Laplace Lions Club Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273463245
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Laplace, LA, USA
Phone
9856526029
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,459
Expenses
$26,285
Assets
$376,671

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIMMY O'FLYNN (President)
  • KERRY BRIGNAC (Vice President)
  • LANCE BONADONA (Vice President)
  • MICHAEL WILLIAMS (Vice President)
  • STEPHEN FLYNN (PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JIMMY O'FLYNN (President)
  • KERRY BRIGNAC (Vice President)
  • LANCE BONADONA (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The LaPlace Lions Club Charitable Foundation is a separate and distinct corporation organized under the laws of Louisiana. This corporation follows the general goals and ideals of Lions Club International. The Lions Club motto is We Serve and that is what we try to do in the community. The Foundation 1) sends crippled children to summer camp, 2) sponsors a cancer benefit, 3) offers free eye exams and eyeglasses for the needy, 4) offers free glaucoma screening for the general public, 5) provides food baskets to needy families during Thanksgiving and Easter, 6) offers free screening to pre-school children for eye abnormalities through Cub Site Program,7)provide scholarship safety awards to students, and 8) makes cash contributions to Lions Club International Foundation, Louisiana Lions League for Crippled Children, Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation, and other local charitable organizations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Financial aid was provided to other charitable organizations such as Louisiana lions eye foundation, Louisiana lions league from crippled children camp, lions club international foundation, and others. Financial aid for eye exams and eyeglasses for the needy, financial aid for food baskets, scholarships, and service awards for students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.5%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 58.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.33; rating input score 94; 94th 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: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.5% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.