Marine Corps League
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
MEMBERS OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE JOIN TOGETHER IN CAMARADERIE AND FELLOWSHIP FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE TRADITIONS AND PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THAT SERVICE; VOLUNTARILY AIDING AND RENDERING ASSISTANCE TO ALL MARINES AND FORMER MARINES, FMF CORPSMEN AND TO THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, AND BY PERPETUATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS THROUGH FITTING ACTS TO OBSERVE THE ANNIVERSARIES OF HISTORICAL OCCASIONS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO MARINES.
- Income
- $53,837
- Spending
- $43,846
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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. 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)
- $43,846 spent. USING PROCEEDS RETAINED FROM OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, WHICH IS HANDLED BY VOLUNTEER TIME AND TALENT, OUR ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OTHER MARINES THROUGH SOME OF OUR SUPPORTED PROGRAMS: TOYS FOR TOTS, WOUNDED WARRIOR BARRACKS, LOCAL MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES STRUGGLING IN THESE ECONOMIC TIMES, ASSISTING FAMILIES WHILE A LOVED ONE IS DEPLOYED.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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? 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? 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 July 1946.
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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