VADNAIS HEIGHTS LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION
EIN 46-1737272 · Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations (P80)
What they do
THE VADNAIS HEIGHTS LIONS CLUB is ONE of OVER 48,000 CLUBS of LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL (LCI). WITH A MEMBERSHIP of OVER 1.4 MILLION MEMBERS THE LIONS CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST SERVICE CLUB ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD. AS A MEMBER CLUB of LCI WE SHARE IN THEIR VISION and MISSION. to BE THE GLOBAL LEADER IN COMMUNITY and HUMANITARIAN SERVICE. OUR MISSION is to EMPOWER VOLUNTEERS to SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES, MEET HUMANITARIAN NEEDS, ENCOURAGE PEACE and PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH LIONS CLUBS. LIONS ARE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING VISION, YOUTH, DIABETES, THE ENVIRONMENT, CHILDHOOD CANCER, and HUNGER. WE SUPPORT THESE CAUSES LOCALLY and THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE ARE PROUD to BE CELEBRATING OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY ON OCTOBER 31, 2020. THE MISSION of OUR FOUNDATION EXPANDS ON THE VISION and GOALS of LCI and OUR CLUB. THE VADNAIS HEIGHTS LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION is A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION STRIVING to IMPROVE THE QUALITY of LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HUMANITARIAN SERVICES.
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BETH SALZSECRETARY
DAVE HEFFELBOWERDIRECTOR
DIANNE RUSLERTREASURER
EILEEN SCHIRERDIRECTOR
KATHY SCHUGCHAIR
PAM RADZISZEWSKIDIRECTOR
TIM MCGLADDERYVICE CHAIR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2013
- Location
- 800 COUNTY ROAD E E, VADNAIS HTS, MN 55127-7117
- County
- Ramsey
- In care of
- % VH LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION
- Primary officer
- DIANNE RUSLER, TREASUER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- LEWIS & MOUNT LLC
- NTEE classification
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations (P80)
- IRS tax category
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations