California · Nonprofit
LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,152 to it, the largest being PFAFFINGER FOUNDATION ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $32
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $0
What Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation of Southern California does
Mission
Lsh identifies disadvantaged individuals suffering from sight or hearing loss and provides them with the financial support and connections necessary to a) restore sight through medical procedures and, b) hearing through the dispensing of new hearing aids.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2022 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Lshf voted to begin dissolution process duringt his fiscal year. All assets have been distributed through a grant.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Lshf did not perform programs services while closing out the nonprofit during fye 06-30-2023.
$31,605 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $31,605.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $544k to $44k (−92%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
2020 → 2021: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $30k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’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 SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 99% · 2021 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 SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152 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.
Organizations like LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: 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 SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,152 to it, the largest being PFAFFINGER FOUNDATION ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $45,152 in grants to LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- PFAFFINGER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing