Lions International District 4L2

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237298664
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
West Covina, CA, USA
Phone
6263316208
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$139,282
Expenses
$144,480
Assets
$49,519

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Jacky Lu (Dist Governor)
  • Scarlett Ku (1st Vice DG)
  • Daniel Cortez (2nd Vice DG)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Coordinate and organize meetings and conventions with affiliated district Lions Clubs to bring awareness and help funding for the blind and medical needs of people in the community

What it reported doing in 2022

Conduct meetings, seminars, and conventions for individual Lions Clubs within our district to help the less forunate to improve their medical lives.

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
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 87.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $144K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.