Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc
To provide charitable grants to nonprofit organizations with a focus on sight conservation, community and youth charities, and education
Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $694,942
- +7.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $30,355
- -16.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $23,352
- -17.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $25,770
- -79.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 4 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc gives
- Giving grew 117% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $650 (2020) to $100K (2023). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $50K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Habitat for Humanity Bellflower, CA | Charitable Home Building for Communities | $50,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $694,942 | $30,355 | $25,770 | — | — | $23,352 |
| 2024 | $646,679 | $36,243 | $123,437 | $50,000 | 1 | $28,167 |
| 2023 | $688,113 | $29,540 | $165,184 | $100,000 | 1 | $18,138 |
| 2022 | $781,838 | $27,369 | $50,907 | $6,000 | Total only | $5,286 |
| 2021 | $899,557 | $74,132 | $37,725 | $23,000 | 2 | $21,158 |
| 2020 | $708,336 | $12,310 | $23,388 | $650 | Total only | — |
| 2019 | $733,955 | $9,242 | $90,265 | $9,974 | Total only | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc
Based on IRS filings
Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc is a public charity focused on Economically disadvantaged people, based in Long Beach, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $695K in total assets. Net investment income was $23K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc is led by Kirk Davis, President since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kirk Davis
President
Past President → Director, 2023
Director → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hilda Gayton
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marilyn Russell Bittle
Director
Director → President, 2023
President → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Merlin Thimlar
Director
Director → President, 2024
President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mel Nutter
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gene Johnson
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dennis Drag
Secretary
Secretary → President, 2022
President → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rick Pinson
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (10)
- Former: Myra Kremen (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Leon Donjuan (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Barbara Haller-Poland (2022) — Director
- Former: Claudia Harden (2022) — Director
- Former: Jim Sullos (2022) — Director
- Former: Barbara Haller (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Steve Huhta (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Al Weingartner (2019) — Director
- Former: Charlie Quaife (2019) — Director
- Former: Garth Phillips (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc
How large is Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc?
Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc reported $695K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $30K.
What is Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc?
Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc is a public charity focused on Economically disadvantaged people, based in Long Beach, CA. It holds $695K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc operate?
Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc has awarded grants in California.
What is Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc's EIN?
Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-6096685. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 10, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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