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RESOURCES

A wide variety of data available to help Lions to serve their communities and to do a better administration of the clubs as well.

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LCIF Grants

There are wide variety of grants are available to serve and improve health, well-being, strengthen communities, and support those in need through humanitarian services for impact lives in the society.

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Legal

There are several important documents are available for better administration of  Lions Clubs and the relevant guidelines should be followed by all the lions to better administration.

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Club Officers' Training

Half century experience in infrastructure projects, through the fund of building smarter cities in United States we’ve been able to create amazing landmarks and projects.

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EXCHANGE RATE

Use the current month’s rates when making payments/deposits for amounts due on clubs or district statements. The historical rates are for your reference only.

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Insurance

A program of Commercial General Liability Insurance that covers Lions on a worldwide basis. All Clubs and Districts are automatically insured.

LCIF Grants

1. SightFirst Grants

SightFirst grants can help a child see the world for the first time. They can protect a village from a debilitating eye disease, or intervene before someone goes blind due to diabetic eye disease. They can upgrade hospitals and clinics in underserved communities by training doctors and nurses, distributing medicine and raising awareness around the world.

 

SightFirst Comprehensive Eye Care Grants

The mission of the SightFirst Grant program is to develop or improve comprehensive eye care systems to fight blindness and vision loss and to assist people who are blind and visually impaired in underserved communities

Criteria & Application

 

SightFirst Research Grants

SightFirst Research Grants provide funds to support public health research initiatives that evaluate and directly influence the operation of the SightFirst program.

Criteria & Application

 

2. Matching Grants

Matching grants (previously called standard grants) are large-scale humanitarian projects that address unmet needs. The project must serve a large population. Grants awarded are between US$ 10,000 and US$ 100,000.

Matching grants typically provide funds for capital construction and equipment. Typical projects include mobile health units, centers for people who are disabled or blind, eye clinics, major medical equipment, nursing homes and schools in developing countries.

The applications for matching grants are due no later than 90 days prior to the start of the Board of Trustees meetings, which take place in January, May, and August. Click here to view the next application deadline.

Criteria & Application

 

3. Diabetes Grant

Diabetes Grants support diabetes youth camps and retreats, diabetes screening activities with comprehensive follow-up care plans, infrastructure and equipment acquisition for existing diabetes care facilities and training of professionals and community diabetes educators.

Lions districts are eligible for grants up to US$ 150,000; Lions multiple districts are eligible for grants up to US$ 250,000. Watch the video to learn more about a diabetes youth camp in Romania. Lion Ion Antonio Tache, from the Ploiești Lions Club shares, “without LCIF’s support for this project, it would not have been possible for the Lions clubs of Romania to consolidate their efforts to fight diabetes”.

 

Important changes coming to Diabetes grant matching funds requirement July 1, 2021.

Lions must raise local matching funding in the form of cash contributions equivalent to 25 percent of the total project budget.

At least 25 percent of the required local matching funds must be collected at the time the application is submitted to LCIF. This must be evidenced through a bank statement included in the grant application.

Lions must have the balance of the local matching funding collected by the midpoint of the project timeline. The project midpoint will be calculated from the date of approval. For example, projects with a one year timeline must have all the local matching funds collected six months from the date of approval; projects with a two-year timeline must have all the local matching funds collected one year from the date of approval. The exact deadline date to have all local matching funding collected will be specified in the grant agreement.

Criteria & Application

 

4. Disaster Relief Grants

When natural disasters strike, Lions are among the first to offer help. With a disaster grant, they  can do even more for communities devastated by hurricanes, floods, fires and other major events. As a foundation, we are proud to offer a variety of grant options to support various stages of disaster relief operations.

 

Disaster Preparedness Grants

Disaster Preparedness Grants support districts interested in partnering with local authorities and other community organizations to plan and prepare for future relief efforts. Lions’ district governors may submit proposals for Disaster Preparedness Grants. Grants are awarded for up to US$ 10,000.

Criteria and Application

 

Emergency Grants

Emergency Grants provide up to US$ 10,000 for districts impacted by a natural disaster. Lions’ district governors may apply for Emergency Grants to help meet immediate needs such as food, water, clothing, and medical supplies. LCIF awards nearly US$ 2 million in emergency grant funding each year. To apply for an Emergency grant, complete the LCIF Emergency grant online application (available in English only). For a PDF of the application, please select the button below.

