Wild Bill Guarnere Memorial Fund
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
ON MARCH 8, 2014, WE LOST AN ICONIC PHILADELPHIA WAR HERO, WILLIAM "WILD BILL" GUARNERE. WILD BILL, A SOUTH PHILADELPHIA NATIVE, WAS A MEMBER OF EAST COMPANY, IN THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND LOST A LEG. GUARNERE BECAME FAMOUS AFTER BEING PORTRAYED BY ACTOR FRANK JOHN HUGHES IN THE 2001 HBO MINISERIES, BAND OF BROTHERS, PRODUCED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG AND TOM HANKS. WILD BILL CONTINUED SERVING HIS COUNTRY BY DONATING TO VARIOUS CHARITIES, CHILDREN, AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. THROUGH FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, THE GUARNERE FAMILY WOULD LOVE TO KEEP THE TRADITION GOING IN WILD BILL'S NAME SO THAT HIS NAME AND GENEROSITY WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. THE WILD BILL GUARNERE MEMORIAL FUND'S PURPOSE IS TO RAISE MONEY FOR A STATUE AND CONTINUE TO DONATE TO VETERANS, VETERANS' FAMILIES, AND CHILDREN IN THE NAME OF "WILD BILL" GUARNERE.
- Income
- $33,662
- Spending
- $34,622
- Reserves
- 6.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 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 (1)
- $26,967 spent. RAISE MONEY FOR VETERANS' CAUSES AND THEIR FAMILIES FACING HARDSHIPS.
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 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 October 13, 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 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 December 2014.
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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