members also drive the golf carts. The club also sells programs and runs the concession stands on the visitor and home sides.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 72% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.5%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 40.5%; rating input score 41
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -44.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.5% of revenue deployed · 40.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 36 of 36 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 36 people listed
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.