Guidelines    Criteria and Application    Online Application

 

Community Recovery Grants

Community Recovery Grants aid districts interested in supporting short-term cleanup and repair efforts in situations where other organizations have already addressed immediate needs. Lions’ district governors may submit proposals for Community Recovery Grants. Grants awarded provide up to US$ 20,000.

Criteria and Application

 

Major Catastrophe Grants

Major Catastrophe Grants are awarded for long-term reconstruction projects due to disasters that occur on a much larger scale. Major Catastrophe Grants are awarded at the discretion of the international president and the LCIF chairperson and cannot be applied for by a district. These grants provide significant funds for catastrophes with major international impact, such as the recent earthquakes in Mexico, the 2016 earthquake in Italy, and Hurricane Harvey (USA).

 

Find Out More

Interested in knowing more about LCIF disaster grants? The Disaster Grants Fact Sheet has been created to give you all the information you need surrounding disaster grants—outlining important funding, application and deadline information.

Download Fact Sheet

 

5. Lions Quest Grants

Lions Quest Grants aid the implementation and expansion of Lions Quest in schools around the world. Typical project activities include workshops to train educators, the purchase of textbooks and materials for workshops, program evaluation and research. Grants can go toward the initial implementation of Lions Quest or the expansion of an existing Lions Quest program.

 

Lions Quest Program Grant

Amount: Up to US$ 50,000 for on single or sub-district, or US$ 150,000 for multi-districts; 3-to-1 matching grants.

Application: Due 90 days prior to the Lions Quest advisory meeting – mid-May (for August consideration) or mid-October (for January consideration).

Purpose: This grant opportunity is designed to support the development or expansion of the Lions Quest program where Lions have a detailed plan with commitment from local schools to implement the program, or in areas where Lions quest has been active for years but where a considerable number of schools are not covered. Applicants should also identify specific communities where needs are greatest and focus extra attention on those areas.

Funds may be used to:

  • Train teachers and trainers
  • Translate curriculum and training materials
  • Print or purchase curriculum materials
  • Conduct monitoring, evaluation, and promotional activities
  • Pay for a limited amount of administrative expenses

Criteria and Application

Note: The LCIF grant is not intended to fund existing Lions Quest activity, so any clubs currently financing the program should continue to do so.

 

Lions Quest Promotional Grant

Amount: US$ 1,500; no matching funds required.

Applications: No deadlines – rolling applications.

Purpose: To introduce Lions Quest to a community. The grant is intended to jump start Lions Quest activities in a new area by introducing the program to community members. Funds are used for informational seminars for Lions, community members and/or educators.

Criteria and Application

 

Community Partnership Grant

Amount: Up to US$ 15,000; no matching funds required.

Application: No deadlines – rolling applications. Lions Quest Community Partnership Grant Application

Purpose: To start Lions Quest programs in new areas, or reactivate dormant programs.

Funds may be used to:

  • Host one or more teacher training workshops
  • Conduct Lions Quest promotional activities, including informational sessions for Lions, educators, government officials and other potential partners
  • Translate Lions Quest curriculum materials
  • Establish partnerships with school districts, community organizations and government agencies

Note: Limited to one grant award per district per fiscal year.

Criteria and Application

 

6. Designated Grants

In addition to the grant programs for which Lions may apply, we award millions of dollars annually for other projects and programs that impact lives worldwide through designated grants.

About: Designated grants represent restricted funds for a particular cause. Funds are not applied to the general humanitarian grant fund and must support specific projects. Recent designated funds include refugee assistance in Europe and Lions’ measles initiative, One Shot, One Life.

 

7. Leo Grants

Leos play such an important role in the service mission of Lions. We value the contributions of young people to their communities as volunteers and service leaders. Anything we can do to encourage and enhance their service is a win for us all—Lions, communities and the world.

 

LCIF Leo Service Grant Program

With the support of LCIF, Leos can make a bigger impact in their communities, while being exposed to valuable leadership and life skills.

