International Association of Lions Clubs Dba Meadville Lions Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
256037655
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Meadville, PA, USA
Phone
8147209267
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,765
Expenses
$37,770
Assets
$45,275
Liabilities
$86

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY LYNNE PETERS (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JOSHUA STEARNS (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY HUGHES (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT LADNER (SECRETARY)
  • JESSICA HAMILTON (CO-TREASURER)
  • MARY LYNNE PETERS (IMMEDIATE PAST 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organziation's primary exempt purpose is to serve the residents of meadville, pa and surrounding areas, as an affiliate of lions club international, with emphasis on sight and hearing conservation as well as various community-based and local charitable and educational purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Meadville lions club provided contributions for various sight and hearing conservation programs as well as various community and educational charitable causes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.9%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 22.5%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -29.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.9% of revenue deployed · 22.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 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 22/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.