Spring Lake Park Lions Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411340927
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Spring Lake Park, MN, USA
Phone
7637849179
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$242
Expenses
$9,230
Assets
$636,957
Liabilities
$3,119

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RYAN JULIEN (PRESIDENT)
  • STEFANIE NELSON (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CATHY ST MARTIN (1 ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KEN WENDLING (2 ND VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RYAN JULIEN (PRESIDENT)
  • SHELLY BARRETT (SECRETARY)
  • JEFF HAGEN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create and foster a spirit of understanding amount the poele of the world. To promote the principles of good govenment and good citizenship. To take an active interest in the civic, cultural, oscial, and moral welfare of the community. To unite the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship, and mutual understanding. To encourage service-minded men and women to serve their community without personal reward, and to encourage efficiency and promte high, ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works, and private endeavors.

What it reported doing in 2024

Movies in the park, member steak fry, eye glasses project, pancake breakfast, octoberfest to benefit alexandia house, trunk or treat for kids, bake sale, holiday house for students, christmas baskets for those in need valentine dance for kids, handed out lunches for kids needing them for district 16.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 43.1%; rating input score 43
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 64th 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: -3,714%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 69.01; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -38.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -29.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 43.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.