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Lions Clubs International Foundation

EIN 23-7030455Human Services Illinois Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.

Service has been the hallmark of Lions Clubs International since it was founded in 1917. It is the world's largest service club organization with 1.3 million members in 205 countries and regions. Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) was begun in 1968 to take that service to new levels by tackling global problems as well as assisting Lions with large-scale local humanitarian projects. Through LCIF, Lions meet the needs of their local and global communities. LCIF has evolved to become an internationally recognized humanitarian organization and the largest blindness prevention organization. LCIF is able to leverage its funds by partnering with other non-governmental organizations and corporations that share a common mission. The Foundation grants, on average, $30 million annually. LCIF is particularly proud of it SightFirst program, launched in 1990 to reduce and eliminate the causes of preventable blindness worldwide. Through the program, it has helped more than 30 million people.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.69Overall score
out of 100

86.84Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$55,261,065

Total expenses · USD$58,459,538

Program expenses

$48,989,092.84 recorded amount

83.8%

Fundraising expenses

$4,618,303.50 recorded amount

7.9%

Administrative expenses

$4,735,222.58 recorded amount

8.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Rebecca Daou
Recorded compensation: $197,428.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.33%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Lions Clubs International Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Service has been the hallmark of Lions Clubs International since it was founded in 1917. It is the world's largest service club organization with 1.3 million members in 205 countries and regions. Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) was begun in 1968 to take that service to new levels by tackling global problems as well as assisting Lions with large-scale local humanitarian projects. Through LCIF, Lions meet the needs of their local and global communities. LCIF has evolved to become an internationally recognized humanitarian organization and the largest blindness prevention organization. LCIF is able to leverage its funds by partnering with other non-governmental organizations and corporations that share a common mission. The Foundation grants, on average, $30 million annually. LCIF is particularly proud of it SightFirst program, launched in 1990 to reduce and eliminate the causes of preventable blindness worldwide. Through the program, it has helped more than 30 million people.
`ein` EIN	23-7030455
`tot_exp` Total expenses	58459538.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.081
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.079
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.838
`fscore` Financial score	86.84
`leader` Recorded leader	Rebecca Daou
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	197428.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0033
`motto` Tagline	We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
`name` Charity name	Lions Clubs International Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	55261065.0
`score` Overall score	90.69
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	48989092.844
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4618303.502
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	4735222.578

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7030455
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Multipurpose Human Service Organizations
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.