Bell Tower Memorial Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Bell Tower Memorials primary exempt purpose is to build a Veterans Memorial in the Village of Pewaukee and to provide programs to enhance their mission of Honor Educate Remember
- Income
- $114,930
- Spending
- $158,654
- Reserves
- 3.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 December 31, 2025, 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 December 31, 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 (2)
- $139,517 spent. The Bell Tower Memorial has constructed a Veterans Memorial in the Village of Pewaukee. Besides the construction costs engraved bricks were purchased for the site along with benches and flagpoles for the American flag and all the service branches. The Memorial is accessible to all Pewaukee citizens and visitors.
- $6,243 spent. The premier program of the Bell Tower Memorial is the Veterans Oral History Project VOHP. This program pairs High School junior with military veterans for a 30-minute interview of the veterans military service. The video of the interview is submitted to the Library of Congress in Washington DC for their Oral Histories Project. This year 12 pairs of veterans and students participated in the project. The videos are posted on the Bell Tower Memorials website for anyone to access and with the Library of Congress.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 December 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 March 2007.
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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