Funding search · EIN 237030455 · Oak Brook, IL

Lions Clubs International Foundation

Name: Lions Clubs International Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

444
grants reported: $24.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Special Olympics5 grants · $7.6M
Global Hope4 grants · $1.4M
World Food Program USA1 grant · $1.0M
Na2 grants · $495,000
Multiple District 335 grants · $473,676
Research To Prevent Blindness3 grants · $450,000
District 12 L5 grants · $324,500
District 12 N6 grants · $316,923
District 5m 65 grants · $308,799
Multiple District 353 grants · $295,888

Giving over time

$5.3M

2021

$5.7M

2022

$8.1M

2023

$5.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 444 grants.

$2.0M
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2023
LCIF Special Olympics Partnership (2023-2024)
$1.9M
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2024
LCIF Special Olympics Partnership (2024-2025)
$1.9M
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2022
LCIF Special Olympics Partnership (2022-2023)
$1.7M
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2021
LCIF Special Olympics Partnership (2021-2022)
$1.0M
Global Hope · Houston, TX · 2023
Global HOPE Partnership
$1.0M
World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2023
World Food Program Partnership
$300,000
Na · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Lions Quest Community Partnership 2024
$250,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Humanitarian Award 2022-2023
$250,000
Surgical Eye Expeditions International · Goleta, CA · 2021
Humanitarian Award 2021-2022
$225,000
Na Lions Quest Community Partnership Grants · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2025
$215,000
Global Hope · Houston, TX · 2023
Global HOPE Partnership
$200,000
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation · Slidell, LA · 2021
Baldridge Endowment Special Distribution 2021
$195,000
Na · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2023
$175,000
Lions Clubs International · Oak Brook, IL · 2021
Afghan Ally Resettlement
$150,000
District 34 a · Cullman, AL · 2024
Expand Community Kitchen
$150,000
Multiple District 34 · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Support for Alabama Lions Sight Mobile Eye Clinic
$150,000
District 25 C · Brazil, IN · 2023
Upgrade Camp Until-a-Cure
$150,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · New York, NY · 2023
Research to Prevent Blindness/LCIF Low Vision Award
$150,000
District 35 N · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
J & J Sight for Kids - South Florida: Year 2
$150,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · New York, NY · 2022
Research to Prevent Blindness/LCIF Low Vision Award
$150,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · Elmhurst, IL · 2021
Research to Prevent Blindness/LCIF Low Vision Award
$130,257
Multiple District 33 · East Weymouth, MA · 2022
Teaching Kitchen for Youth Diabetes Camp
$116,000
Multiple District 18 · Cordele, GA · 2023
J&J Sight for Kids Georgia Program
$110,021
District 2 A2 · La Vernia, TX · 2022
Support Diabetes Prevention in San Antonio
$107,114
District 19 N · Cosmopolis, WA · 2024
Expand Food Pantry
$106,106
Multiple District 28 · Riverdale, UT · 2023
Support for Utah Diabetes Camp
$100,000
District 11 A2 · Clinton Township, MI · 2024
Construct Inclusive Playground in Clinton Township
$100,000
District 12 L · Trimble, TN · 2024
All Inclusive Playground
$100,000
District 34 C · Loxley, AL · 2024
Build Miracle League Park Phase III
$100,000
District 5m 2 · Jordan, MN · 2024
Construct Shakopee Miracle Field
$100,000
Multiple District 31 · Cleveland, NC · 2024
Hurricane Helene Relief 2024 (North Carolina)
$100,000
Multiple District 33 · Upton, MA · 2024
Purchase Adaptive Optics Retinal Camera and Field Analyzer
$100,000
Multiple District 35 · Winter Haven, FL · 2024
Hurricane Helene Relief Florida 2024
$100,000
Multiple District 4 · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
MCAT - California Wildfires 2025
$100,000
District 12 L · Bogota, TN · 2023
Lions Park Inclusive Playground
$100,000
District 12 N · Maryville, TN · 2023
Equip East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank
$100,000
District 2 S5 · La Grange, TX · 2023
Construct Inclusive Playground in Gonzales County
$100,000
District 22 C · Prince Frederick, MD · 2023
Lions Camp Merrick Pool Renovation (Lead Gift Designation)
$100,000
District 22 W · Westminster, MD · 2023
Purchase Mobile Screening Unit
$100,000
District 30 M · Tupelo, MS · 2023
Reconstruction of Tornado Damaged Roofs
$100,000
District 4 A3 · Camarillo, CA · 2023
Purchase Diabetes Screening Equipment for Ventura County
$100,000
District 5m 7 · Braham, MN · 2023
Construct Clearwater-Clear Lake Food Shelf
$100,000
Global Hope · Houston, TX · 2023
Global HOPE Partnership
$100,000
Multiple District 2 · Lubbock, TX · 2023
Wildfire Relief Efforts
$100,000
Multiple District 33 · West Wareham, MA · 2023
Purchase Ophthalmology Equipment
$100,000
Multiple District 5m · Sauk Centre, MN · 2023
Equip Lions Temporal Bone Laboratory
$100,000
District 2 T3 · Odessa, TX · 2022
Equip Food Bank Mobile Pantry
$100,000
District 20 R1 · Suffern, NY · 2022
Pool Renovation for VCB Visions Center on Blindness
$100,000
District 33 S · Hanson, MA · 2022
Build Community Pantry
$100,000
District 5m 11 · Karlstad, MN · 2022
Renovate Goodridge Playground
$100,000
District 5m 6 · White Bear Lake, MN · 2022
All Inclusive Playground
$100,000
District 5m 8 · St Cloud, MN · 2022
Sartell Lions Inclusive Playground
$100,000
Multiple District 1 · Orland Park, IL · 2022
Multiuse Mobile Screening Unit
$100,000
Multiple District 35 · North Port, FL · 2022
Florida - Hurricane Ian Relief 2022
$100,000
Multiple District 51 · Caguas, PR · 2022
Puerto Rico - Hurricane Fiona Relief 2022
$100,000
District 1 H · Galesburg, IL · 2021
Construct a Cold Storage Warehouse
$100,000
District 12 N · Loudon, TN · 2021
Construct Adult Day Center
$100,000
District 2 X1 · Coppell, TX · 2021
Mobile Food Pantry
$100,000
District 26 M6 · Springfield, MO · 2021
All Inclusive Playground
$100,000
District 4 C5 · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Expand UC Davis Tele-ophthalmology Program
$100,000
District 5m 4 · Montevideo, MN · 2021
Construct Greenhouse for Food Production and Education
$100,000
District 5m 6 · Burnsville, MN · 2021
Eye Surgery Simulator
$100,000
Global Hope · Houston, TX · 2021
Global HOPE Partnership
$100,000
Multiple District 33 · Belmont, MA · 2021
OCT for Boston Medical Center
$100,000
Multiple District 7 · Weiner, AR · 2021
Renovate World Services for the Blind Group Home
$100,000
Panhandle of Texas Lions Foundation · Wheeler, TX · 2021
Kylie Hiner Memorial Playground for Children with Disabilities
$99,500
District 12 L · Trimble, TN · 2024
Purchase Retina and Cataract Surgery Machine
$98,427
District 13 Oh1 · Elida, OH · 2021
All Inclusive Playground
$95,888
Multiple District 35 · North Port, FL · 2022
Special Olympics Florida
$93,856
District 37 · Billings, MT · 2022
Equip Gallatin Valley Food Bank
$93,729
District 24 C · Moneta, VA · 2024
Build Inclusive Playground for Meadow View Elementary
$90,843
District 5m 6 · White Beark Lake, MN · 2023
Keystone Foodmobile III
$90,000
District 24 C · Moneta, VA · 2024
Furnish Carilion Children's Hematology & Oncology Clinic
$90,000
District 12 N · Mayville, TN · 2022
Caryville Cares Playground for Children with Disabilities
$88,752
District 21 S · Buckeye, AZ · 2023
Refrigerated Food Truck for Local Food Pantry
$84,000
District 26 M1 · Perryville, MO · 2021
Equip Missouri Delta Medical Center
$81,270
District 43-K · Liectchfield, KY · 2021
Midwestern Winter Tornado Outbreak
$80,270
District 4 L2 · Whittier, CA · 2021
Expansion of Women's Crisis Center
$79,122
Multiple District 32 · Clinton, SC · 2023
Equip Storm Eye Institute with OCT Machine
$75,000
District 27 A2 · Fall River, WI · 2023
Equip Port Washington Food Pantry
$75,000
District 36 R · Independence, OR · 2023
Ella Curran Community Food Bank
$75,000
Chicago Eagles Wings · Chicago, IL · 2022
Medical Mission Trip to Philippines (Lead Gift Designation)
$75,000
District 2 X1 · Coppell, TX · 2022
Purchase Truck for Food Bank
$75,000
District 37 · Denton, MT · 2021
Purchase Ambulance
$75,000
District 5m 8 · Paynesville, MN · 2021
All Inclusive Playground
$74,535
Multiple District 39 · Weiser, ID · 2024
Expand & Equip Envision Idaho
$73,443
District 25 a · La Porte, IN · 2024
Renovate Blind Social Center
$67,903
District 33 S · North Attleboro, MA · 2023
Purchase Eyemobile for Vision Screenings
$67,750
Multiple District 51 · Caguas, PR · 2022
Puerto Rico Homes Reconstruction -Phase II (Supplemental)
$66,978
District 5m 2 · Jordan, MN · 2024
Purchase Van for Bountiful Basket
$66,667
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2021
AAOT and Special Olympics Caribbean
$66,448
District 10 · Marquette, MI · 2023
Bark River Inclusive Playground
$66,000
District 4 C6 · King City, CA · 2021
Mobile Health Unit
$64,000
District 1 H · Galesburg, IL · 2024
Lions Quest
$62,832
District 26 M4 · Maryville, MO · 2022
Equip Senior Feeding Center with Industrial Freezer
$62,042
Multiple District 20 · Garden City, NY · 2022
Lions Camp Badger
$60,029
District 13 Oh2 · Attica, OH · 2022
Purchase Kitchen Equipment
$60,000
District 4 C6 · Boulder Creek, CA · 2023
Barn Construction for Common Roots Farm
$60,000
District 14 C · Carlisle, PA · 2021
Expand Cold Storage Capacity in Food Bank Network
$58,446
District 1 M · Danville, IL · 2021
All Inclusive Playground

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