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Knights of Columbus

EIN 27-1171428 · Sudbury, MA

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceNot ratedToo small or too little detailImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

The Council organizes fund raising activities to raise funds which it contributes to local charities who provide food, clothes, and financial assitance to familes in the community.

Income
$23,580
Spending
$24,009
Employees
0
Volunteers
81

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 (9)
  1. $5,045 spent. Coats for Kids The Council raised $3,850 which it used along with $1,195 of its own funds to purchase 288 coats which were donated to Holy Family Parish, Dorchester, MA, for distribution to under privileged children.
  2. $4,176 spent. Tootsie Roll Drive The Council raised $4,253 from its Tootsie Roll Drive which it donated to the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus State Council Charity Fund. The Fund assists persons with intellectual disabilities, regardless of of age, and children with physical disabilities who have not reached their 20th birthday.
  3. $1,000 spent. Seminarian Support Council contributed $500.00 each to two seminarians who are from Ascension Parish (with whom Council is associated) for their support while attending St. Johns Seminary in Boston. Members also attended Mass at the seminary and presented the awards at a luncheon following the Mass.
  4. $12,345 spent. Collations - Expenses $900. Grants $0. Revenue $0. Gravemarkers - Expenses $312. Grants $0. Revenue $0. Holy Family Sunday - Expenses $32. Grants $0. Revenue $0 MA State KofC Raffle - Expenses $174. Grants $0. Revenue $218. Pancakes & Projects - Expenses $40. Grants $0. Revenue $0. APUFRAM - Expenses $500. Grant $500. Revenue $0. Arch Boston Pro Life Office - Expenses $200. Grants $200. Revenue $0.
  5. Ascension Parish - Expenses $4,500. Grant $4,500. Revenue $0. Pregnancy Center - Expenses $600. Grant $600. Revenue $0 Help Hope Live - Expenses $100. Grant $100. Revenue $0 MA State KofC ASAP Fund - Expenses $200. Grant $200. Revenue $0. St. Johns Seminary - Expenses $500. Grant $500. Revenue $0. St. Vincent de Paul Society - Expenses $1,550. Grant $1,550. Revenue $0. Sisters of St. Joseph - Expenses $50. Grant $50. Revenue $0.
  6. Sudbury Food Pantry - Expenses $1,500. Grant $1,500. Revenue $100. Walk for Hunger - Expenses $50. Grant $50. Revenue $0 Walking with Moms - Expenses $100. Grant $100. Revenue $0. Wreaths Across America - Expenses $170. Grant $170. Revenue $0. St. Patricks Dinner - Expenses $367. Grants $0. Revenue $0. Friends of the Unborn - Expenses $500. Grant $500. Revenue $0.
  7. Collations - Expenses $900. Grants $0. Revenue $0. 12345. 10520. 318.
  8. Ascension Parish - Expenses $4,500. Grant $4,500. Revenue $0.
  9. Sudbury Food Pantry - Expenses $1,500. Grant $1,500. Revenue $100.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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.

  2. 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 November 6, 2026.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 October 13, 2026.

  5. 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 October 13, 2026.

  6. 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 November 4, 2026.

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