Columbus Lions Club Foundation

Analysis

Columbus Lions Club Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Columbus Lions Club Foundation reported income of $57k and spending of $61k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2024, income fell from $68k to $57k (-16%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Columbus Lions Club Foundation sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Junior Auxiliary of Vermilion Louisiana Inc ($57k), Martinsburg Community Fund ($57k) and Tower-Porter Improvement Organization ($57k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% of the total. At year end it held assets of $73k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $73k.