International Association of Lions Miesville

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411406994
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Vermillion, MN, USA
Phone
6514378541
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,900
Expenses
$3,725
Assets
$57,991
Liabilities
$764

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WAYNE KIEFFER (PRESIDENT)
  • RON WEBER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WAYNE KIEFFER (PRESIDENT)
  • RON WEBER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ED NIEBUR (TREASURER)

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

Chartered under lions international. Its mission is to empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace, and promote international understanding.

What it reported doing in 2024

We served the community in the areas of municipalities, youth activities, parks, scholarships, family medical needs, food shelf, veterans home, and provided vision screening in area daycares and preschools. $84,397 of program-related expenses are included in mn lawful gambling fund lawful purpose expenditures.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 70% 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

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.7%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 73.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.57; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 28/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.