Kiwanis International Inc
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What it says it does
PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE, A MORE INTELLIGENT, ACTIVE AND SERVICEABLE CITIZENSHIP. TO PROVIDE, THROUGH KIWANIS CLUB, A PRACTICAL MEANS TO FORM ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS, TO RENDER ALTRUISTIC SERVICE AND TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES. TO COOPERATE IN CREATING AND MAINTAINING THAT SOUND PUBLIC OPINION AND HIGH IDEALISM WHICH MAKE POSSIBLE THE INCREASE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE, PATRIOTISM, AND GOOD WILL.
- Income
- $674,566
- Spending
- $660,679
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 20
- Highest pay
- $145,764, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 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 990 for the year ending September 30, 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 September 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)
- $567,894 spent. KIWANIS CENTENNIAL PARK: THE NEW PLAZA AND FOUNTAIN IN KIWANISCENTENNIAL PARK RECONNECTS VULCAN TO DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM PHYSICALLY. ITINCLUDES LANDSCAPING THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK, RENOVATING THE LOWERPIAZZA ENTRANCE AND BUILDING A FOUNTAIN AND STEPS FOR WALKING ACCESSFROM THE NORTH SIDE TO THE STATUE ITSELF. VISITORS CAN NOW ACCESSVULCAN FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK VIA NEW STEPS LEADING FROMKIWANIS CENTENNIAL PARK. KIWANIS ALSO RESTORED THE ORIGINAL WPA STONESTEPS LOCATED AT THE NEW PLAZA AND FOUNTAIN. VULCAN PARK AND THEKIWANIS CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM HAVE BEEN TIED TOGETHER SINCE THE 1930S WHENTHE KIWANIS CLUB BECAME THE KEY DRIVER BEHIND THE CREATION OF VULCANPARK AS A UNIFYING SYMBOL OF THE CITY'S CAN-DO SPIRIT.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 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? 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 September 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 1940.
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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