Park West Lions Charities Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541748608
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Manassas, VA, USA
Phone
7037920077
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,222
Expenses
$125,837
Assets
$542,205
Liabilities
$132,386

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUGLAS CROSS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT/IMMED PAST PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • ROSE BIELEC (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PHIL SMITH (ASST TREASURER)
  • DOUGLAS CROSS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT/IMMED PAST PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • ROSE BIELEC (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 expend funds to various charitable organizations and individuals that provide services for sight and hearing conservation, youth activities, emergency health and welfare assistance.

What it reported doing in 2024

To expend funds to various charitable organizations and individuals that provide services for sight and hearing conservation including eye exams and glasses, guide dogs, screening tests, recording service for visually handicapped, the Virginia lions eye institute, the Virginia lions hearing foundation, audio testing, hearing AIDS, screening tests, youth activities including scouting, college scholarships, little league baseball and football, emergency health and welfare assistance such as medical/rx bills, and utility bills, community programs such as serve, red cross, arc, nova family services, haymarket food pantry, and also the lions sight and hearing vans.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.7%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.31; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.