International Association of Lions Clubs
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810230354
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Helena, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4065940126
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $55,707
- Expenses
- $34,377
- Assets
- $113,136
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JACK BERRY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JACK BERRY (PRESIDENT)
- JACOB BACHMEIR (DIRECTOR)
- BRIAN ZINNS (DIRECTOR)
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
We serve the vision and hearing impaired by providing funding for eyeglasses and hearing AIDS. We aim to help identify vision impairment early by lending out the optic eye machine to schools in order to assist with detecting eyesight problems from a young age. All profits from fundraising events go toward assistance for the local community as dues are set at a rate to cover administrative costs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Funds are used to assist low income people with purchasing eyeglasses or hearing AIDS as needed. The optic eye machine is lent out to test elementary student eyes for defects. Approximately 3000 - 5000 students are tested every year and at least 5 percent have issues detected and are referred to an optometrist.
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 84% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.9%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 49.5%; rating input score 49
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 38.3%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.29; rating input score 76; 76th 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: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.9% of revenue deployed · 49.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.