International Lions Club of Wimberley

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237024184
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Wimberley, TX, USA
Phone
5128472391
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fraternal Societies

Reported finances

Revenue
$231,266
Expenses
$247,596
Assets
$1,529,073
Liabilities
$3,463

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUG MCLEAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CRAIG BIGGS (DIRECTOR)
  • BOBBY BURRIS (MARKET DAY G)
  • HILDA CARPENTER (2ND VP)

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

The mission of the international lions club is to empower volunteers to serve their community, meet humanitarian needs, encourage pease and promote understanding through lions clubs. The wimberley lions club generates an annual grant budget of 70,000 to 105,000. The money raised to meet these goals is done via a fundraiser, wimberley market days. This fundraiser is held 10 times per year on the first saturday of the month between march and december. Over 480 booths are located on a 19 acre tract. The club has been operating market days since 1969. This is the oldest open air market in Texas. Funds are generated through booth rental, food concession sales and parking.

What it reported doing in 2024

Lions programs: 55,552 these are programs that lions international and Texas lions mandate district youth 280 district charities 420 leader dog 280 lions eyeglasses 280 lions intl ftd 280 tx lions ftd 280 world service to blind 140 Texas lions camp 1,400 youth activities 34,001 Texas lions museum 280 spot equip 208 leo club 600 president discr fund 1,603 Texas lions camp 15,500

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 92% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 71% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

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: 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.18; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.8% of revenue deployed · 76.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $190K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.