Redwood Rainbows Square Dance Club Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
See Schedule O
- Income
- $76,508
- Spending
- $81,622
- Reserves
- 4.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 81%
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 (3)
- $41,743 spent. Workshops and Dances: See Schedule O
- $30,944 spent. Maintaining Facilities: See Schedule O
- Form 990-EZ Part III, Line (28-31):Line 28 Workshops and Dances: The Redwood Rainbows Square Dance Club Inc. promotes the traditions and enjoyment of square dancing and holds regular classes to teach the dance skills required to perpetuate this traditional form of folk art. The dance curriculum followed by the Redwood Rainbows is provided by the CallerLab International Association of Square Dance Callers, which establishes a world-wide standard of square dance calls to be taught in square dance classes and workshops. Classes start twice a year and are conducted at sessions held 4 days a week. The cost to produce the dance classes and workshops in 2025 was $41,743 including $28,998 paid to callers, $4,223 for caller transportation, $1,603 for Club Dance and $6,919 for a Special Club event. Part III, Line (28-31) Line 29 Maintaining Facilities - In addition to sponsoring dances, the Redwood Rainbows Square Dance Club, Inc. owns a dance hall that it makes available to other dance groups for a modest rent. The dance hall is built on land leased from the City of Sebastopol, and if the lease is terminated for any reason, ownership of the hall reverts to the City. (Because of that clause, the hall is not included when computing Club assets.) The cost to maintain the hall in 2025 was $30,944, including $4519.37 for facility supplies and cleaning service, $10,795.22 for the HVAC system, $3,250 for the floors, $105 for fire extinqishers, $9,002.76 for utilities, $677.31 for painting, $337.53 for landscaping, $2,149.75 for plumbing and $106.72 for miscellaneous repairs.
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 August 2009.
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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