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

relief lions purchase tornado vision equip screening playground

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

58 grants matching “lions” · $2.7M

$225,000
Na Lions Quest Community Partnership Grants · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2025
$150,000
Multiple District 34 · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Support for Alabama Lions Sight Mobile Eye Clinic
$64,000
District 1 H · Galesburg, IL · 2024
Lions Quest
$55,368
Multiple District 18 · Cordele, GA · 2024
Equip Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation
$33,469
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Baldridge Endowment Fund for Sight 2025
$15,000
Lions Foundation of District 35n · Miami, FL · 2024
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2025
$15,000
District 49b International Association of Lions Clubs · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2025
$15,000
Lions District 5m-9 · Perham, MN · 2024
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2025
$15,000
Lions of District 18-N · Lyons, GA · 2024
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2025
$14,000
District 51 O · Utuado, PR · 2024
Lions Day of Service
$12,330
Multiple District 38 · Omaha, NE · 2024
Update Record Management System for Lions Eye Bank of Nebraska
$12,000
District 44 H · Atkinson, NH · 2024
Purchase Solar Panels for Lions Camp Pride
$8,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Louisville, KY · 2024
Lions-Elevance Health Volunteer Days (2024)
$7,500
Conejo Valley Lions Club · Agoura Hills, CA · 2024
Lions-Elevance Health Volunteer Days (2024)
$7,007
District 5m 6 · White Bear Lake, MN · 2024
Lions Service Day Care for Kids
$5,645
East Hampton Lions Charities · E Hampton, CT · 2024
Lions-Elevance Health Volunteer Days (2024)
$300,000
Na · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Lions Quest Community Partnership 2024
$100,000
District 12 N · Maryville, TN · 2023
Equip East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank
$100,000
District 22 C · Prince Frederick, MD · 2023
Lions Camp Merrick Pool Renovation (Lead Gift Designation)
$100,000
Multiple District 5m · Sauk Centre, MN · 2023
Equip Lions Temporal Bone Laboratory
$100,000
District 12 L · Bogota, TN · 2023
Lions Park Inclusive Playground
$50,000
District 18 I · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
Equip Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation
$25,000
District 4 L6 · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Purchase Vision Screening Equipment for San Diego Lions
$23,710
Multiple District 27 · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Lions Eye Bank Wisconsin Guatemala Project
$19,743
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Baldridge Endowment Fund for Sight 2024
$18,000
District 22 D · Newark, DE · 2023
Lions Empowering School Nurses
$18,000
District 5 Se · Hawarden, IA · 2023
Support Lions Kidsight Vision Screening Project
$15,000
District 44 H · Londonderry, NH · 2023
Renovation of Lions Camp for the Disabled
$15,000
District 18 I · Winder, GA · 2023
Equip Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation
$14,075
District 20 K2 · 2023
Equip Long Island Lions Eye Bank
$10,949
District 5m 6 · White Bear Lake, MN · 2023
Lions Service Day
$7,500
Lions-Anthem Partnership · Agoura Hills, CA · 2023
Lions-Elevance Health Volunteers Days (2023)
$7,000
District 18 N · Cordele, GA · 2023
Equip Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation (local match)
$6,235
District 18 O · Winder, GA · 2023
Equip Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation (local match)
$195,000
Na · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2023
$100,000
District 5m 8 · St Cloud, MN · 2022
Sartell Lions Inclusive Playground
$62,042
Multiple District 20 · Garden City, NY · 2022
Lions Camp Badger
$21,875
District 2 X1 · Coppell, TX · 2022
Construct Beds for Texas Lions Camp
$15,000
Indiana Lions District 25-C · Zionsville, IN · 2022
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2023
$15,000
Lions District 43-K · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2023
$15,000
Lions Quest Project · Reno, NV · 2022
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2023
$9,292
District 19 C · Puyallup, WA · 2022
Expand Lions Low Vision Resource Center
$200,000
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation · Slidell, LA · 2021
Baldridge Endowment Special Distribution 2021
$175,000
Lions Clubs International · Oak Brook, IL · 2021
Afghan Ally Resettlement
$100,000
Panhandle of Texas Lions Foundation · Wheeler, TX · 2021
Kylie Hiner Memorial Playground for Children with Disabilities
$54,761
Quarry Lions Clubs · Sandstone, MN · 2021
Panther Park Community Development
$20,000
Multiple District 25 · Muncie, IN · 2021
Equip Lions Speech and Hearing Loaner Libraries
$19,594
Conejo Valley Lions Club · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2021
Lions-Anthem Volunteer Days (2021)
$18,960
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundaiton · Slidell, LA · 2021
J & J Sight for Kids - Louisiana
$18,194
Varina Lions Club Foundation · Henrico, VA · 2021
Lions-Anthem Volunteer Days (2021)
$16,668
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundaiton · Slidell, LA · 2021
Baldridge Endowment Fund for Sight 2021
$15,184
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation · Slidell, LA · 2021
Baldridge Endowment Fund for Sight
$15,000
International Association of Lions District 34a · Athens, AL · 2021
Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2021
$10,890
District 22 D · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Slit Lamp for Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley
$8,000
District 20 N · Depew, NY · 2021
Western NY Lions Vision Program
$6,500
District 24 L · Mineral, VA · 2021
Renovate Northern Virginia Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center
$5,600
Zionsville Lions Club · Zionsville, IN · 2021
KidSight Screening Program
$5,500
Dallastown Lions Club · Dallastown, PA · 2021
Tree Planting (Enel Energy)

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

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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