Connecticut · Nonprofit
NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC
NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC ($6,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $98k
What Niantic Lions Charities Inc does
Mission
Community Service and Support for the needy. Lions Clubs initiatives include vision hunger health care education.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Vision Support Services
$12,909 spentof which $12,909 as grants34% of program spendingAlleviate Hunger in our Community
$11,789 spentof which $11,789 as grants31% of program spendingCommunity Education and Support Programs
$13,828 spentof which $13,550 as grants36% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $38,526.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $84k to $98k (+16%).
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.
78% of NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $990.
From the IRS filings of NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES 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.
Where its funders are
NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 262 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 262 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
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 NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES 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 NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC?
- NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC ($6,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,500 in grants to NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC?
- THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NIANTIC LIONS CHARITIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), 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