Lions Club of Oakes Nd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
456013360
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Oakes, ND, USA
Phone
7016783416
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,916
Expenses
$33,234
Assets
$45,904
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gary Schnell (President)

People named in this filing

  • Gary Schnell (President)
  • Dean Atkinson (Treasurer)
  • Shannon Jepson (Secretary)

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

Exclusively for the purpose of social welfare

What it reported doing in 2025

The Lions Club of Oakes ND, donated back to the community $28,864. $9,000 to students to offset their expenses to compete at national competitions. $2,400 to Southeast Region Career and Technical Center; $3,800 to Oakes ND Public School; $2,500 to Riding for Dreams (therapeutic horseback riding program for the disabled and handicap); $1,750 Secondary Education Scholarships; $1,500 Oakes Community Hospital; $1,600 Service Dogs for America; $1,015 for large print laptop for visually impaired girl; $1,000 to local horse club; $1,000 to Stronger Together Foundation (local cancer support); $1500 to Keddish House (purchase gift cards for individuals in crisis); Deliver Mother's Day flowers to nursing homes, Hold a kid's tractor pedal pull competition, service meals and refreshments at events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 81% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.1%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 56; 56th 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: 32.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 73.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.