The Kennebec Land Trust
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST (KLT) WORKS COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE THE FORESTS, LAKES, STREAMS, WETLANDS, FIELDS, AND WILDLIFE THAT HELP DEFINE CENTRAL MAINE. KLT PROTECTS AND STEWARDS LAND PERMANENTLY, OFFERS ACCESS TO CONSERVED PROPERTIES, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT AND ENJOY THE NATURAL WORLD, AND WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND FARMING. KLT HAS PROVIDED OVER THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS OF CONSERVATION WORK IN THE KENNEBEC RIVER AND LAKES REGION. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 1,100 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND STAFF, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THREE DECADES OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPED A REPUTATION AS A CONSERVATION LEADER IN OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE REGION. WE HAVE RECEIVED STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS FOR OUR DEDICATION TO CONSERVING LAND FOR ITS MANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS, INCLUDING PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION. KLT H
- Income
- $1.7 million
- Spending
- $563,537
- Spent on programs
- 75%
- Reserves
- 34 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 94%
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 140
- Highest pay
- $82,399, executive di
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 86% of charities in its peer group (environment, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 34.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 67% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 99% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1575% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 60% of charities in its peer group (environment, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2518 of 18 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $266,345 spent. STEWARDSHIP KLT'S STEWARDSHIP STAFF OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST'S FEE LANDS, MONITOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, AND WORK WITH 59 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS COMMIT MORE THAN 1418 HOURS ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT KLT'S STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. THE MOUNT PISGAH CONSERVATION AREA, KLT'S MOST POPULAR PROPERTY WAS A STEWARDSHIP FOCUS FOR THIS YEAR. KLT STAFF, INTERNS, AND MAINE CONSERVATION CORPS CREW MOVED 50+ YARDS OF GRAVEL FOR TRAIL REPAIRS WITH TRACKED HAULERS. THE GRAVEL, ALONG WITH GEOTEXTILE FABRIC AND CRUSHED DRAIN STONE, WAS PLACED ALONG A SECTION OF THE MOUNT PISGAH TOWER TRAIL TO REPLACE ~600 FEET OF WORN BOG BRIDGING. IN ADDITION TO ADDING GRAVEL ALONG THE TOWER TRAIL, A MCC CREW BEGAN INSTALLING STEPPING-STONES ALONG THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BLUEBERRY TRAIL TO REPLACE ANOTHER SECTION OF OLD BOG-BRIDGING. THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONTINUED IN 2025. A MAINE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT FUNDED THESE PROJECTS, WITH MATCHING FUNDS PROVIDED BY KLT'S MEMBERSHIP. ON MANY OTHER PROPERTIES, KLT VOLUNTEERS CONTINUED TO STOCK SIGN-IN BOXES WITH BROCHURES, CLEAR TRAILS OF BLOWDOWNS, HELP WITH CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES, REPLACE WORN SIGNAGE, CLEAR BUSH, CUT NEW TRAIL ALONGSIDE KLT STAFF, AND PROVIDE BOAT TRANSPORT TO LAKE ISLANDS. THE SEASONAL STEWARDSHIP ASSISTANT'S TIME WAS INCREASED AND A PRIORITY TASK WAS ANNUAL PROPERTY MONITORING, WAKEFIELD WILDLIFE CABIN PROJECTS AND RELOCATING AN OVERFLOWING LATRINE ON NORRIS ISLAND. STEWARDSHIP KLT'S STEWARDSHIP STAFF OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST'S FEE LANDS, MONITOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, AND WORK WITH 59 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS COMMIT MORE THAN 1418 HOURS ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT KLT'S STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. THE MOUNT PISGAH CONSERVATION AREA, KLT'S MOST POPULAR PROPERTY WAS A STEWARDSHIP FOCUS FOR THIS YEAR. KLT STAFF, INTERNS, AND MAINE CONSERVATION CORPS CREW MOVED 50+ YARDS OF GRAVEL FOR TRAIL REPAIRS WITH TRACKED HAULERS. THE GRAVEL, ALONG WITH GEOTEXTILE FABRIC AND CRUSHED DRAIN STONE, WAS PLACED ALONG A SECTION OF THE MOUNT PISGAH TOWER TRAIL TO REPLACE ~600 FEET OF WORN BOG BRIDGING. IN ADDITION TO ADDING GRAVEL ALONG THE TOWER TRAIL, A MCC CREW BEGAN INSTALLING STEPPING-STONES ALONG THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BLUEBERRY TRAIL TO REPLACE ANOTHER SECTION OF OLD BOG-BRIDGING. THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONTINUED IN 2025. A MAINE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT FUNDED THESE PROJECTS, WITH MATCHING FUNDS PROVIDED BY KLT'S MEMBERSHIP. ON MANY OTHER PROPERTIES, KLT VOLUNTEERS CONTINUED TO STOCK SIGN-IN BOXES WITH BROCHURES, CLEAR TRAILS OF BLOWDOWNS, HELP WITH CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES, REPLACE WORN SIGNAGE, CLEAR BUSH, CUT NEW TRAIL ALONGSIDE KLT STAFF, AND PROVIDE BOAT TRANSPORT TO LAKE ISLANDS. THE SEASONAL STEWARDSHIP ASSISTANT'S TIME WAS INCREASED AND A PRIORITY TASK WAS ANNUAL PROPERTY MONITORING, WAKEFIELD WILDLIFE CABIN PROJECTS AND RELOCATING AN OVERFLOWING LATRINE ON NORRIS ISLAND.
