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Ohio Lions Foundation

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Broadview Hts, OH501(c)(3)Community DevelopmentEIN 31-1162338Revenue $104K in FY2025

On file with the IRSohiolionsfoundation.orgPo Box 470301, 44147-0301 · Broadview Hts, OHTax-exempt since Jun 1986Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Providing aid to the indigent and needy through charitable grants.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11,000 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $35K a year · 29% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
42 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 41.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $200
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$104K
+0.2% vs prior year
Spent
$52K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$104K
FY2025+0.2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$86K
FY2021$59K
FY2022$177K
FY2023$188K
FY2024$104K
FY2025$104K
Expenses
$52K
FY2025▼ -46%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$100K
FY2021$56K
FY2022$82K
FY2023$122K
FY2024$96K
FY2025$52K
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$829K
FY2021$833K
FY2022$927K
FY2023$994K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1986.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $41K Management & general 21% · $11K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Angie Tyler
Trustee Oh 4
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dan O'Connor
Trustee Oh 2
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Fredrick Boring
Trustee Oh 7
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ollie Tipple
Trustee Oh 7-Appointed
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sheryl Burnette
Trustee Oh 1
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John B Cosgray
Trustee Oh 5 & President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dan Lester
Trustee - Exec. Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
James Faust
Trustee - Asst. Sec/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Gives charitable grants to help poor and needy people.

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3 programs · $41K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provided six helen keller scholarships, one coffey scholarship and one plain city scholarship.

$16Kprogram expense
02

Grants in support of organizations that aid those with speech, hearing and sight impairments.

$15Kprogram expense
03

Disaster relief grants to victims of floods and natural disasters.

$10Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Marblehead Peninsula Lions Club Foundation INCFY2024$200
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$200
Grants paid · 30 grants · $355K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$9,820
Unitemized GrantFY2024$500
Unitemized GrantFY2024$500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$37,580
Unitemized GrantFY2023$18,000
Pilot Dogs INCOH · FY2023$11,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,270
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$56,825
Unitemized GrantFY2022$27,000
North Royalton SchoolsFY2022$5,013
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,592
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,214
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,066
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$19,540
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$104K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$57K
Investment incomeLn 3$46K
Other incomeLn 4–11$275
Money outPt IX
$52K
Ln 25
Programscol B$41K
Managementcol C$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$180K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$57K
Investment incomeLn 3$46K
Other incomeLn 4–11$275
Total revenueLn 12$104K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$36K
SavingsLn 2$144K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$180K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$874K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 611,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$160K$180K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$844K$874K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$15K$15K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$26K$26K
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$3$3
InsuranceLn 23$909$909
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$52K$41K$11K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $104K$52K$52K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $104K$96K$8K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $188K$122K$67K$994K 990 PDF
FY2022 $177K$82K$95K$927K 990 PDF
FY2021 $59K$56K$3K$833K 990 PDF
FY2020 $86K$100K−$15K$829K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $103,949 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $66,002$57,283
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $36,802$46,391
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $975$275
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $103,779$103,949
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $88,119$40,697
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,819$10,991
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $95,938$51,688
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,841$52,261
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $103,949 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $50 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$2,050
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$55,233
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$57,283
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $46,391$46,391
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $225$225
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $46,666$103,949
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $51,688 across 8 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $14,877$14,877
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $25,820$25,820
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,111$4,111
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,286$2,286
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,726$1,726
IX-20 InterestManagement $3$3
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $909$909
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $1,956$1,956
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $40,697 · Management $10,991 · Fundraising $0$51,688
Part X · Balance sheet $1,054,007 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $30,122$35,831
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $129,794$144,148
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $843,993$874,028
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,003,909$1,054,007
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,163$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,163$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $367,466$395,261
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $634,280$658,746
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,001,746$1,054,007
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,003,909$1,054,007
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,054,007 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$103,949
XI-2 Total expenses$51,688
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$52,261
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,001,746
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,054,007

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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