Michigan · Nonprofit
LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC
LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,831 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($60,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $651k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $284k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Lions of Michigan Service Foundation Inc does
Mission
To work with lions clubs and other community groups to provide services for the disadvantaged with the emphasis on helping uninsured and underinsured michigan residents to obtain affordable medical care and services, especially for the treatment of sight and hearing issues.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hearing and speech improvement - services and financial assistance to help people suffering from hearing loss
$147,665 spentof which $75,956 as grants28% of program spendingProject kidsight - vision screening program to identify and help children suffering from vision disorders
$112,385 spent22% of program spendingEmergency disaster relief for michigan residents
$25,420 spentof which $15,000 as grants5% of program spendingAll other exempt purpose accomplishments
$234,933 spentof which $136,133 as grants45% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $520,403.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $2.2M to $2.7M (+25%).
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.
62% of LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $6k → $51k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. 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 OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 91% · 2019 67% · 2020 59% · 2021 91% · 2022 58% · 2023 29% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
66% of LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $95k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $189k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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 OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Lions of Mi All State Band · exempt
- Lions of Mi Multiple Dist 11 · exempt
- Lions of Mi Publication · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC?
- LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,831 to it, the largest being KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($60,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $283,831 in grants to LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC?
- KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIONS OF MICHIGAN SERVICE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 17 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