- $119,148 spent. EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS KLT HOSTED PUBLIC PROGRAMS WITH MANY PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL LYCEUM LECTURE SERIES ON MAINE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLIC SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, NATURE WALKS, A MAINE ENTOMOLOGICAL FIELD DAY, STAR GAZING EVENTS, FULL MOON HIKES, PROPERTY DEDICATIONS, AND MORE. PUBLICATIONS "KLT NEWS: BIANNUAL NEWSLETTERS FEATURING NEW CONSERVATION PROPERTIES AND AN ANNUAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS "2024 INTERN RESEARCH PROJECTS: CONSERVATION LAND TRUST AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PARTNERSHIPS: WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH COMMUNITY, CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS HTTPS://STATIC1.SQUARESPACE.COM/STATIC/52F117DAE4B0C08037396A20/T/66C3BE59B 018667711287FEF/1724104284844/WORKFORCE+HOUSING+RESEARCH+FINAL.PDF ALTERNATIVE LAWN COVERS & THEIR BENEFITS HTTPS://STATIC1.SQUARESPACE.COM/STATIC/52F117DAE4B0C08037396A20/T/66C3C0A3B F15C17E74F7F7C5/1724104872433/2024ELENA+8.13++FINAL.PDF "2023 INTERN RESEARCH PROJECTS: HOWARD HILL UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TRAIL INITIATIVE HTTPS://WWW.TKLT.ORG/S/KLT-RESEARCH-PAPER-2023-FINAL.PDF "TAKE A HIKE: THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST HIKING GUIDE, SECOND EDITION, PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2020, WITH THIRTY-TWO HIKES. "SAVE HOWARD HILL: SCENIC BACKDROP TO MAINE'S STATE HOUSE, PUBLISHED IN 2014. TEXT, MAPS, AND HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS FOCUSED ON AUGUSTA'S HOWARD HILL. "YOUR WOODLAND: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR KENNEBEC COUNTY LANDOWNERS, PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY, 2012. "BETWEEN PERSON AND PLACE: CONSERVATION HISTORIES FROM THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST, PUBLISHED IN 2010. ESSAYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS HIGHLIGHTING THE STORIES BEHIND KLT'S CONSERVATION LANDS "WRITING THE LAND: MAINE AND WRITING THE LAND: ARE ANTHOLOGIES OF LAND TRUSTS, INCLUDING KLT, AND THE WORK OF BOTH ADULT AND YOUTH POETS WHO WROTE POEMS INSPIRED BY THEIR ADOPTED LANDS THROUGHOUT MAINE. EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS KLT HOSTED PUBLIC PROGRAMS WITH MANY PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL LYCEUM LECTURE SERIES ON MAINE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLIC SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, NATURE WALKS, A MAINE ENTOMOLOGICAL FIELD DAY, STAR GAZING EVENTS, FULL MOON HIKES, PROPERTY DEDICATIONS, AND MORE. PUBLICATIONS "KLT NEWS: BIANNUAL NEWSLETTERS FEATURING NEW CONSERVATION PROPERTIES AND AN ANNUAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS "2024 INTERN RESEARCH PROJECTS: CONSERVATION LAND TRUST AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PARTNERSHIPS: WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH COMMUNITY, CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS HTTPS://STATIC1.SQUARESPACE.COM/STATIC/52F117DAE4B0C08037396A20/T/66C3BE59B 018667711287FEF/1724104284844/WORKFORCE+HOUSING+RESEARCH+FINAL.PDF ALTERNATIVE LAWN COVERS & THEIR BENEFITS HTTPS://STATIC1.SQUARESPACE.COM/STATIC/52F117DAE4B0C08037396A20/T/66C3C0A3B F15C17E74F7F7C5/1724104872433/2024ELENA+8.13++FINAL.PDF "2023 INTERN RESEARCH PROJECTS: HOWARD HILL UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TRAIL INITIATIVE HTTPS://WWW.TKLT.ORG/S/KLT-RESEARCH-PAPER-2023-FINAL.PDF "TAKE A HIKE: THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST HIKING GUIDE, SECOND EDITION, PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2020, WITH THIRTY-TWO HIKES. "SAVE HOWARD HILL: SCENIC BACKDROP TO MAINE'S STATE HOUSE, PUBLISHED IN 2014. TEXT, MAPS, AND HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS FOCUSED ON AUGUSTA'S HOWARD HILL. "YOUR WOODLAND: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR KENNEBEC COUNTY LANDOWNERS, PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY, 2012. "BETWEEN PERSON AND PLACE: CONSERVATION HISTORIES FROM THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST, PUBLISHED IN 2010. ESSAYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS HIGHLIGHTING THE STORIES BEHIND KLT'S CONSERVATION LANDS "WRITING THE LAND: MAINE AND WRITING THE LAND: ARE ANTHOLOGIES OF LAND TRUSTS, INCLUDING KLT, AND THE WORK OF BOTH ADULT AND YOUTH POETS WHO WROTE POEMS INSPIRED BY THEIR ADOPTED LANDS THROUGHOUT MAINE.
