Marin Amateur Radio Club
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To educate and increase the proficiency of its members in the science of radio communications.
- Income
- $75,891
- Spending
- $74,063
- Reserves
- 13.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 55%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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, 2024, 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)
- $47,132 spent. In 2024 the Marin Amateur Radio Society organized communications and provided volunteers for:- Ridge to Bridge: Saturday, April 13 - MCBC Jane Fondo Saturday April 27 2024 - Miwok 100K, Saturday, May 4, 2024 18 - Dipsea: Sunday, June 9th, 2024 - ARRL Field Day: June 22-23, 2024- MCBC Dirt Fondo: Saturday, July 20, 2024, - Marin Century: Saturday August 3, 2024,- Double Dipsea: Saturday August 24, 2024,- MCBC Adventure Revival. Saturday, September 21, 2024 - Dolphin Club Escape from Alcatraz Saturday, October 5, 2024 10am-6pm. 8 VE ExamsVolunteer Examinations were held to administer examinations for FCC licenses in January, April, July and October.Critical Mass Monthly Education and Practice Sessions NetsWeekly Net activities for testing repeaters, disseminating club information, testing radios of individual radio operators. Organized net activities for RACES, RCV, Digital Radio.Technology UpdatesWe also had an initiative to improve access and awareness of Digital Mobile Radio a relatively new digital technology in support of this we conducted workshops to educate members in DMR technology and tested it during public service events, as well as holding weekly DMR net check-ins to test infrastructure and member equipment.We continue to build out the Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN) updating equipment, adding sites, and training operators.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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? 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 2024.
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 1995.
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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