Quartzsite Metal Detecting Club Inc
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What it says it does
Hunts and Outings Donate to Kids Programs, local Food Bank, to chuch of Isaiah 58 Project and Dust Mining Claims to servers over 500 members with multiple trips.
- Income
- $62,884
- Spending
- $46,986
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 December 31, 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 December 31, 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)
- $4,200 spent. Mining Claims We are under lease with the BLM, 420 acres of mining claims for our member to use. We have worked with BLM to do reclamation work on these claims including filling of holes and moving mining tailings piles.Our members can prospect these claims and kepp whatever gold they find.This serves about 500 members with multiple trips.
- $28,283 spent. Hunts & EducationWe have five meetings a year to discuss the geology and history, federal, state, local and tribal regulations regarding metal detecting and the use of the land.We provide five field trips to education our members on the use of equipments, we also provide five opportunities for our member and interested people to test their skills and equipment on locationg buried coins in the local park.We serve between 160 and 285 at each event.
- $1,419 spent. Kids Program During the year we provide two metal detecting programs. We teach the children how to use a metal detector, how to dig without harming the eviroment. We hide coins and metal objects, in the town park, and let the kids find them and keep what they find.We also teach them how to pan for program and give them money for their after school programs. This serves 20 to 40 children.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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)(7) social or recreational club.
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)(7) social or recreational club 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 December 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 November 2022.
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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