International Association of Lions Clubs

Analysis

International Association of Lions Clubs is a registered charity in United States, based in Knoxville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1991, 35 years ago. 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 December 2023, International Association of Lions Clubs reported income of $153k and spending of $109k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $114k to $153k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 8853%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, International Association of Lions Clubs sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CBC Group Inc ($153k), St Joseph Apartments Inc ($153k) and Schuylkill County Council for the Arts Inc ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $43k. It paid $375 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $649k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $649k.