Lions Club of Chaska

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
416042706
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Chaska, MN, USA
Phone
9523612265
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,809
Expenses
$12,703
Assets
$228,502
Liabilities
$4,418

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brian Dahlke (Vice President)
  • Bill Pew (Vice President)
  • Andy Freeman (President)

People named in this filing

  • Bethany Ponath (Gambling mgr)
  • Danielle Jorgenson (Secretary)
  • Brian Dahlke (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Service to others.

What it reported doing in 2024

DONATIONS TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS INCLUDING SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS, CITY AND OTHER NON PROFITS.Organization's charitable gambling conduct generated $464,550 in grants paid out to other organizations. These dollars are a "direct gaming expense" in part VIII, Line 9b and thus do not affect Part IX's Col. B total although that amount is reflected there in line 1 and Schedule I.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 75% 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

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.1%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 15
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 82.6%; rating input score 83; 52nd 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: 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: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.1%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.99; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.1% of revenue deployed · 15.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 45 of 45 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 11 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 6/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.