Washington · Nonprofit
University - Ballard Lions Foundation
University - Ballard Lions Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,109 to it, the largest being HARRY L & CLARA CAYO WILSON FDN TR ($174,892). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $125k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $175k
- Net assets
- $378k
What University - Ballard Lions Foundation does
Mission
The university ballard lions foundations is a 501c3 affiliate of the university ballard lions club of seattle, wa which in turn is part of the lions clubs international (lci). The mission of lci and our lions club and foundation is to serve others in need, with special emphasis on sight, hearing and diabetes. The foundation makes grants each year mostly to 501c3 organizations from funds raised by its annual charity auction. The foundation made grants to entities listed on schedule o. Each of the organizations are organized in the united states and none are foreign grants.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Program
University lions camano island youth camp is a 22 acre camp which is offered at no charge to non-profit youth groups. This is owned by the foundation and monies expensed are to maintain the camp.
$12,117 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $12,117.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $341k to $378k (+11%).
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.
91% of University - Ballard Lions Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $46 → $50.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of University - Ballard 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.
How concentrated its funding is
University - Ballard Lions Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
University - Ballard Lions Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
University - Ballard Lions Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 284 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 284 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like University - Ballard 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds University - Ballard Lions Foundation?
- University - Ballard Lions Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,109 to it, the largest being HARRY L & CLARA CAYO WILSON FDN TR ($174,892). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does University - Ballard Lions Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $175,109 in grants to University - Ballard Lions Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of University - Ballard Lions Foundation?
- HARRY L & CLARA CAYO WILSON FDN TR is the largest funder on record, with $174,892 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like University - Ballard Lions 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.
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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 2 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