Nebraska · Nonprofit
NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC
NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,000 to it, the largest being SHOEMAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($27,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $225k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $598k
What Nebraska Lions Foundation Inc does
Mission
Service for those in need - this includes assisting in public medical screenings, purchasing medical equipment and exams and other items.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
These grants are made for the continued support of the organizations that provide leadership and support for the sight, hearing, and physically impaired and the underpriviledged.
$41,740 spentof which $41,740 as grants19% of program spendingAll money spent was for assistance to individuals that needed help in the areas of hearing, sight, diabetes, and related equipment and surgeries. All assistance is referred and matched by local lions clubs, or referred to us by state vision & hearing organizations.
$24,852 spentof which $24,852 as grants12% of program spendingThe mobile screening unit (msu) is a testing vehicle that travels across the state of nebraska performing free testing services to the citizens of nebraska. The services include eye tests, glaucoma tests, blood sugar & blood pressure tests, and hearing tests. This msu has provided over $20 million of free service.
$106,577 spent$72,228 earned by the program49% of program spendingThe lions camp is a camp for the visually impaired children in the state and allows the opportunity for the children to camp, canoe, swim and enjoy the outdoors. The foundation coordinates the sale of peaches across the state of nebraska. There are over 100 clubs within nebraska that sell the peaches within their local communities.
$42,663 spent$71,722 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $215,832.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $459k to $519k (+13%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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 held at 1 funder, grant income held at $5k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $53k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Nebraska Lions Foundation Endowment Fund Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION 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
NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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 NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like NEBRASKA LIONS 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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Nebraska Lions Foundation Endowment · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION 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 NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC?
- NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,000 to it, the largest being SHOEMAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($27,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $52,000 in grants to NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION INC?
- SHOEMAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $27,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEBRASKA LIONS FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing