Blackhawk Valley Region S Cc a Incorporated
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What it says it does
To hold club events for members and raise funds from these enabling us to support some local charities that help families and individuals live meaningful lives that might not be possible otherwise.
- Income
- $7,706
- Spending
- $4,945
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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. 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)
- $859 spent. An event conducted to benefit Carpenter Place which is a charity that rehabs homes for needy families The Permanent Housing Program and helps rebuild the lives of the needy and gets homeless persons into safe habitation as well as providing holiday meals to the needy families who are getting their lives back together.
- $1,429 spent. Event held to benefit GIGI Playhouse in northern Illinois that treats autism and works with families that have a child with Downs syndrome. This charity serves and works with the children and their parents to inspire and empower them to be all they can be and helps the parents in how to achieve this goal. Been serving the Rockford IL area for 15 years .
- $1,002 spent. National Alliance of Mental Health offers no cost services to families caregivers troubled people for support and treatment of mental illness. They build the support groups where people with mental illness and their family can cope and that help is always there at no cost to the family.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 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? 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 September 7, 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 August 1975.
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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