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Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation

Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $51,950 to it, the largest being SIGHTLIFE ($51,950). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$63k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$52k
Net assets
$1.2M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation does

Mission

A community service organization to promote healthcare of vulnerable people, emphasizing sight and hearing conservation, diabetes awareness and education; and the development and education of youth.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. This organization provides direct support to individuals and organizations to promote the health and development of youth in the local community. Such support includes providing direct support to families in need, support of various extracurricular educational and development activities, and providing financial assistance to disadvantaged youth with medical needs.

    $19,515 spentof which $16,299 as grants
    32% of program spending
  2. This organization provides secondary education scholarships with an emphasis on scholarships for students working towards entering the nursing profession.

    $17,000 spentof which $17,000 as grants
    27% of program spending
  3. This organization provides healthcare to vulnerable people, with an emphasis on sight and hearing conservation. Sight and hearing conservation includes sponsoring eye exams, eyeglasses, hearing exams and hearing aids for low-income individuals. The organization also supports a variety of other projects for the purpose of improving the health and quality of life of low-income individuals and people with disabilities.

    $16,664 spentof which $9,132 as grants
    27% of program spending
  4. Miscellaneous programs promote the human spirit and assist mankind. This includes assistance to vulnerable families during the winter holiday season by providing food and holiday gifts to families with economic need. Other activities include the promotion of diabetes awareness and education; and the support of the charitable programs and activities of Lions Clubs International and the related Lions Clubs Multiple District.

    $8,697 spentof which $8,143 as grants
    14% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $61,876.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($136k) Expenses 100 ($103k) Net assets 100 ($540k)2018 Revenue 198 ($269k) Expenses 147 ($151k) Net assets 126 ($678k)2019 Revenue 97 ($133k) Expenses 125 ($129k) Net assets 127 ($685k)2020 Revenue 123 ($167k) Expenses 45 ($46k) Net assets 136 ($737k)2021 Revenue 273 ($372k) Expenses 78 ($80k) Net assets 215 ($1.2M)2022 Revenue 51 ($69k) Expenses 69 ($70k) Net assets 171 ($925k)2023 Revenue 99 ($135k) Expenses 120 ($124k) Net assets 181 ($978k)2024 Revenue 38 ($52k) Expenses 39 ($41k) Net assets 200 ($1.1M)2025 Revenue 46 ($63k) Expenses 60 ($62k) Net assets 215 ($1.2M)
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Revenue (46)Expenses (60)Net assets (215)

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 $748k to $1.2M (+59%).

$573k
$693k
$685k
$748k
$1.2M
$987k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$33k
’17
$118k
’18
$4k
’19
$120k
’20
$292k
’21
−$1k
’22
$12k
’23
$11k
’24
$773
’25
6.9
months of
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.

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Listed151515161717171717
Joined·+5+4+5+5+3+6+4+2
No longer listed·54443642
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $8k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
total
Sightlifeunclassified
$52k
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Spokane Central Lions Activities 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

Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.

FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
Washington out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

36%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Spokane Central Lions Club · exempt
  • Spokane Central Lions Club Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation?
Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $51,950 to it, the largest being SIGHTLIFE ($51,950). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $51,950 in grants to Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation?
SIGHTLIFE is the largest funder on record, with $51,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Spokane Central Lions Activities Foundation find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 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