Strategy

Grants are available to Lions districts and multiple districts in amounts from US$1,500 to US$ 5,000 to address unmet humanitarian needs in their community. Leos must be directly involved in organizing and implementing the project.

Successful applications will include a robust hands-on service or volunteer component. In addition, collaboration between Lions and Leos is required for the project.

Examples

Leos painted, cleaned, and repaired a community center. Working together, Leos and Lions helped repair the building. The grant supported the purchase of paint, paintbrushes, trash bags, and small repairs in the building.

Leos built a sensory garden in a playground for people with disabilities. Lions assisted the Leos to obtain necessary permits from local authorities. Leos and Lions did all of the labor to establish the garden. The grant supported the purchase of benches, plants, and paving stones.

Leos hosted a dinner for seniors by preparing and distributing meals. Lions supported Leos with fundraising matching funds and managing logistics. Grant funds were used to purchase food, plates, and utensils.

Application and Deadline

Applications for the Leo Service grant are accepted on a rolling basis. Applications should be submitted to LCIF at minimum 90 days prior to the project commencement. Please submit applications to LCIFLeogrants@lionsclubs.org.

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Leo Leadership Grant Program

Provides financial assistance to a Lions multiple district, sub-district or single district interested in organizing a Leo leadership conference. The goal of the program is to further develop Leos’ leadership skills, specifically in the areas of project management, communication, creativity and innovation, teamwork and planning community service projects.

Lions Clubs International awards a maximum of twenty-four US$2,000 reimbursable grants each fiscal year. The Leo Club Program Department reviews applications in the order in which they are received and approves eligible grants based on the content of the application.

Application and Deadline

To apply, complete the Leo Leadership Grant Application and email your completed application to the Leo Club Program Department at leo@lionsclubs.org. Applications are accepted between July 1st and May 1st or until funds are no longer available.

Criteria and Application

 

ELLI Leo Grant

Funds are available to support opportunities for Leos and Lions to learn together and from each other through the Emerging Lions Leadership Institute (ELLI). Leadership Development Institute Grant Program recipients are eligible to receive additional funding when Leos are included as participants. To make training accessible to more Leos, institute hosts are strongly encouraged to provide financial assistance or discounts to Leos in advance of the ELLI to reduce the financial barriers that may prevent Leo attendance.

Funds are available for multiple districts, single districts and/or undistricted areas.

Application and Deadline

To receive the ELLI Leo Grant, ELLI organizers must be approved for Leadership Development Institute Grant funding. There is not a separate application for the ELLI Leo Grant. Applications for the Leadership Development Institute Grant will be available May-October 15 annually.

Review the eligibility criteria to ensure the Leos attending the ELLI are properly reported to qualify for the ELLI Leo Grant.

Criteria & Application

 

8. District and Club Community Impact Grants

Through the District & Club Community Impact Grants program, 15 percent of unrestricted contributions to LCIF are transformed into grants that fund local projects on a club and/or district level.

About

Donations may be made throughout the year, and grants can be applied for in the following Lions year. The District & Club Community Impact Grant requires a US$ 5,000 minimum donation for clubs and a US$ 10,000 minimum donation for districts. The minimum donation must be achieved within the fiscal year (i.e. July 1 – June 30).

FAQ

Learn More

District and clubs qualifying for the program will have the option to use earned funds to carry out local projects and access those funds through the submission of a District and Club Community Impact Grant Application or use them as part of the local matching funds component of other LCIF grant program applications. Clubs have the opportunity to retain their DCG funds for the use of their club, or to release those funds to their district to be counted toward the district’s DCG account.Districts and clubs who have qualified based on donations made in FY2017-2018 are being contacted by LCIF.

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9. The Humanitarian Award

The Lions Humanitarian Award is the highest honor of the association given to an individual or an organization with exemplary humanitarian efforts. This award includes a grant from LCIF of up to US$ 250,000 for continuing humanitarian activities. Lions clubs members may nominate deserving philanthropists, and the international president of Lions Clubs International and the LCIF chairperson select the winner. Prior recipients are listed below, in order of fiscal year.

Award Guidelines

Do you know a group or person deserving of the next Humanitarian Award? If so, we want to know more about them!

