Oklahoma · Public charity
Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown
Lions club of oklahoma city, downtown mission is to promote the betterment of the oklahoma city community. Our club sponsors events for special needs teenagers and supports the oklahoma lions eye bank, oklahoma lions boys ranch and other charitable organizations serving sight impaired persons.
- $86k
- Granted FY2019
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
76% of Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $70k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2019
- $70k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $21,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 3
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 11% of the organizations Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 9 | $70k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $64k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKLAHOMA LIONS BOYS RANCH INC dba LIONS MEADOWS OF HOPE | $104,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Celebrating Together Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 99% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $73,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Newview Oklahoma Inc | $51,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lions Club of Okc Downtown Foundation Inc | $35,900 | 3 | 59% |
| Skyline Urban Outreach Inc | $24,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hoyt Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Metro Technology Centers Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Oklahoma Lions Sight Conservation Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cast (Catch a Special Thrill) for Kids Foundation | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKLAHOMA LIONS BOYS RANCH INC dba LIONS MEADOWS OF HOPE | $104,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Celebrating Together Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 99% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $73,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Newview Oklahoma Inc | $51,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lions Club of Okc Downtown Foundation Inc | $35,900 | 3 | 59% |
| Skyline Urban Outreach Inc | $24,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hoyt Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Metro Technology Centers Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Oklahoma Lions Sight Conservation Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cast (Catch a Special Thrill) for Kids Foundation | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Andrews Christmas Dinner Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lions Clubs International Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Rudolph | $750 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($46k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Sarkeys Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown with peer funders
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About Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown
- How much does Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown give?
- Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown reported 10 itemized grants totaling $69,600, out of $86,079 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (49%), Education (19%), Health (14%).
- Who are Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: OKLAHOMA LIONS BOYS RANCH INC dba LIONS MEADOWS OF HOPE ($104k), Celebrating Together Inc ($100k), Feed the Children Inc ($74k).
- Does Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc, Sarkeys Foundation, The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation.
- Where is Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown based?
- Lions International Oklahoma City Downtown is based in OK.
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