Club for Growth
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What it says it does
CLUB FOR GROWTH IS A NATIONWIDE NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING PUBLIC POLICIES THAT PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH PRIMARILY THROUGH LEGISLATIVE INVOLVEMENT, ISSUE ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND MAY ENGAGE IN ANY OTHER LAWFUL PRUPOSE.
- Income
- $6.2 million
- Spending
- $13.4 million
- Employees
- 28
- Volunteers
- 8
- Highest pay
- $923,638, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 (6)
- $3.3 million spent. POLITICAL ACTIVITY - RESOURCES WERE USED TO MAKE DONATIONS/GRANTS TO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
- $1.9 million spent. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH - THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS A PROGRAM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH SPEECHES, ARTICLES, AND TV AND RADIO NEWS INTERVIEWS TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ON THE BENEFITS OF PRO-GROWTH POLICIES AND THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION. STAFF MEMBERS WROTE ARTICLES RELATED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT APPEARED IN LEADING NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS OUTLETS. STAFF MEMBERS APPEARED ON MANY NATIONALLY-DISTRIBUTED TV AND RADIO NEWS PROGRAMS AND DOZENS OF LOCAL RADIO PROGRAMS AND WERE QUOTED IN NUMEROUS NEWSPAPERS AND ONLINE NEWS SITES.
- $754,885 spent. LEGISLATIVE INVOLVEMENT AND POLICY ADVOCACY - THE ORGANIZATION MONITORS LEGISLATION THAT CAN HELP OR HARM ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND URGES ITS ADOPTION OR REJECTION BY THE U.S. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT. IN ADDITION TO ITS PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS, SUCH ACTIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE INVOLVEMENT AND POLICY ADVOCACY INCLUDED KEY VOTE ALERTS AND PRESS RELEASES.
- $442,030 spent. PUBLICATIONS - THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES INFORMATION IN PRINT AND ON THE INTERNET TO EDUCATE ON ECONOMIC ISSUES AND TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO ACT IN SUPPORT OF PRO-ECONOMIC GROWTH POLICIES. IT PUBLISHES SEVERAL MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTERS, DISTRIBUTES WEEKLY EMAILS, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, AND POSTED HUNDREDS OF TIMES USING THESE MEDIA.
- $415,958 spent. LECTURES AND CONFERENCES - THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED A MAJOR CONFERENCE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ON ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT CAN INCREASE ECONOMIC GROWTH. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ECONOMISTS, JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA PERSONALITIES.
- $2.8 million spent. OTHER - IN ORDER TO FURTHER ITS GOAL TO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE ORGANIZATION OPERATED OTHER PROGRAMS NOT MENTIONED ABOVE. THE PROGRAMS RELATED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, SUCH AS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, TAX POLICIES, AND LEGAL REFORM.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2006.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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