So Real Incorporated
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
We furnish reality-based programs for free to schools community groups churches and other organizations. SO REAL stands for Speaking Out Reaching Every Adolescent Life. We do that by helping students and their parents as well as teachers and community members who influence them. We share statistics answer questions share testimonies furnish resources teach life and career skills and connect with professionals when needed. We have been able to free young people from abusive situations help them break addictions find belief in themselves get jobs and transform eternities.
- Income
- $143,450
- Spending
- $142,167
- Reserves
- 0.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2024, 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)
- $22,550 spent. Restoring Womanhood is a program to reach moms so they can step into the woman they were created to be.
- $14,430 spent. Restoring Womanhood for girls under 18 is an initiative to reach young women and help them see who they were created to be. We help them explore career options understand relational intelligence grow in their faith transition to living on their own when ready.
- $2,060 spent. You are loved is an initiative that we started in 2011 where we help people in need paying their bills and surprising them.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending August 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on January 15, 2016 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on January 15, 2016.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 2025.
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 May 2017.
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 October 21, 2026.
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