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CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC

CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $820,303 to it, the largest being LIONS INTERNATIONAL - CHESTER ($820,303). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$145k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$820k
Net assets
$5k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($105k) Expenses 100 ($96k) Net assets 100 ($14k)2018 Revenue 137 ($143k) Expenses 139 ($133k) Net assets 312 ($43k)2019 Revenue 92 ($96k) Expenses 122 ($117k) Net assets 161 ($22k)2020 Revenue 122 ($128k) Expenses 138 ($132k) Net assets 134 ($18k)2021 Revenue 120 ($126k) Expenses 146 ($140k) Net assets 35 ($5k)2022 Revenue 131 ($138k) Expenses 167 ($160k) Net assets -131 ($-18085)2023 Revenue 142 ($150k) Expenses 127 ($121k) Net assets 74 ($10k)2024 Revenue 62 ($65k) Expenses 56 ($53k) Net assets 160 ($22k)2025 Revenue 138 ($145k) Expenses 146 ($140k) Net assets 37 ($5k)
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Revenue (138)Expenses (146)Net assets (37)Peer revenue range

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,078 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’17
$10k
’18
−$21k
’19
−$4k
’20
−$14k
’21
−$23k
’22
$28k
’23
$12k
’24
$5k
’25
0.4
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $75k → $23k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

100% of CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

NJ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 38% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,643 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In New Jersey

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $820,303 to it, the largest being LIONS INTERNATIONAL - CHESTER ($820,303). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $820,303 in grants to CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
LIONS INTERNATIONAL - CHESTER is the largest funder on record, with $820,303 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHESTER LIONS NJCHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. What this page cannot tell you · view filing