The Lions Club of Lake Zurich Illinois
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
To serve and support the local community via an organized membership organization and promote social union and encourage civic participation through volunteer projects. To provide a wide range of needed services to the inner community and the greater good of the residents.
- Income
- $244,953
- Spending
- $224,947
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 100
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $173,776 spent. Sponsored a 3-day community carnival named Alpine Fest. Proceeds support the maintenance of a 3.5-acre public park and a lighted baseball field for Lake Zurich Youth Baseball Association. Additionally we oversee a storage facility for Flames Youth Football Lake Zurich Youth Soccer and Youth Baseball. We also manage the Lions Den a 3,000-square-foot meeting hall accessible at no cost to other nonprofits like the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Unified School District Chamber of Commerce Lake Zurich Property Owners Association Scouting Groups etc.
- $3,675 spent. We own and maintain piers for approximately 22 boats so the community who do not live on Lake Zurich can use the lake. We also maintain a gated launch ramp so property owners can put their boats in the water in spring and take them out in the fall.
- $12,410 spent. Various activities we partake in such as community xmas tree lighting community street fest candy cane hunt for kids township community days.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on November 15, 2013 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Worth knowing.
Recognized by the IRS in October 2025. It is too new to have a track record.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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