Lions Club International Multiple District 27
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 396126233
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Rosholt, WI, USA
- Phone
- 7156774767
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $289,998
- Expenses
- $160,597
- Assets
- $451,884
- Liabilities
- $9,899
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JOANN BURK (OFFICE MANAG): $34,495 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is that we serve by reaching, touching and improving lives "we serve." it's been our motto since being adopted by lions international in 1954. It hasn't changed but we can better communicate what we mean by stating our mission further- linking what we do (serve) with what we strive to accomplish (help others). Summarized as a theme, the mission statement is a brief, emotionally powerful expression of what our efforts promise. It's a great tool for building understanding of what we are about within each of our communities (and with prospective new members).
What it reported doing in 2023
Provide administrative functions and assistance to Wisconsin lions clubs. The lions operate the Wisconsin lions foundation, which is located in rosholt on the Wisconsin lions camp property, the lions eye bank of Wisconsin, located in madison, leader dog and lions missions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
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: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.8%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44.6%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.81; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.8% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $133K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $34K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2023
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.