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Pocahontas Swim Club Inc

EIN 35-1049769 · Fort Wayne, IN

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What it says it does

To provide a safe fun summer swim club for Fort Wayne residents and their children.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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

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

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (3)

$202,469 spent. Our members have access to the use of the swimming pool, the baby pool, lounge chairs, showers, the sand volleyball area, tetherball, and our swingset from the Saturday before Memorial Day through Labor day. In 2023 we had 375 members.
$6,439 spent. Train swimmers and divers through practices and weekly competitions. Our swim team placed second overall in the Fort Wayne area in 2023 and we had 45 swimmers who participated. Our dive team which oconsisted of 60 divers also placed second in the Fort Wayne area.
$1,024 spent. We offer five 2-week sessions of swim lessons. Participants are sorted into three groups according to age and experience by our trained lifeguards. Skills focus on blowing bubbles with face in the water, floating on front and back, ability to roll, kicking and paddling with both arms in place, holding breath underwater, and diving to retrive obejects from the bottom of the pool. This program feeds into the swim and dive teams and we sold out 4 of our 5 sessions in 2023.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on February 15, 2015 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on February 15, 2015.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 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 March 2019.
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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