Pinedorado Lions Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262217246
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cambria, CA, USA
Phone
8059279903
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,006
Expenses
$144,130
Assets
$108,373

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN NIXON (Vice President)
  • JIM BAHRINGER (President)

People named in this filing

  • Tom Trout (Director)
  • JOHN NIXON (Vice President)
  • JIM BAHRINGER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Is to serve the community of cambria. The lions are financially supportive of various community clubs and organization in cambria, and give educational scholarships to residents and pay for music and voice lessons and pay for dental care for children in the community whose families lack the funds to pay for dentists. The entities helped by the lions include residents of all ages.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Lions Foundation Sponsor the Cambria Music Chorale, which provide music lessons to Cambria youth. The Lions Foundation provide pediatric dental care for children in need. The Lions Foundation Sponsors the Cambria Farmers Market, which provides healthy farm fresh produce for the residents of Cambria and supports the local farmers who grow the food. The Lions Foundation also collects tax deductible donations for other tax exempt entities and their purposes.

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: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -60.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 39; 39th 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: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $142K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.