Sertoma Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
James E Shepard Sertoma (SERvice TO MAnkind) Club is a service organization benefitting the local community, with a focus on the hearing disabled.
- Income
- $22,474
- Spending
- $23,174
- Reserves
- 13.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 91%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (3)
- 1. $2,000 - Grant was made to the John Avery Boys and Girls Club of Durham, NC. The club serves nearly 150 at-risk kids with after-school classes and tutoring during the school year, and twice as many during the summer. 2. $2,000 - Grant was made to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties. The club expanded, and now serves about 600 kids per year with the same after-school classes promoting character and leadership development, sports and fitness, health and life skills, and a STEM program. 3. $1,000 - Sponsored 2 children at Camp Sertoma (for kids with hearing/behavioral challenges). 4. $1,000 - To the Sertoma Annual Fund, which awards community grants for hearing-health related programs and projects. 5. $1,000 - Holiday Cheer Program - Club purchased gifts for 4 families for the Christmas holidays. 6. $100 - Presented hearing aid amplifiers to Durham Fire Station #18, to be used in emergency situations. 7. $208 - Held annual Black Heritage Breakfast at Antioch Baptist Church, serving about 150 people with a discussion of local desegregation efforts. 8. $500 - With United Campus Christian Ministry, supported the Student Transition Pantry at NCCU (food and toiletries); the pantry supports approximately 350 students. 9. Donation of $300 to the Positive Behavior Incentive Program at Lowes Grove Middle School, serving about 150 students.
- $500 - Central Childrens Home of NC - Donated to this orphanage, which supports 30+ children-residents annually.
- $500 - Donation to the West End Community Foundation, a local 501c3 that focuses on improving community life, working with the city and county to provide social services such as tutoring, health care, tax prep assistance, exercising, for students K-5 and up to senior programs - socialization, exercise, and arts and crafts.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as 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 June 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 1964.
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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