Pasadena Lions Philanthropy Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954028381
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6266831430
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Mutual/Membership Benefit N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $85,947
- Expenses
- $80,164
- Assets
- $117,105
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- John Cullen (President)
- Jivan Hovsepyan (Vice President)
- Pat Riley (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Donna Pomerantz (Secretary)
- Daniel Gaby (Treasurer)
- Mitch Pomerantz (Director)
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
To participate in local and international humanitarian service projects, emphasizing health, community welfare and the promotion of international understanding. Members raise funds for the less fortunate and countless SIGHT related projects
What it reported doing in 2025
Lions conquering blindness; mobilize Lions resources at all levels inreponding to the world wide needs for the prevention and cure of blindness.Sponsor camps for blind, deaf, and physically challenged youngsters
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.4% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.