Civitan Club of Owensboro Kentucky Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF CIVITAN IS TO BUILD GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY PROVIDING A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SERVING INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY AND HUMAN NEEDS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HELPING PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS, MANY OF WHOM ARE MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL CLUB. WE GIVE ASSISTANCE TO OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH WORK WITH PERSONS WHO HAVE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
- Income
- $148,721
- Spending
- $176,013
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 20
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 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 September 30, 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 September 30, 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)
- $124,935 spent. MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBER VOLUNTEERS OF THE CIVITAN CLUB OF OWENSBORO OPERATE A BINGO FUNCTION EACH SATURDAY EVENING. REVENUES INCLUDE BINGO SHEET SALES AND PULL-TAB INCOME. EXPENSES ARE PRIZES AND THE COST OF SUPPLIES REQUIRED BY THE OPERATION. THE CLUB ALSO PAYS FACILITY RENT, SECURITY, LICENSE FEES AND FOOD FOR THE VOLUNTEERS. THE NET PROFIT FROM THIS OPERATION FINANCES DONATIONS TO OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OUR OWN EXEMPT ACTIVITIES AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS.
- $11,000 spent. THE CLUB SPONSORS A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE STUDENT AT EACH OF OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS TO A UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS COMPLETE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION INCLUDING AN ESSAY THAT IS REVIEWED AND VOTED ON BY THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE BOARD OF CLUB MEMBERS. THE FUNDS ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE UNIVERSITY THE STUDENT ATTENDS.
- $1,941 spent. OUR CLUB HAS CANDY BOXES PLACED AT RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. OUR CLUB IS ALLOWED TO KEEP 25% OF THE PROCEEDS; HOWEVER, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO DONATE THE ENTIRE PROCEEDS TO THE DAVIESS COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND THE TRI-COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN HENDERSON.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 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 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? 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 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 January 2006.
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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