International Association of Lions Clubs
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What it says it does
TO EMPOWER VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES, MEET HUMANITARIAN NEEDS, ENCOURAGE PEACE AND PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH LIONS CLUBS.
- Income
- $225,057
- Spending
- $233,020
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 36
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (4)
- $210,115 spent. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LUBBOCK - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES IN NEED OF MEDICAL SERVICES, RENT, UTILITIES AND FOOD ASSISTANCE.
- AMERICAN RED CROSS - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY DISASTER EVENTS HERE IN THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA OF TEXAS.
- TEXAS LIONS EYEGLASS RECYCLING CENTER - TO PROVIDE USED EYEGLASSES TO LIONS AND OTHER GROUP MISSIONS PROVIDING VISION SCREENING AND ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
- LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE MEALS TO THE ELDERLY AND SHUTINS; PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS TO DELIVER MEALS TO THE RECIPIENTS.PAUL'S PROJECT / GRACE CAMPUS - TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE AT-RISK OF OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CAN READILY ACCESS AND NAVIGATE HOUSING ASSISTANCE- NO MATTER WHERE IN THE COMMUNITY THEY FIRST SEEK HELP.LUBBOCK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CLINIC - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE UNDERSERVED CHILDREN OF THE LUBBOCK COMMUNITY.SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK- TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP FEED THE HOMELESS AND THE UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE KIDS A HOT MEAL AFTER SCHOOL AT DESIGNATED KIDS CAFE LOCATIONS THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK.BIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING MENTORS TO KIDS OF SINGLE PARENT HOMES.CASA OF THE SOUTH PLAINS - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY VOLUNTEERS SERVING AS COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES IN COURT APPEARANCES.TEXAS LIONS FOUNDATION - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANTS TO TEXAS CITIZENS THAT HAVE SUFFERED DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN TEXAS.RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THAT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CAN PROVIDE LODGING, MEALS AND A COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO RECHARGE WHILE CARING FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL.THE SALVATION ARMY - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING SHELTER TO THE HOMELESS AND DISASTER RELIEF AFTER DISASTER STRIKES IN THE LOCAL AREA.HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - TO CONSTRUCT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.MIRACLES IN SIGHT LUBBOCK - TO SUPPORT THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, AND ENHANCEMENT OF SIGHT THROUGH TRANSPLANT, RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INNOVATION.100 BLACK MEN OF WEST TEXAS - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ALLOW THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO SERVE AS TRAILBLAZERS AND ROLE MODELS FOR THE YOUTH OF TODAY WHO WILL ASSUME POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE FUTURE. ONE VOICE HOME - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO SERVICE AS A HAVEN FOR SURVIVORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING TO BEGIN THEIR UNIQUE JOURNEY OF HEALING. THE INSIDE OUT FOUNDATION - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO ASSIST AND SERVE WOMEN SUFFERING FROM BREAST CANCER THE SUPPORT AND COMFORT OF RESTORING THE FEMININE BEAUTY FROM WITHIN. FRIENDS OF THE MONUMENT FOUNDATION - TO PPERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND HISTORY OF OUR REGION'S VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO FOSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION FOR GENERATIONS TO COME ABOUT THOSE WHO PAID A PRICE FOR OUR FREEDOM. FRENDSHIP LEO LIONS CLUB - PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LEO CLUB TO PURCHASE T-SHIRTS BEARING THE LIONS EMBLEM TO HELP IDENTIFY MEMBER OF THE LEO LIONS CLUB. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS SCHOLARSHIPS - TO AWARD OVER 100 SCHOLARSHIPS TO SOUTH PLAINS AREA STUDENTS EACH YEAR.HARRINGTON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS RECOVERING FROM CANCER. TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS HONOR FLIGHT - TO PROVIDE LOCAL VETERANS WITH A METICULOUSLY ORGANIZED, THREE-DAY, ALL-EXPENSES-PAID TRIP, ALLOWING THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE MEMORIALS ERECTED IN THEIR HONOR.AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ALLOW LOCAL KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES TO ATTEND SUMMER CAMP. EAST LUBBOCK ART HOUSE - TO MAKE ART ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS WHILE WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CREATIVITY AND ACTIVISM TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY.GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - HELPING PEOPLE OVERCOME CHALLENGES, BUILD SKILLS, FIND JOBS, & GROW CAREERS.LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION- TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES RELIEF TO THOSE THAT HAVE SUFFERED NATURAL DISASTERS AROUND THE WORLD. DISTRICT 2-T2 LIONS CLUB - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DISTRICT 2-T2 LIONS CLUB FOR SUPPORT IN PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO SUMMER CAMPS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND SUPPORT FOR FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR THE TEXAS LIONS CAMP AND FOR WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND IN THEIR EFFORTS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM DISABLITIES AND BLINDNESS.SOUTH PLAINS FOOD 2 KIDS - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE 'FOOD 2 KIDS' PROGRAM TO COMBAT THE HUNGER PROBLEM IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN FROM THE UNDERSERVED SEGEMENT OF OUR CITY.VOICE OF HOPE - TO OFFER HELP, HOPE, AND HEALING TO ALL PERSONS IMPACTED BY SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH ADVOCACY, AWARENESS, AND COLLABORATION IN LUBBOCK AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.JOE ARRINGTON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION - TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS RECOVERING FROM CANCER.PROVIDING VALENTINE STUFFED ANIMALS TO CHILDREN AT LOCAL HOSPITALS.PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE JULIAN C. HYER YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
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 June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1940.
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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