Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC
THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,750 to it, the largest being STEEL KIDS FIRST FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $845k
What The Mickey Lione Jr Fund Inc does
Mission
The fund is pursuing the mission of perpetuating the memory of mickey lione jr. Who by his instruction and example, taught and encouraged young people to strive for personal excellence and make a positive impact on their peers.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
To provide scholarships grants to high school students who best meet the established criteria for leadership and excellence.
$5,970 spentof which $5,970 as grants14% of program spendingTo support local children's athletic organizations.
$36,257 spentof which $34,000 as grants86% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,227.
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 2018 to 2019, from $453k to $666k (+47%).
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.
60% of THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 10 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $6k.
From the IRS filings of THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND 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
THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 83% — diversifying over time.
“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
THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 4 states 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
THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,807 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,807 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND 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.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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 THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND 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 THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC?
- THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,750 to it, the largest being STEEL KIDS FIRST FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $17,750 in grants to THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND INC?
- STEEL KIDS FIRST FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MICKEY LIONE JR FUND 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 4 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