Lubbock South Plains Lions Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 756060611
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lubbock, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8067785007
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $225,057
- Expenses
- $233,020
- Assets
- $65,177
- Liabilities
- $244
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TOM CARTER (PRESIDENT)
- LARRY ROGERS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- MIKE MCGUFFEY (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
- DAVID HARDEE (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TOM CARTER (PRESIDENT)
- LARRY ROGERS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- MIKE MCGUFFEY (2ND 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
To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through lions clubs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Lubbock meals on wheels - to provide financial assistance to allow the organization to provide meals to the elderly and shutins; provide volunteers to deliver meals to the recipients.paul's project / grace campus - to ensure that people at-risk of or experiencing homelessness can readily access and navigate housing assistance- no matter where in the community they first seek help.lubbock children's health clinic - to provide financial assistance in providing medical services to the underserved children of the lubbock community.south plains food bank- to provide financial assistance to help feed the homeless and the underserved individuals in the south plains area of the Texas panhandle and to provide financial assistance to provide kids a hot meal after school at designated kids cafe locations through the south plains food bank.big brother big sisters - to provide financial assistance in providing mentors to kids of single parent homes.casa of the south plains - to provide financial assistance for children that are represented by volunteers serving as court appointed special advocates in court appearances.Texas lions foundation - to provide financial assistance to the organization that provides assistants to Texas citizens that have suffered due to natural disasters in Texas.ronald mcdonald house - to provide financial assistance to that ronald mcdonald house can provide lodging, meals and a comfortable place for families to recharge while caring for children that are in the hospital.the salvation army - to provide financial assistance in providing shelter to the homeless and disaster relief after disaster strikes in the local area.habitat for humanity - to construct affordable housing for low to moderate income families.miracles in sight lubbock - to support the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of sight through transplant, research, education and innovation.100 black men of west Texas - to provide financial assistance to allow the members of the organization to serve as trailblazers and role models for the youth of today who will assume positions of leadership in the future. One voice home - to provide financial assistance for the organization to service as a haven for survivors of sex trafficking to begin their unique journey of healing. The inside out foundation - to provide financial assistance to allow the organization to assist and serve women suffering from breast cancer the support and comfort of restoring the feminine beauty from within. Friends of the monument foundation - to pperpetuate the memory and history of our region's veterans and their families, to foster true patriotism and promote the education for generations to come about those who paid a price for our freedom. Frendship leo lions club - provide financial assistance to leo club to purchase t-shirts bearing the lions emblem to help identify member of the leo lions club. Community foundation of west Texas scholarships - to award over 100 scholarships to south plains area students each year.harrington cancer center foundation - to provide financial assistance for those individuals recovering from cancer. Texas south plains honor flight - to provide local veterans with a meticulously organized, three-day, all-expenses-paid trip, allowing them to experience the memorials erected in their honor.american diabetes association - to provide financial assistance to allow local kids that have been diagnosed with diabetes to attend summer camp. East lubbock art house - to make art accessible for all individuals while working at the intersection of creativity and activism toward a more equitable community.goodwill industries - helping people overcome challenges, build skills, find jobs, & grow careers.lions club international foundation- to provide financial assistance to the organization that provides relief to those that have suffered natural disasters around the world. District 2-t2 lions club - to provide financial assistance district 2-t2 lions club for
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 84% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.1%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 78.2%; rating input score 78; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.1% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $210K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 14 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.