Illinois · Nonprofit
ELGIN LIONS CLUB
ELGIN LIONS CLUB (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being HOFFER FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $15k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500
- Net assets
- $11k
What Elgin Lions Club does
Mission
Provide eye care svcs to the disadvantaged
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Eyeglasses/eye care services for under-privileged individuals
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ELGIN LIONS CLUB’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ELGIN LIONS CLUB's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ELGIN LIONS CLUB: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ELGIN LIONS CLUB?
- ELGIN LIONS CLUB (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being HOFFER FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ELGIN LIONS CLUB have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to ELGIN LIONS CLUB.
- Who is the largest funder of ELGIN LIONS CLUB?
- HOFFER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELGIN LIONS CLUB find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing