Rotary International
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What it says it does
Raise money for community projects and scholarships, as well as member involvement in the community.
- Income
- $120,283
- Spending
- $116,701
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 (4)
- $73,280 spent. Projects and Organizations that 49er Breakfast Rotary has supported include Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Falls Prevention Coalition,Miners Foundry, Community Recovery Resources, senior wood splitting,Hope House, Northstar House and Hospitality House. The Club has also taken on clean-up and major construction projects at Northstar House, Memorial Park,Pioneer Park, Nevada Union High School, Black Swan Preserve Trail building, plus worked with other rotary clubs in Western Nevada County to refurbish areas of the Nevada County Fairgrounds during the Annual Rotarians at Work Day.
- $9,645 spent. Interact is Rotary Internationale's service club for young people ages 12 to 18, where they raise funds for local nonprofits, participate in service projects at home and abroad, and practice the tenants of Rotary's Four Way Test.Every year thousands of talented and dedicated young people have an incredible experience in a New Generation's program. Through Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) young people explore new cultures by living with a host family and attending school in a different country. As Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) participants, they learn skills that will help them succeed as future community leaders.
- $7,807 spent. 49er Rotary provides scholarships to Sierra College/Nevada County campus students, showcases a "student of the month" from Seven Hills Middle School, provides annual donations of dictionaries to Seven Hills Middle School, and is working on a career exploration/career project with Sierra College. Through vocational service, Rotarians contribute their professional expertise and skills to address societal problems and needs, and to promote high ethical standards in the workplace. Rotary's Four Way Test has served as an easy template for professionals, weighing the pros and cons of countless issues and decisions. Rotary's focus on ethical practices as part of vocational service has been a central part of the success of many in their business, professional, civic and personal life.
- $4,669 spent. Fundraising efforts for local projects and scholarships result in direct donations being made as well as hundreds of hours of member efforts donated to the community.
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? 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 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 September 1942.
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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