Alaska · Nonprofit
NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION
NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION (Alaska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being THE USIBELLI FOUNDATION ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $87k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $405k
What North Pole Lions Foundation does
Mission
The primary focus of this foundation is to fund and operate the Aurora Borealis Lions Eyeglass Recycling & Vision Center of North Pole, Alaska; and to advance community based assistance for persons (in need) requiring eye care (eyeglasses, eye-exams, low-vision assistive devices, or more complex and expensive eye care/surgeries, to include building a community based network of interagency collaborators, supporters and providers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
NAICS 446130: Advance community based assistance for persons (in need) requiring eye care (eyeglasses, eye-exams, low-vision assistive devices, or more complex eye care/surgeries. Accomplishments: Conducted multiple vision screening clinics, identifying suspect vision and educating nearly 1050 persons in vision impairment/treatment
$18,309 spent37% of program spendingNAICS 446130: Fund and operate the Aurora Borealis Lions Eyeglass Recycling & Vision Center of North Pole, Alaska Accomplishments: Recycled 37.5K pairs of used eyeglasses, sending nearly 18,721 pairs to organizations supporting 3rd world country and CONUS health missions and nearly 125 to Alaska residents in need.
$18,308 spent37% of program spendingConduct multiple community support events that raise the level of awareness of the services of the Aurora Borealis Lions Eyeglass Recycling & Vision Center, and other auxiliary support programs
$13,024 spent26% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $49,641.
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 2019 to 2020, from $283k to $355k (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 0% · 2019 34% · 2020 8% · 2021 9% · 2022 11% · 2023 6% · 2024 27% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION’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
100% of NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Alaska 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.
Against its field
NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION
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 Alaska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION: 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 NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION?
- NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION (Alaska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being THE USIBELLI FOUNDATION ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,500 in grants to NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION?
- THE USIBELLI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH POLE LIONS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alaska. 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 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