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River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community

Public charity · Grantmaker Lake Wylie, SC EIN: 26-1312978 Website

The community foundation helps support the various charities of the river hills/lake wylie lions charities, inc. The community foundation accepts charitable donations and invests the funds received. The earnings from the investments are given to river hills/lake wylie lions charities, inc to use for their charitable works. River hills/lake wylie lions charities raises and distributes money to local, state and national charities.

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community at a glance

In short: River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community gave $60K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $60K), mostly in South Carolina. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$60,000
+20.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$60,000
+20.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$60,000
Total assets
$1,976,175
+20.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
South Carolina (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Charities Inc: $60KRiver Hillslake Wylie LionsCharities Inc$60K

The largest 2025 recipient was River Hillslake Wylie Lions Charities Inc ($60K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

Clover

How River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community gives

  • Giving grew 36% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $26K (2020) to $60K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $60K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
River Hillslake Wylie Lions Charities Inc Clover, SCTo support rh/lw lions charities, inc in raising and distributing money to local, state and national charities$60,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,976,175$265,458$70,637$60,0001$58,438
2024$1,638,214$252,867$61,116$50,0001$45,736
2023$1,312,587$184,652$50,644$45,0001$17,375
2022$1,107,119$213,282$52,194$44,0001$47,903
2021$1,173,212$195,687$43,163$33,8001$90,258
2020$816,199$121,521$30,231$26,4001$37,356

About River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community

Based on IRS filings

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Lake Wylie, SC. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $60K. Net investment income was $58K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community is led by Allan Sutherland, Chairperson since 2021 (on filings since 2020); none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Allan Sutherland

    Chairperson

    Vice Chair → Chairperson, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bruce Roberts

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Tucker

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Nowak

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Worrell

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tommy Crates

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave Hunt

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Lannon

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ben Rawls

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Heslop

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack Leff

    Vice Chairperson

    Trustee → Vice Chairperson, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (7)
  • Former: Rj Phillips (2020–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Richard Ellington (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Sam Swisher (2022–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Ray Williams (2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Drew Naber (2020–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Gene Foster (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Jerry Epping (2020) — Chairperson

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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 River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community

How much does River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community give each year?

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community gave $60K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $50K across 1 grant.

How large is River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community?

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community reported $2.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $265K.

What is River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community?

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Lake Wylie, SC. It holds $2.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community operate?

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community has awarded grants in South Carolina.

What is River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community's EIN?

River Hillslake Wylie Lions Community's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-1312978. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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