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Magic City Lions Club at a glance

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Magic City Lions Club

To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation.

$278k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Youth Development$212kArts & Culture$64kEducation$61kAnimals$58kFood & Nutrition$32kHealth$24kInternational$18kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $210,277, the rows itemized in this filing. The $278,396 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $68,119 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 $10k7 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$9,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$502k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORSK HOSTFEST$100,000
MINOT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
MINOT FIREWORKS ASSOCIATION$17,222
MINOT SHRINE CLUB$10,000
MINOT DOWNTOWN BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION$10,000
TRINITY HEALTH FOUNDATION$9,000
LOCAL MOTIVES$7,500
FOUNDATION FOR ORTHODOXY$6,000
SURISE ROTARY$5,555
MSU SUMMER THEATER$5,000
TIOGA LIONS CLUB$5,000
ND RURAL RACES$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SERVICE DOGS FOR AMERICA: $30k → 14%LIONS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $18k → 7%TIOGA LIONS CLUB: $5k → 8%NORSK HOSTFEST: $102k → 10%MINOT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30k → 10%MINOT COMMISION ON AGING INC: $26k → 10%TRINITY HEALTH: $15k → 10%COMPANIONS FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%MINOT SHRINE CLUB: $10k → 10%MINOT AREA COUNCIL OF THE ARTS: $10k → 10%FRIENDS OF THE MINOT PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10k → 10%TRINITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9k → 10%LOCAL MOTIVES: $8k → 10%MINOT AREA COUNCIL OF THE ARTS: $7k → 10%SURISE ROTARY: $6k → 10%MINOT COMMISSION ON AGING: $5k → 10%SURISE ROTARY: $5k → 10%NORTH WEST SHRINE CIRCUS: $5k → 10%TAUBE MUSEUM: $5k → 10%ND RURAL RACES: $5k → 10%DESOUR VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5k → 10%MSU SUMMER THEATER: $5k → 10%SAWYER SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 10%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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$304k · 6 repeat orgs$173k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$304k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-46%
+18%

Still filing today

67%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NH
    NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $202k · revenue -67%
  • MC
    MINOT COMMISSION ON AGING INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $32k · revenue +30%
  • GM
    GREATER MINOT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2019–2020 · $28k · revenue -54%

Funded once

  • SD
    SERVICE DOG OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • LC
    Lions Clubs International Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue +18%
  • TH
    TRINITY HEALTH
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +0%
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
Community Action Partnership - Minot Region

Provide assistance to low income individuals through the community action self sufficiency programs and energy conservation assistance through the agency's weatherization program.

Human Services
2
Minot Area Chamber Edc

To advocate for and invest in business activity by being a collaborative partner in the community, focused on improving quality of life for all.

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3
Minot Park District Foundation

Promoting, developing, and advancing support for the city of minot park district

Recreation & Sports
4
Minot Social Club for Exceptional Persons Inc

To enhance the quality of life for adults with developmental disabilities by providing social, educational, and recreational activities.

Human Services
5
Minot Area Homeless Coalition

To advocate, coordinate, and optimize services for homeless persons

Human Services
6
Minot Symphony Association Inc

To present people with the opportunity to experience symphony.

Arts & Culture
7
Minto Community Center

To promote the community to utilize the local merchants and provide economic development for the future.

Human Services
8
Minot Area Men's Winter Refuge

Men's homeless shelter during winter months.

Housing & Shelter
9
Winona Area Chamber of Commerce

To promote business development and tourism in winona minnesota and the surrounding area

—
10
Minot Area Community Foundation

Support and improve public well-being

Philanthropy
11
Missoula Community Foundation

To enhance community vitality by inspiring community giving and strengthening nonprofits

Community Improvement
12
Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce

The dickinson area chamber of commerce will provide leadership to promote a progressive business environment.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minot Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Minot Fireworks Association Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 24 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION: $202,000 · Arts & CultureNORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATIONMinot Fireworks Association Inc: $17,222 · Arts & CultureMinot Fireworks Association Inc+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSERVICE DOG OF AMERICA: $30,000 · OtherSERVICE DOG OF AMERICAMINOT AREA COUNCIL OF THE ARTS: $17,000 · OtherMINOT AREA COUNCIL OF THE ARTSMIDWEST SHRINE ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · OtherMIDWEST SHRINE ASSOCIATIONSURISE ROTARY: $10,578 · OtherSURISE ROTARYSAWYER SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10,000 · OtherSAWYER SCHOOL DISTRICTPATRONS OF THE MINOT PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 · OtherPATRONS OF THE MINOT PUBLIC LIBRA…DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherDOWNTOWN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONA…TRINITY HEALTH: $9,000 · OtherTRINITY HEALTHMINOT STATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · OtherND RURAL RACES: $5,000 · OtherLillian and Coleman Taube Museum of Art: $5,000 · OtherTIOGA LIONS CLUB: $5,000 · OtherCOMPANIONS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 · OtherCOMPANIONS FOR CHILDRENFOUNDATION FOR ORTHODOXY INC: $6,000 · OtherMINOT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Community ImprovementMINOT COM…LOCAL MOTIVES: $7,500 · Community ImprovementLOCAL MOT…DESOUR VALLEY EDC INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementDESOUR VA…MINOT COMMISSION ON AGING INC: $31,744 · Food & NutritionGREATER MINOT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $27,500 · AnimalsLions Clubs International Foundation: $18,023 · PhilanthropyTRINITY HEALTH: $15,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$224,222Other$147,578Community Improvement$42,500Food & Nutrition$31,744Animals$27,500Philanthropy$18,023Health$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION: $202,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetMINOT COMMISSION ON AGING INC: $31,744 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER MINOT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $27,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLions Clubs International Foundation: $18,023 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMinot Fireworks Association Inc: $17,222 over 1y, 32% of budgetMINOT AREA COUNCIL OF THE ARTS: $17,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCOMPANIONS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLOCAL MOTIVES: $7,500 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ORTHODOXY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MINOT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESOUR VALLEY EDC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLillian and Coleman Taube Museum of Art: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% 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.

Minot Community Found…North Dakota Communit…Minot Junior Golf Ass…Inspiritus Community …Xcel Energy FoundationMinot Area Council of…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Minot Community FoundationND22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Minot Community Foundation · North Dakota Community Foundation · Minot Junior Golf Association Inc · Inspiritus Community Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Minot Area Council of the Arts · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Magic City Lions Club funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Magic City Lions Club. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    4report 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 24 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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