Delaware Saengerbund and Library Association
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What it says it does
BRINGING GERMAN HERITAGE EVENTS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS.
- Income
- $690,932
- Spending
- $584,496
- Employees
- 26
- Volunteers
- 950
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 (1)
- $405,878 spent. THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND & LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, INC. (DSB) WAS FOUNDED IN MARCH 1853 AS A GERMAN SINGING SOCIETY IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. IT SOON BECAME AN IMPORTANT SOCIAL CLUB FOR THE MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND NEWLY ARRIVED GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. FROM 1883 TO 1965, THE DSB WAS LOCATED AT 205 EAST 6TH STREET IN WILMINGTON; HOWEVER, DUE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE FACILITY IN WILMINGTON WAS CLOSED IN 1965, AND IN 1968, THE DSB RELOCATED TO THEIR CURRENT SITE AT 49 SALEM CHURCH ROAD IN NEWARK, DELAWARE.CURRENTLY, THE DSB HAS CLOSE TO 1,000 MEMBERS WHO MEET REGULARLY AT THEIR CLUBHOUSE IN NEWARK AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO MAINTAIN THE CLUBHOUSE FACILITIES, GROUNDS, AND ORGANIZE CLUB EVENTS. IN ADDITION TO AN ACTIVE CHORUS, THE DSB HOSTS A BAVARIAN FOLK DANCING GROUP - THE ENZIAN VOLKSTANZGRUPPE, A LADIES AUXILIARY THE LADIES OF THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND (WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF FOOD PREPARATION), YOUTH SOCCER THE DSB KICKERS, A TEENAGE GROUP; AND GERMAN LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS. THE DSB ALSO SPONSORS MEMBERS CHILDREN TO ATTEND A GERMAN IMMERSION SUMMER CAMP EVERY YEAR.THE DSB SHARES ITS GERMAN HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT TWO MAJOR ANNUAL EVENTS: THE THREE-DAY OKTOBERFEST, HELD ON THE THIRD WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH DRAWS IN MORE THAN 20,000 VISITORS, AND THE CHRISTKINDLMARKT WHICH IS A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND BAZAAR HELD ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER.THE DSB ALSO REACHES OUT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY EACH YEAR BY GIVING OUT AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDYING GERMAN. THE DSB ALSO SPONSORS AN ANNUAL GERMAN HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT A LOCAL CHURCH OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ALSO SPONSORS THE DANCERS, AND THE GERMAN TEACHERS FROM THE DSB, TO PARTICIPATE IN SPREADING THE GERMAN HERITAGE AT LOCAL SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOLS HERITAGE OR INTERNATIONAL DAYS.THE DSB CONTINUES TO SPONSOR AND PROMOTE THE GERMAN HERITAGE IN VARIOUS WAYS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND CONTINUES TO INVITE THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO USE THEIR FACILITIES FOR VARIOUS EVENTS TO ONCE AGAIN, PROMOTE OUR GERMAN HERITAGE.
Source: Form 990 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)(4) social welfare organization.
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 May 15, 2019 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2019.
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)(4) social welfare organization 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 April 2020.
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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