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Patriotic Order Sons of America Pennsylvania State Camp

EIN 23-0945282 · Leesport, PA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

TO PROMOTE PATRIOTISM AND PROVIDE FRATERNAL CARE OF DECEASED AND SICK MEMBERS

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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 June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)

$134,251 spent. THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES PATRIOTISM WHICH MONETARILY INCLUDES DONATING FLAGS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS (SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, FIRE COMPANIES, PARKS, CHURCHES, ETC.), AND HISTORICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS (SUCH AS RESTORING THE BETSY ROSS CLAYPOOLE FAMILY BIBLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN PHILADELPHIA); PROVIDES MEMBER DEATH BENEFITS FROM AN ESTABLISHED FUND TO SURVIVING BENEFICIARIES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, AND PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP (WHICH THAT NUMBER VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR).

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(8) fraternal beneficiary society.
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 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 June 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 July 1940.
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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