Sandusky Lions Club-fund for the Blind of Erie County-Ohio
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341225666
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Sandusky, OH, USA
- Phone
- 4193665567
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,924
- Expenses
- $3,731
- Assets
- $134,589
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RACHEL MALONE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RACHEL MALONE (PRESIDENT)
- CRAIG HECHT (FIRST VP)
- EMMANUEL KARNIOTIS (TREASURER)
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
The fund for the blind of erie county-Ohio is a designated publicly supported organization created by the board of directors of the sandusky lion's club. Initially, funded by a large "restricted" bequest to fund and to direct financial assistance for the "sight care" provided to needy and/or handicapped children and adults who are residents of erie county- Ohio. Board members (strictly volunteers) of the sandusky lions club also appointed and serve (strictly volunteers) on the board of directors of the fund for the blind of erie county-Ohio. No monies move from the fund for the blind of erie county-Ohio to the sandusky lions club accounts except to pay back any loans made by the sandusky lions club to the fund for the blind of erie county-Ohio when shortages may occur due to expenditures for services that exceeded grants and donations received by the fund for the blind of erie county-Ohio.
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide health services
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -93.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 36.07; rating input score 98; 98th 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: -28.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.