Lion Fund Education Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872352103
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- New York City, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2026741183
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $94,878
- Expenses
- $5,061
- Assets
- $89,817
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Sher (President)
- Isabella Souza (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Michael Sher (President)
- Dominic Condello (Chair of the Board)
- Isabella Souza (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
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 - Grants and Similar Amounts Paid: United World Schools - $5,000 - For their role in general education and advocacy of financial literacy among their students. Form 990-EZ, Part III - Primary Exempt Purpose: To provide education and support to students specifically in the area of financial literacy. Form 990-EZ, Part V - Personal Benefit Contract Statement: The organization did not, during the year, receive any funds, directly or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract. The organization did not, during the year, pay any premiums, directly or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract.
What it reported doing in 2025
In furtherance of its exempt purpose, the organization made one grant of $5,000 to support financial literacy education for students. The organization anticipates expanding its grantmaking and direct programming in 2026 as it builds on the financial foundation established this year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 89
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
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: 94.7%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.75; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.