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Universalgiving

EIN 73-1662480 · Menlo Park, CA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong90 out of 100GovernanceGood85 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

OUR MISSION IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO QUALITY GIVING AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WORLDWIDE. UNIVERSALGIVING IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHOSE VISION IS TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING ARE A NATURAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

Income
$1.4 million
Spending
$1.2 million
Spent on programs
95%
Reserves
65.4 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 52%
Employees
3
Volunteers
15
Highest pay
$197,009, founder & ceo

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 65.4 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.

  • Income trend

    5 of 15

    Income fell 16% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    95% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 40% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    12 of 13 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    0 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 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 (7)
  1. $1.1 million spent. CORPORATE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING UNIVERSALGIVING REGULARLY PARTNERS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, PROVIDING OUR SERVICES TO HELP THEM GIVE AND VOLUNTEER WITH TOP-PERFORMING NONPROFITS. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE DO THIS IS TO HELP COMPANIES, THEIR EMPLOYEES AND FOUNDATIONS KNOW WHICH NGOS TO GIVE TO. UNIVERSALGIVING LEVERAGES ITS EXPERTISE AND CORE COMPETENCY OF VETTING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS TO RECOMMEND NGOS FOR FUNDING TO CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS AND DONORS. THEREFORE, WE PROVIDE MORE VALUE TO CORPORATIONS, EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERS, AND DONORS AS THEY CAN BE ENSURED THEIR FUNDS ARE GOING TO THE BEST NGOS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HELPED A COMPANY DONATE BACKPACKS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AMIDST A CIVIL WAR IN GUINEA. (continued on Schedule O)
  2. PUBLIC SERVICEUNIVERSALGIVING HELPS ORGANIZATIONS ALL AROUND THE WORLD ACCESS RESOURCES BY CONNECTING DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO VETTED NGOS AND THEIR PROJECTS IN AN EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT MANNER. UNIVERSALGIVINGS WEBSITE (WWW.UNIVERSALGIVING.ORG) PROVIDES A FREE PUBLIC SERVICE SINCE 2002, WHERE USERS CAN SELECT AMONG HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER AND DONATION OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED, SUCH AS TEACHING COMPUTER LITERACY IN GHANA, OR MAKING A $50 DONATION TO PROVIDE FRESH FRUIT TO ORPHANS IN NEPAL.UNIVERSALGIVING DOES NOT TAKE A CUT: 100% OF EVERY DONATION MADE TO OUR PARTNER NGOS GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CAUSE. (continued on Schedule O)
  3. MAJOR PARTNERSHIPSUNIVERSALGIVING PARTNERS WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION TO INCREASE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING BY PROMOTING OUR VETTED NGO PARTNERS AND THEIR PROJECTS. WE ARE EXPANDING THE REACH OF OUR NGO PARTNERS AND THEIR DESERVING CAUSES BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUAL PHILANTHROPISTS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND UNIVERSITIES THAT SHARE OUR GOAL OF HELPING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. SOME MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE TOP TECH COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT US WITH PRO BONO RESOURCES. UNIVERSALGIVING IS AN ORGANIZATION STRONGLY COMMITTED TO INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY. UNIVERSALGIVING IS ONE OF THE TOP TECH FOR GOOD NGOS. NEW TECH PARTNERSHIPS CONTRIBUTING PROBONO SERVICES INCLUDE ATLASSIAN, GITHUB, JIRA. (continued on Schedule O)
  4. PUBLIC SERVICE (continued from Form 990 Page 2)UNIVERSALGIVING WAS FEATURED IN MORE THAN 20 BOOKS, INCLUDING THE NEW EDITION HARVARD REVIEW BOOK,HBR GUIDE TO DELIVERING EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK, ARIANNA HUFFINGTONS THRIVE, AND STANFORD PROFESSOR LAURA ARRILLAGA-ANDREESSENS GIVING 2.0.OUR FOUNDER AND CEO SPEAKS AT MANY EVENTS TO HELP PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN GIVING THEIR MONEY AND TIME. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES THIS YEAR WAS LEGACY BUILDERS, WHERE SHE SPOKE ALONGSIDE OF STEVE YOUNG, FORMER 49ERS QUARTERBACK, ABOUT GIVING BACK. SHE SHARED HOW PEOPLE OF MEANS CAN GIVE BACK TO QUALITY NONPROFITS ALL OVER THE WORLD. SHE DEMONSTRATED THE QUALITY MODEL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VETTING AND UNIVERSALGIVINGS UNIQUE PROPRIETARY VETTING SERVICE. LEGACY BUILDERS IS A SERIES OF FAMILY OFFICE GATHERINGS AND EVENTS HOSTED BY ALAN OLSEN, MANAGING PARTNER OF THE GROCO FAMILY OFFICE AND CPA FIRM. GUY KAWASAKI, WHO HAS 2 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IS THE CREATOR OF GUY KAWASAKIS REMARKABLE PEOPLE PODCAST INTERVIEWS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS, LEGENDS, AND ICONOCLASTS SHARING HOW THEY'VE OVERCOME THE EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES THEY'VE FACED IN LIFE. KAWASAKI, WHO IS A VENTURE CAPITALIST, INTERVIEWED OUR FOUNDER AND CEO OF UNIVERSALGIVING ON THE REMARKABLE PEOPLE PODCAST. HAWLEY INSPIRED ENTREPRENEURS AND LEADERS WORLDWIDE ABOUT HOW TO BE A GREAT START-UP ENTREPRENEUR, GENERATING THOUSANDS OF VIEWS, 5 MORE INTERVIEWS AND 100+ EMAIL INQUIRIES. THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF TWENTY YEARS HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY FEATURED ON PODCASTS, YOUTUBE, X, INSTAGRAM. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MISSION MATTERS PODCAST FEATURED UNIVERSALGIVING AND OUR FOUNDER AND CEO, PAMELA HAWLEY, ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP UNIVERSALGIVING SUPPORTS SMALL, TOP-PERFORMING NGOS IN CRISIS-STRICKEN COUNTRIES. THESE NGOS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIES BUT ARE THEMSELVES LARGELY UNKNOWN. WE HAVE MORE THAN 200 PUBLISHED ORGANIZATION OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SITE AND THOUSANDS ACCESSIBLE IN OUR DATABASE, DEPENDING ON THE CRISIS OR DONOR REQUEST. OUR NGO PARTNERS WORK IN OVER 160 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, WAR PREVENTION, ANIMAL RIGHTS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DISASTER RELIEF, AND MORE. UNIVERSALGIVING VETS EACH NONPROFIT NGO ON ITS WEBSITE WITH ITS QUALITY MODEL, A RIGOROUS 24 STAGE PROCESS. WE ENSURE THAT OUR USERS CAN GIVE AND VOLUNTEER WITH A TRUSTED, QUALITY ORGANIZATION. UNIVERSALGIVING SERVES NUMEROUS DIVERSE DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND ECONOMIC STATUSES. IN SUM, WE HAVE VETTED NEARLY 22000 NGOS FOR INDIVIDUALS, DONORS, CORPORATIONS, CORPORATE EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERS, AND FOUNDATIONS. AS ONE SMALL EXAMPLE AND UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, FOR ONE CLIENT ALONE UNIVERSALGIVING FACILITATED VETTING OF NGOS FOR NEARLY $5.1 MILLION IN U.S. DOLLARS; $1.8M AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS IN SMALL, MICRO-DONATIONS, WHICH WE DISBURSED WITH THOUSANDS OF RAPID MICROGRANTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. MUCH OF THESE DONATIONS ARE FROM SMALL DONATIONS OF $5-$100. UNIVERSALGIVING MAKES GIVING ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND INCOMES. UNIVERSALGIVING ALSO HAS A CRISIS RELIEF FUND FOR DONATING TO CRISIS EVENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. OUR CRISIS RELIEF FUND IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THOSE WANTING TO GIVE TO LOCAL, VETTED NGOS AND SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES IN TIMES OF CRISIS. TESTIMONIALS OF OUR NGO PARTNERS INCLUDE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KENYA, INC. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KENYA HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO GET WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER KENYA AND THE WORLD THROUGH OUR CONNECTION WITH UNIVERSALGIVING. TO DATE, WE HAVE HAD NURSES, TEACHERS, IT SPECIALISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, AND EVEN CARPENTERS AND ELECTRICIANS WHO HAVE CONTACTED US AS A RESULT OF SEEING OUR POSTINGS ON UNIVERSALGIVING. NOW, AS KENYA TRIES TO RECOVER FROM THE HORRIBLE EVENTS FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS, WE WILL NEED OUR VOLUNTEERS MORE THAN EVER. THANK YOU, UNIVERSALGIVING.-EMELY SILVER UNIVERSALGIVING CORPORATE PIONEERED THE FIRST QUALITY MODEL OF VETTING STAGES, USED BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND WORLDWIDE. THE QUALITY MODEL WAS FOUNDED BY OUR FOUNDER AND CEO, PAMELA HAWLEY IN 2001, WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN CSR AND INNOVATION. OUR CEO SAW THE NEED TO VERIFY NGOS, PROVIDING TRUSTED, QUALITY GIVING. THE QUALITY MODEL IS TRADEMARKED, UNIQUE, AND CONTINUES TO ADVANCE FROM 6 STAGES TO 24. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS INNOVATION IS OUR WORKPLACE MISCONDUCT VETTING STAGE, IN RESPONSE TO THE ME TOO MOVEMENT. UNIVERSALGIVING CONTINUES TO INNOVATE IN STAYING ON TOP OF WORLD TRENDS AND PROTECTING OUR CLIENTS.UNIVERSALGIVING HAS NOW FACILITATED A NEW VETTING SERVICE, DEEP DIVES. THESE ARE 6-MONTH DEEP INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS ON AN NGO. A DEEP DIVE PROVIDES IN-DEPTH VETTING SERVICES. THESE ARE 20-100 PAGE REPORTS ON AN NGO, UTILIZING UPDATED VETTING DETAILED VETTING TECHNIQUES AND PROPRIETARY TOOLS TO FIND LONG-TERM HISTORY AS WELL AS CURRENT DATE INFORMATION. WE PROVIDE THESE DEEP DIVES FOR FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, HIGH NETWORTH DONORS, HELPING PROTECT THEM FROM FRAUD, TERRORISM. UNIVERSALGIVING S MISSION KEEPS EXPANDING TO HELP PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH QUALITY PHILANTHROPY. UNIVERSALGIVING ALSO FACILITATES PRIVATE STRATEGIC VETTING SERVICES FOR HIGH NETWORTH DONORS, DAFS, FOUNDATIONS, HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS, AND ULTRA HIGH NETWORTH INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH PART OF OUR PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES. THIS IS A NEW SERVICE ADDING MORE DIMENSION TO UNIVERSALGIVINGS PHILANTHROPY AND INCREASING OUR REACH TO MORE INDIVIDUALS IN ANOTHER MARKET SECTOR. UNIVERSALGIVING PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES BROADEN UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION, EXPANSION OF SERVICES, AND AWARENESS OF QUALITY, VETTED PHILANTHROPY. AS PART OF UNIVERSALGIVINGS PUBLIC SERVICE, WE ALSO HAVE A DONATE/TIP FEATURE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS VISITORS TO GIVE A TIP. THE TIP RANGES FROM $15-$500. THE TIP SUPPORTS UNIVERSALGIVING WITH OUR FREE SERVICE, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE GIVE AND VOLUNTEER ALL OVER THE WORLD. CRITICAL TO OUR MISSION IS OUR VOLUNTEERING SERVICE. WE HELP PEOPLE V
  5. MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS (continued from Form 990 Page 2)TOP TECH PARTNERSHIPS FOR 10+ YEARS INCLUDE GOOGLE THAT PROVIDES US $830,000 WORTH OF GOOGLE GRANTS AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS PRO BONO; SALESFORCE THAT PROVIDES US $570,000 WORTH OF SALESFORCE USER ACCESS PRO BONO; MICROSOFT THAT PROVIDES US $150,000 WORTH OF MICROSOFT 365 SERVICES PRO BONO; SLACK THAT PROVIDES US $220,000 WORTH IN SLACK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO; OKTA THAT PROVIDES US $80,000 WORTH OF OKTA FOR GOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO; DOCUSIGN THAT PROVIDES $8,000 WORTH OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO. ALTERYX THAT PROVIDES US $120,000 WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO; DROPBOX THAT PROVIDES US $120,000 WORTH DROPBOX BUSINESS CLOUD SERVICES PRO BONO; BOX.COM THAT PROVIDES US $25,000 WORTH BOX BUSINESS CLOUD SERVICES PRO BONO; BUFFER THAT PROVIDES US $5000 WORTH OF SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRO BONO. NEW PARTNERSHIP AS OF 2024 INCLUDES CANVA THAT PROVIDES US $27,600 WORTH OF CANVA TEAMS SERVICES PRO BONO.OTHER PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI THAT PROVIDES ALL LEGAL SERVICES PRO BONO, MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN SERVICES. FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS WE HAVE UNIVERSITY COLLABORATIONS WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, HARVARD, TULANE, UC BERKELEY, UC DAVIS, HULT BUSINESS SCHOOL THAT PROVIDE LINKS TO OUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, OUR WEBSITE, AND OUR INTERNSHIP AND RETURNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING THEM PROMOTE AND FACILITATE GIVING THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING EVENTS. OUR FOUNDER AND CEO, PAMELA HAWLEY, SPEAKS ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AT MANY EVENTS AND VENUES, INCLUDING NEXT LEGACY, LEGACY BUILDERS, STANFORD, AND DUKE UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE DISCUSSED SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, QUALITY PHILANTHROPY, AND UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION. OTHER PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE HARVARD WOMEN IN BUSINESS, STANFORD WOMEN IN BUSINESS, PEPPERDINE BUSINESS SCHOOL, USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HULT BUSINESS SCHOOL, STANFORD LEADERS SERIES, SOCAP, WOMEN 2.0 AND SCHWAB PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES. ALL OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE BRINGING NEW DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO HUNDREDS OF OUR NGO PARTNERS.UNIVERSALGIVING NEWSLETTER EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS IN 2024. AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL IN OUR HISTORY: WE MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS. THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO USE UNIVERSALGIVING AS AN EXPERT IN GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING WORLDWIDE. UNIVERSALGIVING HAS A NEWSLETTER THAT GOES TO 100,000 VERIFIED CONTACTS IN MORE THAN 24 COUNTRIES. THESE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED BY MORE THAN 50% THIS YEAR. WE HAVE CULTIVATED A COMMUNITY, THOUSANDS OF NGOS, VENTURE CAPITALISTS IN SILICON VALLEY; VPS IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; BILLIONAIRES AND MILLIONAIRES WHO ARE POTENTIAL DONORS TO UNIVERSALGIVING; SILICON VALLEY TECH COMPANIES; AND FAMILY OFFICES WORLDWIDE. NEWSLETTER CONTENT IS DEVOTED TO CRISES, SYRIA, UKRAINE, YOUTH SUPPORT, GLOBAL CAUSES AND FEATURES OUR NGO PARTNERS AND THEIR INITIATIVES. THE CEO ALSO HAS A DAILY BLOG CALLED LIVING AND GIVING (HTTPS://LIVINGANDGIVING.IO/). LIVING AND GIVINGS MISSION IS TO INSPIRE LEADERS TO LIVE WITH EXCELLENCE AND LOVE. OFTEN IN THIS BLOG, SHE ALSO PROMOTES THE NGO PARTNERS ON UNIVERSALGIVINGS WEBSITE. SHE WRITES ABOUT THE CAUSE SHE IS BRINGING LIGHT TO, AND THEN FEATURES THE NGO ON UNIVERSALGIVING, TO INCREASE GIVING. A NEW WEBSITE AND FEATURE IS PAMELAHAWLEY.COM, FEATURING THE CEOS WORK TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT GLOBAL ISSUES, VOLUNTEERISM, AND CSR, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS.
  6. CORPORATE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING (continued from Form 990 Page 2)NO OTHER FOUNDATION OR DONOR-ADVISED FUND WOULD TAKE ON THE PROJECT, AND WE FOUND A LOCAL NGO TO ACHIEVE THE COMPANYS VISION. WE HELP OUR NGOS BY PRESENTING THEM TO COMPANIES FOR THEIR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAMS. THIS INCREASES AWARENESS ABOUT THESE NGOS, HELPS THEM WITH FUNDING, AND HELPS THEM WITH MORE CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE IN OUR WORK WITH UNIVERSITIES, FOUNDATIONS, AND DONORS. BY ENSURING THESE ENTITIES GIVING AND VOLUNTEER IS EFFECTIVE, WE ARE FURTHER BROADENING UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH QUALITY GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES WORLDWIDE. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR VISION TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING ARE A NATURAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
  7. SOCIAL MEDIAUNIVERSALGIVING IS ALSO ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE FOUND THAT SOCIAL MEDIA CREATES BRIDGES FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO HELP. WE ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN, PINTEREST, AND X. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA RESULTS REFLECT THAT OUR LINKEDIN POSTS HAVE GONE VIRAL, REACHING OVER 2,300 IMPRESSIONS AND NEARLY 2,000 MEMBERS. WE PLAN ON CONTINUING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT OUR NGO PARTNERS AND GLOBAL ISSUES. OUR LIVING AND GIVING (HTTPS://LIVINGANDGIVING.IO) INSPIRATIONAL BLOG IS ALSO GAINING TRACTION: WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF VIEWS BY 124.8%.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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 September 7, 2026.

  2. 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 September 30, 2026.

  3. 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 September 10, 2026.

  4. 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 September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since September 2003.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. 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 7, 2026.

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