Rotary International
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
Organization encourages and fosters the ideal of service on a basis of worthy enterprise in the community, workplace and throughout the world in an effort to build goodwill and peace.
- Income
- $224,837
- Spending
- $218,013
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 2,060
Source: Form 990 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 990 for the year ending June 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 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 (3)
- $93,654 spent. The District monitors and coordinates the activities of some 57 Rotary Clubs and approximately 2,700 Rotarians in Central California, including the Pacific Coast and San Joaquin Valley. It provides education and information about Rotary International's world and local service initiatives.
- $81,812 spent. Youth Leadership Program - Camp Royals are sponsored by Rotary and are one week in duration. One camp is held for high school aged young men and the other is for young women. The Camps provide instruction about leadership, life, and personal skills. They include presentations by adults and mentors that have accomplished records of success in these areas. The participants engage in "hands on" projects to implement the skills they are learning at the Camps.
- $16,364 spent. Foreign Exchange Program - The foreign exchange program involves exchange students where Rotary Clubs sponsor both an outbound US student and an inbound foreign student for their final year of high school education.
Source: Form 990 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 7, 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 September 7, 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 September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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