Cabin by the Lake Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The purpose of the organization is to construct cabins for disabled persons to access public camping and recreational facilities and to support projects benefiting the handicapped and those with special needs; including educational, suicide prevention, and programs aimed at aleviating hunger.
- Income
- $46,197
- Spending
- $41,686
- Reserves
- 24.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
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 (16)
- Support program working with autistic & retarded individuals.
- Provide funds to senior center to provide mobility equipment.
- PROVIDE TEXTBOOKS AND EDUCATIONAL COSTS OF EXTREMELY LOW INCOME YOUTH.
- Support a public library in a remote area of USA
- San Diego County Parks Department - Building a handicapped friendly cabin at Lake Guajome Regional Park.
- City of Escondido - Lake Dixon Park - Provide furnishings for handicapped cabin and pontoon boat designed for individuals in wheelchairs.
- Rotary Foundation supporting several areas of charitable service.
- Provide recreational facilities for Marines on Camp Pendleton
- Provide support to a charity serving charitable causes in the Coachella Valley.
- Provides support for scholarships and provides low income housing.
- Provide support for public museum
- Provide support for youth & family services center
- Provide support for charity providing tradeschool scholarships
- Provide support for a public food bank.
- Provide support for charity distributing diapers to the poor.
- Provide support to charity supporting MS research and care.
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 February 2007.
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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