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← LEXINGTON LIONS CLUB ENDOWMENT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEXINGTON LIONS CLUB ENDOWMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$750,903
Total expenses
$125,953
Contributions and grants received
$128,650
Grants paid
$91,880
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$622,253
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,940,186
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,940,186
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$91,880
Management and general expenses
$34,073
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$91,880

Program services were 72.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $127,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,150

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $102,205 · excluded $102,205

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,133,018

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,612,970

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $520,048

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $520,048 · related or exempt $520,048

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $91,880 · program services $91,880

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,250 · management and general $3,250

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,250 · management and general $1,250

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $29,397 · management and general $29,397

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $176 · management and general $176

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $34,801 · end of year $11,146

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $508,546 · end of year $554,767

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $2,890,994 · end of year $3,374,273

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,886,904 · end of year $2,346,528

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,547,437 · end of year $1,593,658

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS SERVICES TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AND TO THEIR FAMILIES IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE EACH CHILD'S DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN THE AREAS OF DIABETES, AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER HEARING AND VISION RELATED DISEASES.

  • THE BLUEGRASS COUNCIL OF THE BLIND, INC. PROVIDES INFORMATION, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND REFERRAL RESOURCES TO BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADULTS IN FAYETTE AND SURROUNDING EASTERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES. AMONG THE SERVICES OFFERED ARE: PEER COUNSELING, REFERRAL TO APPROPRIATE AGENCIES OR PROGRAMS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND A SPEAKERS' BUREAU TO PROMOTE THE POTENTIAL OF BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS WITH THE COMMUNITY. ALL SERVICES OFFERED BY THE COUNCIL ARE FREE OF CHARGE.

    Expenses $30,380 · Grants $30,380

  • THE LION'S EYE BANK OF LEXINGTON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCURING AND PLACING HUMAN EYE TISSUE FOR TRANSPLANTATION. THE LIONS EYE BANK OF LEXINGTON ADVANCES OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING TO BETTER SERVCE THE LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WILL FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS SET FORTH BY THE EYE BANK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AND THE FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THE LIONS EYE BANK OF LEXINGTON COLLABORATES WITH THE TRUST IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND PROMOTES AWARENESS FOR EYE, TISSUE AND ORGAN DONATION.

    Expenses $39,000 · Grants $39,000

  • VISUALLY IMPAIRED PRESCHOOL SERVICES, INC. (VIPS) OFFERS APPROPRIATE SERVICES TO FAMILIES OF INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS TO MAXIMIZE EACH CHILD'S DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. VIPS IS THE ONLY PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT AGENCY DEDICATED TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INFANTS, TODDLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $22,500 · Grants $22,500

  • LEXINGTON HEARING & SPEECH CENTER, LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND AND THE INDEPENDENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, ALL SUPPORT THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF BLINDNESS THROUGH RESEARCH, EYE BANKS AND EYE CLINICS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Coo Ee Shelby

    SECRETARY &

    Total calculated
    $3,250
    From this org
    $3,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bea Chapin

    TREASURER &

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Ferell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mac Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Mynear

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pat Ryan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Shorr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Weber

    CHAIRMAN & D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601349349306940

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