- $37,422 spent. 1. LAND CONSERVATION SINCE 1988, KLT HAS WORKED COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE OUR REGION'S NATURAL RESOURCES. KLT HOLDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON, ACCEPTS GIFTS OF, AND PURCHASES SIGNIFICANT LANDS TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. KLT'S COMMUNITY CONSERVATION LANDS PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT, WATER QUALITY, WORKING FORESTLAND AND FARMLAND, AND SCENIC BEAUTY, AND PROVIDE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YEAR-ROUND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR MAINE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. KLT HAS ACCOMPLISHED MANY NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLANNING IN 2022 WE COMPLETED AN UPDATE OF THE TRUST'S STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. OUR PLAN INCORPORATES 13 ECOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITY VALUES, INCLUDING PROXIMITY TO TRAIL ACCESS AND RESILIENCY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, TWO ADDITIONS TO THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. THE PLAN HELPS US IDENTIFY HIGH PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS FOR OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE AREA. NEW LAND PROJECTS IN 2024 - 2025 KLT PROTECTED 261 ADDITIONAL ACRES OF CONSERVATION LAND IN KENNEBEC COUNTY. THE 39-ACRE JIMMY STREAM CONSERVATION EASEMENT IN LITCHFIELD, CONSERVED IN JULY 2024, PROTECTS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD FORESTS AS WELL AS WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN AREAS WITH VALUABLE WILDLIFE HABITATS. THE PROPERTY FEATURES A HISTORIC NINETEENTH CENTURY CARRIAGE ROAD AND STONE WALLS, RECREATIONAL TRAILS MAINTAINED BY THE WHITE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND GLIMPSES OF OAK HILL TO THE WEST. THE 7-ACRE FERGUSON PARCEL, FAYETTE IS ADJACENT TO KLT'S 72-ACRE HALES POND PRESERVE. THE PARCEL WAS PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM KLT DONORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE TRUST'S PARTNERSHIP WORK TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING, FOREST BASED LOCAL WOOD ECONOMIES, PUBLIC ACCESS TO CONSERVATION LAND, AND FORESTLAND CONSERVATION. THE PROPERTY HAS AN EXISTING WELL AND SEPTIC SYSTEM AND EXTENSIVE FRONTAGE ON RICHMOND MILLS ROAD. KLT IS CURRENTLY PAYING FULL TAXES ON THE PROPERTY WHILE EXPLORING WHETHER A SMALL NUMBER OF WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS COULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY IF THE LAND WAS TRANSFERRED TO A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. THE 97-ACRE HOPKINS SINCLAIR CONSERVATION AREA IN MANCHESTER WAS DONATED TO KLT IN FEBRUARY, 2025. THIS ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE PROPERTY PROTECTS VALUABLE WOODLAND AND WETLAND HABITATS IN A LARGELY UNDEVELOPED LANDSCAPE. THESE FORESTS AND WETLANDS AND OTHER NEARBY CONSERVATION AND PRIVATELY OWNED LANDS ARE CRITICAL HABITAT FOR MANY OF MAINE'S WILDLIFE SPECIES, INCLUDING BLACK BEAR AND MOOSE - WILDLIFE SPECIES WITH EXTENSIVE HOME RANGES. THIS CONSERVATION LAND IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE'S 1,140-ACRE JAMIE'S POND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, KLT'S 68- ACRE WAGNER WOODS CONSERVATION AREA, AND THE 228-ACRE TOWN OF MANCHESTER CONSERVATION LANDS. