Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply the principal and income therefore, and any other property or funds of the Foundation, to such charitable, religious, scientific or educational uses and purposes as will, in the absolute and uncontrolled discretion of the Trustees of the Foundation, most effectively assist, encourage and advance the objectives, purposes and programs of the Boulder Rotary Club as expressed in its constitution; and to promote the objectives and purposes of Rotary International; and to these ends organize, establish and maintain charitable, religious, scientific and educational activities, agencies and institutions already established or to be established which, from time to time, shall seem expedient or desirable to said Trustees, provided, always, that the Foundation shall never have or exercise any objectives or purposes except such as shall in law be deemed charitable, religious, scientific or educational.
- Income
- $215,152
- Spending
- $184,286
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- 107.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 45%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $600, cfo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 82% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 107.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 14% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 53% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 53 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 15 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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)
- $160,077 spent. Boulder Rotary Club - Augment financial support of Boulder Rotary Club ("BRC") service activities, including in particular scholarships for local high school graduates attending: (1) vocational programs within Colorado, and (2) Colorado colleges and universities, as well as opportunities for study abroad. other examples of support include: (a) literacy programs for a variety of ages - including young children (support of imagination library program for boulder-area under-privileged children) as well as adult learners (recognition of the accomplishments of adults who became literate later in life), (b) support of in-bound Rotary foreign exchange students, and (c) national and local service projects in which BRC is involved and may participate with other rotary clubs.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 October 13, 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 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 October 1994.
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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