Nominate

 

10. Hunger Pilot Grant Program

There are nearly one billion people across the world that experience food insecurity. No one can truly understand the devastating physical and emotional impact of hunger unless they experience it. Through the LCIF Hunger Pilot Grant Program, Lions can support school based feeding programs, food banks, feeding centers, and similar facilities that provide food to people when they need it most.

Application and Deadline

The applications for Hunger Grants are due no later than 90 days prior to the start of the Board of Trustees meetings, which take place in January, May, and August.

View Grant Application

 

11. Childhood Cancer Pilot Grant Program

Each year, more than 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer. Improving childhood cancer survival requires supporting children and their families while they experience the unimaginable social, economic, and emotional burdens of having a child with cancer.

Application and Deadline

The applications for Childhood Cancer grants are due no later than 90 days prior to the start of the Board of Trustees meetings, which take place in January, May, and August.

View Grant Application

Club Officers' Training

Club President & First Vice President

Serving successfully as a club president begins during your service as first vice president.

While serving as a first vice president, you will complete training and prepare to lead your club as president.  As club president, you will implement the plan of your club leaders. You will help execute their plans for service, membership growth and communicating your club’s service to your community.

The Club President & First Vice President e-Book provides a quick reference guide for all the information you will need while serving in both of these top leadership positions.

 

Club Secretary

As club secretary, you keep the club running efficiently.  You provide important support of all business operations for the club and board of director meetings, maintain the club roster and member contact information as well as support the club service and social activities.

The club secretary e-Book provides a fast and logical link to the information you need.  Whether managing your club roster or ordering club supplies, the e-Book makes it easier to access the information, tools and resources you use most often to help you stay on top of your busy schedule.

 

Club Treasurer

As club treasurer, you keep the club’s financial records in order to ensure the club operates within a proper fiduciary capacity.  You manage all of the financial operations of the club; including invoicing and payment of dues, recording and processing receipts and payments for both the administrative and public service accounts.

The Club Treasurer e-Book provides a fast logical link to the information you need.  Whether invoicing member dues, paying international dues online or ordering club supplies, the e-Book makes it easier to access the information, tools and resources you use most often to help you stay on top of your busy schedule.

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Club Membership Chairperson

As the Club Membership Chairperson, you will bring Melvin Jones’ dream to life—that every need can be met by a Lion or Leo. By bringing new members into your club, not only will you develop new friendships, but you will ensure your club will have stronger foundation to serve your community and the world. The service of your members will impact lives!

The information below is organized to help you achieve the best results and is broken down into the major responsibilities of your job. The tools and resources found here will help your club achieve success now and into the future.

 

Club Service Chairperson

Whether you’ve served as club service chairperson in the past or are stepping into the role for the first time, the resources below feature everything you need to achieve success as club service chair and help your club reach its goals.

 

Club Marketing Communications Chairperson.

Whether you’re a Marketing Communications Chairperson or just a Lion who wants to get the word out about your club, Lions Clubs International has resources for you. On this page you’ll learn more about how to promote your club, and get the tools you need to do it.

This document covers all the brand basics you’ll need to promote your club in the community. You can also access the full Lions International brand guidelines here.

Exchange Rate

Exchange Rates

Use the current month’s rates when making payments/deposits for amounts due on club or district statements. Select the rate corresponding to the country where the deposit will be made into an International Association of Lions Clubs bank account. The historical rates are for your reference only. Please note that all deposits will be credited with the exchange rate that was in effect on the date deposit was made.

Logos & Emblems

File Formats & Proper Usage

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Insurance

Insurance

The International Association of Lions Clubs has a program of Commercial General Liability Insurance that covers Lions on a worldwide basis. All Clubs and Districts are automatically insured. Through the link below you can produce your own Certificates of Insurance which provide evidence of the automatic coverage provided. You can also view the General Liability Program Summary which describes the automatic coverage afforded, including who is insured by this coverage as well as some coverage basics and exclusions. You can also access a Self-Inspection Checklist which is available for your use when conducting various fundraising activities.

 

Certificate of Insurance

Lions Clubs may submit forms for certificates of insurance using one of the methods listed below.