Illinois · Nonprofit
The International Association of Lions Clubs
The International Association of Lions Clubs (Illinois) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $451,003 to it, the largest being Elevance Health Foundation Inc ($342,700). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $80M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $451k
- Net assets
- $140M
What The International Association of Lions Clubs does
Mission
To empower Lions Clubs, volunteers, and partners to improve health and well-being, strengthen communities, and support those in need through humanitarian services and grants that impact lives globally and encourage peace and international understanding.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
District and Club Officers and Administration - The district governor team, club officers, and Lions Clubs International staff are responsible for ensuring that clubs and members further the purposes of Lions Clubs International and are responsible for promoting effective membership growth and new club organization. Also included in this program is the District Governors-Elect (DGE) Seminar, which is an intensive training seminar designed to equip district governors-elect with the knowledge, vision, and skills necessary to strengthen and build Lions Clubs International.
$10,899,696 spent20% of program spendingLion Magazine - Lion Magazine is the official publication of Lions Clubs International and is published in 18 languages and circulated to the entire membership base. The purpose of the magazine is to inform Lions members about programs, club activities, and policies of Lions Clubs International.
$2,857,053 spent5% of program spendingInternational Convention - Each year, 15,000-20,000 Lions attend an in-person international convention held annually in a different country. The convention gives Lions members a greater appreciation of Lions Clubs International's global impact and strengthens their commitment to serve. It allows Lions to meet fellow Lions, attend workshops, participate in the election of international leadership, and vote on constitution and by-law changes.
$0 spent0% of program spendingCommittees - Assist the Association in fulfilling its mission and purpose.Communications - Communicate information regarding Lions Clubs International to the community and media.Membership & Leadership Services - Develop programs and curriculum to provide support for training at the club, district, and multiple district level.Public Relations - Develop and provide materials to assist clubs in their public relations activities.Club Supplies - Provide club supplies to its members.Service Activities - Promote and develop programs to support Lions' exempt purpose. Program administrative support is provided by Mail Services and Information Technology departments.International Offices - Service club members worldwide with locations in India, the Republic of Korea, and Japan.
$42,098,795 spentof which $1,174,452 as grants$70,774,895 earned by the program75% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $55,855,544.
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 2020 to 2021, from $164M to $209M (+28%).
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. 5 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $27k → $166k.
3 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $175k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lions Clubs International Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money The International Association of Lions Clubs raised.
From the IRS filings of The International Association of Lions Clubs’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 18 funders by total. 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
The International Association of Lions Clubs leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 85%; 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 37% · 2018 100% · 2019 59% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 50% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
0% of The International Association of Lions Clubs's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 22% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
The International Association of Lions Clubs draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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 The International Association of Lions Clubs
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The International Association of Lions Clubs: 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 The International Association of Lions Clubs?
- The International Association of Lions Clubs (Illinois) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $451,003 to it, the largest being Elevance Health Foundation Inc ($342,700). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The International Association of Lions Clubs have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $451,003 in grants to The International Association of Lions Clubs, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The International Association of Lions Clubs?
- Elevance Health Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $342,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The International Association of Lions Clubs find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing