Rochester Lions Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203651628
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Rochester, IL, USA
Phone
2177890960
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,841
Expenses
$66,226
Assets
$273,662
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RON WRIGHT (PRESIDENT)
  • GREGG BENSHOOF (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN MELLOR (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MEGAN FELLOWS (3RD VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RON WRIGHT (PRESIDENT)
  • KEN DREWENSKI (TREASURER)
  • JOYCE SCHROEDER (SECRETARY)

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 provide humanitarian services with emphasis on assistance to visually and/or hearing-impaired children and adults, furtherance of educational opportunities for school-age children, and celebration/appreciation of individuals and events related to local culture/patriotism - with services focusing on but not limited to rochester, Illinois, and the surrounding area.

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide support for the visually impaired and supporting organizations for the visually impaired.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 85% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.3%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 42.5%; rating input score 43; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 21.9%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.13; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.3% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 43/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.