Illinois · Public charity
The International Association of Lions Clubs
To empower Lions Clubs, volunteers, and partners to improve health and well-being, strengthen communities, and support those in need through humanitarian services and grants that impact lives globally and encourage peace and international understanding.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $126k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,850
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $160M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The International Association of Lions Clubs funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $126k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $132k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $166k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $141k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $78k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $38k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $75k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Float Inc | $190,000 | 3 | 65% |
| International Association of Lions State Organization | $79,239 | 5 | 6% |
| Lions International Md-2 | $45,393 | 2 | 14% |
| Md22 | $44,850 | 3 | n/a |
| Multiple District 5m International Association of Lions Inc | $39,600 | 3 | 9% |
| Multiple District 16 Lions Clubs International Assoc of Lions Clubs | $31,356 | 2 | 26% |
| Multiple District 49 Lions | $30,000 | 2 | 22% |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $29,850 | 2 | 48% |
| LCICON2023BOSTON (Host Committee) | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
The International Association of Lions Clubs supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The International Association of Lions Clubs
- How much does The International Association of Lions Clubs give?
- The International Association of Lions Clubs reported 10 itemized grants totaling $126,365, out of $1,174,452 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The International Association of Lions Clubs fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (48%), International (28%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are The International Association of Lions Clubs's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lions Float Inc ($190k), International Association of Lions State Organization ($79k), Lions International Md-2 ($45k).
- Does The International Association of Lions Clubs fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The International Association of Lions Clubs?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lions Clubs International Foundation.
- Where is The International Association of Lions Clubs based?
- The International Association of Lions Clubs is based in IL.
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