Lions Vision Services a South Carolina Charity

Analysis

Lions Vision Services a South Carolina Charity is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Lions Vision Services a South Carolina Charity reported income of $792k and spending of $771k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $252k to $792k (+214%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lions Vision Services a South Carolina Charity sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clinicalconnect Hie ($791k), Simons Fund ($792k) and Citizens Council for Health Freedom ($791k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $77k (9.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $197k. It paid $48k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $157k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 4 employees.