Organizations Filed Purposes:
To support the efforts of Lions clubs and partners in serving communities locally and globally, giving hope and impacting lives through humanitarian service projects and grants.
To support the efforts of Lions clubs worldwide in serving their local communities and the world community as they carry out essential humanitarian service projects.
HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVES - AS MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY, LIONS ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO IDENTIFY LOCAL INITIATIVES THAT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND THOSE WHO ARE UNDERSERVED. EACH YEAR LIONS CLUB MEMBERS DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES, IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELL BEING, AND PROTECT THE VULNERABLE. GRANTS ARE COMBINED WITH LOCALLY RAISED FUNDS, TO ADDRESS UNMET HUMANITARIAN NEEDS FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, OR VITAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES. SPECIAL AREAS OF FOCUS FOR LIONS INCLUDE SERVICE IN THE AREAS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER, HUNGER, DIABETES, AND YOUTH. LIONS QUEST GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO EXPAND A SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM, WHICH FOCUSES ON DELIVERING LIFE SKILLS TRAINING IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS FOR GRADES PRE-K THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. MORE THAN 19 MILLION STUDENTS AND 725,000 EDUCATORS IN MORE THAN 109 COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IMPACTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, LCIF DEVELOPS GLOBAL INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO FURTHER THE IMPACT OF LIONS AND LCIF. FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSION INCLUSION PARTNERSHIP, LIONS HAVE SCREENED THE VISION OF MORE THAN 445,231 ATHLETES IN 93 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. THROUGH INVOLVEMENT WITHIN THE MEASLES INITIATIVE AND GAVI, THE VACCINE ALLIANCE SINCE 2010, LIONS HELPED SUPPORT THE VACCINATION OF MILLIONS OF CHILDREN IN MEASLES ENDEMIC COUNTRIES.
VISION - LIONS ARE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR THEIR WORK TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND TO PREVENT AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS. THE FOUNDATION PROUDLY SERVES THEIR CONTINUED EFFORTS BY OFFERING IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES, PROGRAMS AND GRANTS. SIGHTFIRST IS THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAM THAT HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN REDUCING BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AROUND THE WORLD. THROUGH SIGHTFIRST, LCIF FUNDS PROJECTS THAT BUILD COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE EYE CARE SYSTEMS TO FIGHT THE MAJOR CAUSES OF BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS THAT DELIVER HIGH QUALITY EYE CARE SERVICES, BUILD OR STRENGTHEN EYE CARE FACILITIES, TRAIN PROFESSIONALS AND BUILD AWARENESS ABOUT EYE HEALTH IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. IN SUMMARY, SIGHTFIRST HAS INVESTED US$371 MILLION IN 1,389 PROJECTS IN 117 COUNTRIES, RESULTING IN: 9.3 MILLION CATARACT SURGERIES TO RESTORE SIGHT, 2.3 MILLION PROFESSIONAL EYE CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TRAINED, 1,351 EYE CENTERS AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS BUILT, EXPANDED OR EQUIPPED*NEARLY 500 MILLION DOSES OF MEDICATION DISTRIBUTED TO CONTROL OR HALT ONCHOCERCIASIS AND TRACHOMA, MORE THAN 898 THOUSAND SIGHT-SAVING SURGERIES TO REVERSE THE ADVANCED STAGE OF TRACHOMA. SIGHTFIRST INVESTMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN CRITICAL IN HELPING THE GOVERNMENTS OF COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, GUATEMALA AND MEXICO ELIMINATE ONCHOCERCIASIS TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE DISEASE IN CAMEROON, ETHIOPIA, MALI AND UGANDA.
DISASTER RELIEF - SUPPORT DISASTER PRE-PLANNING, IMMEDIATE NEEDS, MID-TERM AND LONG-TERM RECONSTRUCTION IN THE WAKE OF NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS HURRICANES, EARTHQUAKES, WILDFIRES, AND FLOODS. GRANTS SUPPORT LIONS-LED RELIEF PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY LIVE AND SERVE. DISASTER FUNDING ENABLES LIONS TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO EXPAND THEIR IMPACT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER A DISASTER, LIONS QUICKLY ASSESS THE MOST URGENT NEEDS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. ON AVERAGE, LCIF ANNUALLY AWARDS 140-160 EMERGENCY GRANTS TO DELIVER IMMEDIATE NEEDS SUCH AS WATER, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND MEDICINE. DEPENDING ON THE SCALE AND SCOPE OF DAMAGES, ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY RECOVERY OR MAJOR CATASTROPHE GRANTS MAY BE AWARDED. TO DATE, NEARLY 5,000 EMERGENCY GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED WORLDWIDE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Rebecca Daou | LCIF Executive Administrator | 40 | $223,010 |
| Johnny Cooper | Chief of Philanthropy | 40 | $185,259 |
| Christopher Plunkett | Div. Mgr., LCIF Development | 40 | $107,747 |
| Erik Brejla | Institutional Giving Manager | 40 | $100,417 |
| Vijay Kumar Raju | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Robert Corlew | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Ramiro Vela Villarreal | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Joe Preston | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| James E Ervin | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| In-Kyo Oh | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Haynes H Townsend | International First Vice President (Partial Year) | 2 | $0 |
| Garnet E Davis | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Dr Ta-Lung Chiang | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Dr Patti Hill | International Third Vice President | 5 | $0 |
| Dr Naresh Aggarwal | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Dr Jung-Yul Choi | LCI International President | 5 | $0 |
| Douglas X Alexander | International First Vice President | 5 | $0 |
| Doo-Hoon Ahn | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Chikao Suzuki | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Brian E Sheehan | International Second Vice-President | 5 | $0 |
| Barry J Palmer | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Aruna Abhey Oswal | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Alexis Vincent Goms | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
| Sandro Castellana | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Lewis Quinn | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Gudrun Yngvadottir | LCIF Chairperson | 20 | $0 |
| Dr Jitsuhiro Yamada | Vice Chairperson | 2 | $0 |
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