About Lions Clubs International Foundation
To empower Lions clubs, volunteers and partners to improve health and wellbeing, strengthen communities, and support those in need through humanitarian service and grants that impact lives globally, and encourage peace and international understanding.
Focus Areas
Humanitarian grantsDisaster reliefEye health and visionYouth programs and educationCommunity strengtheningHealth and wellbeingInternational development and peace
Who They Fund
people who are blind or visually impairedchildren and youth (including camps and pediatric patients)people with disabilities (including Special Olympics athletes)food-insecure communities / clients of food banks
About Lions Clubs International Foundation
Lions Clubs International Foundation centers its grantmaking on Lions-led humanitarian service, with recurring support for vision care, disaster response, youth programs, community strengthening, and health and wellbeing. Its recent grants show a pattern of large partnership awards rather than many small competitive awards. The biggest recent grant listed is $2,046,000 to Special Olympics for the LCIF Special Olympics Partnership (2023-2024), followed by $1,869,200 for the 2022-2023 partnership and $1,744,200 for the 2021-2022 partnership. That continuity points to multi-year collaboration in a defined program area. The foundation also uses grants to support global humanitarian partnerships. In 2025, it awarded $1,000,000 to World Food Program USA for the World Food Program Partnership and another $1,000,000 to Global HOPE for the Global HOPE Partnership. Other awards connect to Lions clubs and districts, including a $300,000 grant to Na for Lions Quest Community Partnership 2024 and a $250,000 Humanitarian Award to World Central Kitchen Inc. Across the recent-grants list, the foundation’s work reaches eye health, food security, disaster recovery, and youth development, while staying closely linked to Lions club and district partners.
What Lions Clubs International Foundation Funds
Vision-related giving appears across several partnerships and awards. The foundation gave $250,000 to Surgical Eye Expeditions International Inc for a Humanitarian Award in 2021-2022, and it made three Low Vision Awards to Research to Prevent Blindness Inc: $150,000 in 2023 to Elmhurst, Illinois, plus $150,000 in 2024 and $150,000 in 2025 to New York, New York. Youth and education also show up through Lions Quest and camp-based projects. LCIF granted $300,000 to Na for Lions Quest Community Partnership 2024 and $195,000 to Na for Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant 2023. It also funded diabetes-focused youth programming with $130,257 to Multiple District 33 for a Teaching Kitchen for Youth Diabetes Camp, $106,106 to Multiple District 28 for Support for Utah Diabetes Camp, and $150,000 to District 25 C for Upgrade Camp Until-a-Cure. Community infrastructure and food access are another thread. Examples include $100,000 to District 5M 7 for Construct Clearwater-Clear Lake Food Shelf, $100,000 to District 33 S for Build Community Pantry, and $100,000 to District 12 L for Lions Park Inclusive Playground.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.7M
Total Assets
$448.5M
Total Revenue
$71.3M
Total Expenses
$60.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $60K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$60K
Geographic Reach
National51 states funded
About 4% of grants go to recipients in MN.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Lions Clubs International Foundation Funds
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Lions Clubs International Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 442 | $24.8M | 99.3% |
| 2 | Puerto Rico |
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