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Lions Club of San Diego at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Lions Club of San Diego

Provides the management services for lion's club and lion's welfare foundation.

$195k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$465kHousing & Shelter$264kRecreation & Sports$182kHuman Services$36kArts & Culture$22kYouth Development$12kFood & Nutrition$10kEducation$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $42,834, the rows itemized in this filing. The $194,527 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $151,693 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
$8,290
Median grant
1
States reached
$38k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIONS CAMP JACK$27,544
LIONS OPTOMETRIC VISION CLIN$8,290
TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF SD$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ELDER HELP OF SAN DIEGO: $9k → 11%RISE UP INDUSTRIES: $6k → 11%TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF SD: $8k → 11%TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF SD: $7k → 11%TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF SD: $6k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$680k · 7 repeat orgs$330k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$680k
$321k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+46%

Still filing today

86%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $410k · revenue +28%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND
    3× · 2019–2024 · $29k · revenue +53%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO YOUNG ARTIST MUSIC ACADEM
    3× · 2018–2022 · $17k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • LC
    LIONS COMMUNITY SERVICE CORP CO ROYAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENTgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $257k · revenue +110%
  • EO
    ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +5%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue +46%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Peninsula Shepherd Center Pcsc

Services for Seniors-The Mission of the Peninsula Shepherd Center is to provide a support system which helps allow for older adults to live independently and self-sufficiently in their homes for as long as possible, while providing…

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2
United Cerebral Palsy Association of San Diego County

To advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people affected by cerebral palsy and other disabilities by offering the following programs: adult day and employment programs, an assistive technology center, a toy and…

Health
3
Urban League of San Diego County

Assist African Americans and other underserved people in San Diego County to acheive social and economic equality through advocacy, bridge building, program services and research.

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4
Blind Community Center of San Diego

Provide recreation, social, and educational activities for blind and visually impaired persons.

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5
San Diego Community Housing Corporation

To increase, preserve and improve quality affordable housing opportunities for working families.

Housing & Shelter
6
Disabled Services Advisory Council Inc

Established by the city of san diego, ca, the organizations exempt function is to provide low cost recreational opportunities for individuals with disabilities and older adults. support is generated from individual and organization…

Recreation & Sports
7
New Door Opportunities

Feeding the homeless population in san d

Food & Nutrition
8
Developmental Services Continuum Inc

The mission is to provide support and services for children and adults with developmental disabilities.

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9
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
10
1 San Diego

Dedicated to promoting equal access to economic prosperity, safe and vibrant communities, and an enhanced quality of life to ensure every san diegan has the opportunity to succeed. one san diego supports the interest of neighborhoods…

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11
The San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center

The san diego lgbt community center enhances and sustains the health & well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and hiv communities to the betterment of our entire san diego region.

Health
12
Rancho Research Institute

The mission of Rancho Research Institute (RRI) is to conduct medical research and education activities at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (Rancho)See Schedule O for more details.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rise Up Industries. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $409,500 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION+1 more: $12,120 · EducationLIONS COMMUNITY SERVICE CORP CO ROYAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: $256,615 · Housing & ShelterLIONS COMMUNITY SERVICE CORP …+1 more: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterLIONS CAMP JACK: $182,252 · OtherLIONS CAMP JACKSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $28,584 · OtherSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE B…LIONS OPTOMETRIC VISION CLINIC: $8,290 · Other+3 more: $17,695 · Other+3 moreTravelers Aid Society of San Diego: $21,000 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $9,000 · Human ServicesRise Up Industries: $6,300 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO YOUNG ARTIST MUSIC ACADEM: $16,607 · Arts & CultureVILLA MUSICA: $5,305 · Arts & CultureMEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC: $10,143 · Food & NutritionUptown Faith Community Service: $5,500 · Food & NutritionSan Diego Council on Literacy: $7,000 · PhilanthropyDeaf Community Services of San Diego Inc: $6,800 · Health
Education$421,620Housing & Shelter$263,615Other$236,821Human Services$36,300Arts & Culture$21,912Food & Nutrition$15,643Philanthropy$7,000Health$6,800

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $409,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIONS COMMUNITY SERVICE CORP CO ROYAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: $256,615 over 1y, 11% of budgetSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $28,584 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTravelers Aid Society of San Diego: $21,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSAN DIEGO YOUNG ARTIST MUSIC ACADEM: $16,607 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetREALITY CHANGERS: $12,120 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC: $10,143 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $9,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Council on Literacy: $7,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDeaf Community Services of San Diego Inc: $6,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRise Up Industries: $6,300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHERAPY CENTER INC DBA CHALLENGE CENTER: $6,035 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA CAL-DIEGO CHAPTER: $5,860 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUptown Faith Community Service: $5,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetVILLA MUSICA: $5,305 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Diego Foundat…Sempra FoundationSan Diego Lions Welfa…Boys and Girls Aid So…Pratt Memorial FundDavid C Copley Founda…Jewish Community Foun…Samuel I & John Henry…Alliance Healthcare F…The Cushman FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…The William Hall Tipp…
The San Diego FoundationCA22.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · San Diego Lions Welfare Foundation · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · Pratt Memorial Fund · David C Copley Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lions Club of San Diego funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lions Club of San Diego. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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