Darien Lions Club Foundation

Analysis

Darien Lions Club Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Willowbrook, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Darien Lions Club Foundation reported income of $91k and spending of $63k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2023, income fell from $173k to $91k (-48%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Darien Lions Club Foundation sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging Foundation ($91k), Lafayette Foundation of the Conshohocken-Plymouth-Whitemarsh R ($91k) and African Education Outreach Inc ($91k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% of the total. At year end it held assets of $511k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $511k.