Lions Roar Foundation
Revenue
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.4m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$532k
$731k liabilities
Net assets
Minus $199k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
4.8 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Charles G Lief
Left since last filing
2
17% of the board
Lions Roar Foundation's network
12 peoplei12 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
12 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles G Lief Chair | Board Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ben Moore | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Dan Zigmond | Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Doyeon Park | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Elissa Eppel | Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| John Sheehy | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marvin Harada | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Melvin McLeod | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Myokoi Caine-Barrett | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Peace Twesigye | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Rosamaria Segura | Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Trudy Goodman | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin McLeod | President | 40 | $79k | $2k | |
| Ben Moore | Secretary | 40 | $79k | $2k | |
| Myokoi Caine-Barrett | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rosamaria Segura | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Peace Twesigye | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dan Zigmond | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Trudy Goodman | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Doyeon Park | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marvin Harada | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elissa Eppel | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Charles G Lief | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| John Sheehy | Member | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Lions Roar Foundation
- EIN
- 980549367
- Address
- Halifax North America B3K 4t9, Canada, 00000
- Mission
- Lions Roar is an independent non-profit foundation whose mission is to communicate Buddhist wisdom and practices in order to benefit peoples lives and our society, and to support the development of Buddhism in the modern world. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- X50 Religion-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Religion-Related
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2006
- Principal officer
- Melvin McLeod (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 2007
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- FORGN
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsCharles G Lief
≥8years on the filingsBen Moore
≥8years on the filingsMelvin McLeod
≥8years on the filingsTrudy Goodman
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $532k
- Total liabilities
- $731k
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $199k
- Contributions and grants received
- $500k
- Program service revenue
- $700k
- Employees
- 0
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5m | $1.4m | $111k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.