Nebraska · Nonprofit
LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC
LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,067 to it, the largest being NANCY LF DAVIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Lions Eye Bank of Nebraska Inc does
Mission
Eye tissue retrieval, processing, distribution, and research
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
We provide the "gift of sight" through the promotion, procurement and distribution of human eye tissue for transplantation and research. The lions eye bank is dedicated to providing the highest quality human eye tissue to restore vision to those with visual difficulties and to aid in the crusade against all blindness. The staff and board members serve as stewards to ensure that we maintain the dignity and respect of all those involved in eye donation. We feel that for our organization to be successful, we need to be aware of all components of donation, with the most important aspect being the donor family and making sure we are fulfilling their wishes. Making the donation process a positive experience for them and their loved ones is our ultimate goal. If we achieve that goal, our organization will automatically be successful. Recently a state-wide donor registry was established with the nebraska organ recovery system and the dept of motor vehicles. We feel that the registry will increase the number of donors not only for life saving organs but also for eyes and other tissues. New fda regulations require additional paperwork, recordkeeping, testing and much more.
$1,367,007 spent$1,484,125 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,367,007.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $1.0M (−21%).
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.
2% of LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Kal Lausterer
Chairman of
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $57.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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 LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $46k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$46k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC: 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 LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC?
- LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,067 to it, the largest being NANCY LF DAVIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,067 in grants to LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC?
- NANCY LF DAVIS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIONS EYE BANK OF NEBRASKA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing