Dayton Bear Lake Outing Club
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What it says it does
THE DAYTON BEAR LAKE OUTING CLUB IS AN ORGANIZTION WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PRESERVE LAKE SHORE WATER FRONTAGE FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD NOT BE CONDUSIVE TO THE NATURAL NATURE OF THE LAKESHORE AREA KEEPING THE NATURAL NATURE OF THE SHORELINE OF BEAR LAKE IN ITS CURRENT STATE AND KEEPING DEVELOPERS FROM CHANGING THE SHORELINE THIS HAS BEEN THEIR MISSION SINCE THE INCEPTSION OF THE DAYTON BEAR LAKE OUTING CLUB FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CLUB DONE THEIR BEST TO ENSURE THAT THEIR MAIN MISSION IS PRESERVATION THEY WISH TO KEEP THEIR MISSION OF LAKESHORE PRESERVATION GOING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR ASSOCIATION AND KEEPING FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS UNABLE TO PROCEED WITH THEIR DEVOPMENTS AND KEEPING THE SHORELINE IN ITS CURRENT NATURAL STATE IN KEEPING WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND NORTHERN MICHIGANS BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND NATURALIST AREAS EFILING THIS RETURN IS REQUIRED AND OUR GOSYSTEMS IS REQUIRING A LONGER EXPLANATION OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF DAYTON BEAR LAKE OUTING
- Income
- $82,349
- Spending
- $54,803
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 (1)
- PRESERVE LAKESHORE FRONTAGE
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)(7) social or recreational club.
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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(7) social or recreational club as not 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 December 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 1946.
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 November 4, 2026.
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