Knights of Columbus
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To know, love and serve God by promoting and conducting charitable works and fraternal activities to unit our members in their Catholic faith.
- Income
- $76,383
- Spending
- $71,160
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 100
- Highest pay
- $577, financial secretary
Source: Form 990 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 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 (5)
- $6,212 spent. Church Activities: cost associated with supporting our local Catholic Churches (St. Michael, St. Joseph, Sacred Heart and St. Hubert, Catholic Daughters, Garden of Angels and similar activities.
- $6,057 spent. Youth Activities: costs associated with our support to Chanel Interparochial School and educational programs (e.g., essay/poster contests) and donations to youth organizations (e.g., River Road Youth Group and Luther Dugout Club) and our State Youth Expansion Program
- $3,144 spent. Council Activities: costs associated with member fraternal activities.
- $1,770 spent. Community Activities: these costs are primarily donations supporting our local St. James Parish Association of Retarded Citizens, Women's New Life Clinic, Embrace Grace Ministry and gifts to needy families at Christmas
- Council activities are associated with member meeting meals, recognition gifts and awards
Source: Form 990 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)(8) fraternal beneficiary society.
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? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as 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 October 1940.
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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