POTTSVILLE LIONS CHARITIES INC
EIN 23-1488822 · Public Health (E70)
What they do
THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES AN ANNUAL CAR CRUISE WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS ONE of THE BIGGEST ON THE EAST COAST. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO DISTRIBUTES THOUSANDS of DOLLARS EACH YEAR to OTHER LOCAL NONPROFIT and TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES, and MUNICIPALITIES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OWNED CERTAIN REAL ESTATE WHICH IT RENTED to POTTSVILLE AREA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., D/B/A SCHUYLKILL EMS, THE LOCAL AMBULANCE and EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AGENCY, WHICH is USED to OPERATE ITS BUSINESS. ALTHOUGH IT is NOW RUN BY A SEPARATE ENTITY, AT ONE TIME THE LOCAL AMBULANCE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY THE ORGANIZATION. THE REAL ESTATE WAS TRANFERRED to POTTSVILLE AREA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., D/B/A SCHUYLKILL EMS, ON OCTOBER 26, 2017.
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Board and leadership roster (11)
DANIEL MURPHYDIRECTOR
DAVID KRISHINGNERDIRECTOR
GERALD ENDERSPRESIDENT
JAMES B HUMPHREYDIRECTOR
JOHN MASKERINESDIRECTOR
JOHN DW REILEYDIRECTOR
JOSEPH MEHALKOTREASURER
RICHARD TORPEYDIRECTOR
ROBERT WACHTERDIRECTOR
THOMAS J CAMPION JRDIRECTOR
WILLIAM DERBESVICE PRESIDE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 322 N 9TH ST, POTTSVILLE, PA 17901-2346
- County
- Schuylkill
- In care of
- JOSEPH MEHALKO
- Primary officer
- JOSEPH MEHALKO, TREASURER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MARSHALL BOHORAD THORNBURG PRICE&CAMPION
- NTEE classification
- Public Health (E70)
- IRS tax category
- Public Health
- Revocation date
- November 15, 2011