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE 1,533 ACRES COMPRISE A SIGNIFICANT CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE. THE 8- ACRE PATTERSON ADDITION TO THE BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION AREA PROTECTS A PRODUCTIVE AND ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT HAYFIELD IN A LARGELY UNDEVELOPED AND RURAL LANDSCAPE. THE BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION AREA, NOW EIGHTY- EIGHT ACRES, IS CLOSE TO THE BALDWIN HILL CEMETERY, STURTEVANT FARM SCENIC AREA, MEADOW BROOK FARM CONSERVATION AREA, BAMFORD POND CONSERVATION AREA, AND HALES POND WOODLAND PRESERVE. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE 585 ACRES SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST-BASED ECONOMIES AND PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT, SCENIC, RECREATIONAL, AND WATER QUALITY VALUES. THE 54-ACRE EATON MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION AREA IN VIENNA FEATURES THE SCENIC UNDEVELOPED RIDGE OF EATON MOUNTAIN AND AN ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE PERENNIAL STREAM THAT FLOWS INTO FLYING POND. THE PROPERTY IS CLOSE TO KLT'S PETER MILLER WOODLAND AND THE 6,800 + ACRE KENNEBEC HIGHLANDS, THE LARGEST CONSERVATION PROPERTY IN CENTRAL MAINE. EATON MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION AREA ADDS ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION VALUE TO THE HIGHLANDS, AND DUE TO ITS VARIED AND DIVERSE TERRAIN, PROTECTS A LANDSCAPE THAT COULD PROVIDE CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY. THE 56-ACRE PARKER POND CONSERVATION AREA CONSERVATION AREA IN MOUNT VERNON IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SHORE OF PARKER POND. THIS SCENIC AND ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE PROPERTY PROTECTS WATER QUALITY, 1,470 FEET OF UNDEVELOPED SHORE LAND AND AN ASSOCIATED CORRIDOR OF MATURE CONIFER-HARDWOOD FOREST, AND AN UPLAND HARDWOOD FOREST. WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER NEARBY CONSERVATION AND PRIVATELY OWNED LANDS, THIS PROPERTY PROVIDES IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE SPECIES THAT DEPEND ON BOTH UNDEVELOPED LAKE AND WOODLAND HABITATS. KLT PLANS TO DEVELOP A SHORT TRAIL AND A HAND-CARRY BOAT ACCESS POINT OVER THE COMING YEARS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESS. BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION CEMETERY AFTER FIVE YEARS OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH, KLT'S 10-ACRE BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION CEMETERY WAS INCORPORATED AS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION IN THE STATE OF MAINE IN FEBRUARY 2020. THE CORPORATION, MANAGED BY A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IS A 501(C) (13). BALDWIN HILL DIRECTORS AND KLT STAFF LEAD FREQUENT TOURS OF THE CEMETERY AND ARE PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO LAND TRUSTS AND OTHER NON-PROFITS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN INITIATING A CONSERVATION BURIAL GROUND PLANNING PROCESS IN MAINE OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE CEMETERY IS SITUATED IN A STAND OF TALL WHITE PINES, WITH AN OPEN UNDERSTORY, AND SURROUNDED BY ROCK WALLS. A 0.25-MILE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TRAIL WEAVES THROUGH THE PINE STAND AND OFFERS A CHANCE FOR REFLECTION AND A LOVELY VIEW. THE FALL FOLIAGE IS STUNNING IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. VISITORS WHO LINGER AT THE BENCHES OVERLOOKING ROLLING HILLS WILL LIKELY OBSERVE MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES IN AN AREA THAT WILL BE MANAGED FOR POLLINATOR AND EARLY SUCCESSIONAL HABITAT. THE CEMETERY PROVIDES ECOLOGICALLY SOUND BURIALS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS. ON THE OPERATIONS END, THE KLT OFFICE MANAGES THE BURIAL GROUND AND COORDINATES PLOT SALES. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH FUNERAL HOMES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED EXPERTISE WITH GRIEF SUPPORT, MEMORIAL SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION OF THE DECEASED, AND BURIALS. THE BURIAL GROUND HAS R
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1993.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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