Lions Community Service Corporation

Analysis

Lions Community Service Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 2023, Lions Community Service Corporation reported income of $3.2m and spending of $2.5m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $3.2m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Lions Community Service Corporation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rebuilding Together Houston ($3.2m), Rebuild America Inc ($3.2m) and Boston Road Housing Development Fund Co Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 84% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $311k. At year end it held assets of $37.5m against liabilities of $34.4m, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 6 employees.