Poteet Lions Club Strawberry City Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our nonprofit organization empowers volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace, and promote education and understanding through community engagement and humanitarian services. We aim to promote an active interest in the civic, cultural, social, and moral welfare of the community in means to support the public citizens, local youth, local organizations, activity committees, and other needing measures of charity, educational, literary, prevention of cruelty towards living beings, and facility improvements.
- Income
- $114,122
- Spending
- $36,312
- Reserves
- 34.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 76%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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. Rating method 2026.2. 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. 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 (4)
- Donation to Leming Volunteer Fire Department - to provide operational support for their life- and property-saving efforts.
- Allocated scholarships funds that will assist 8 local high school students in achieving their future educational goals (college, university, trade school), to be applied either toward a degree or license program.
- Donated to Poteet Rotary Club to provide assistance to local strawberry farms/growers during their annual Poteet Strawberry Festival event.
- Donation to the Kerrville Lions Club organization for their 2025 Flood Relief Program Initiative, which provided immediate relief, cleanup efforts, and support for impacted families to include repairing infrastructure, supporting mental health services, and mobilizing volunteer teams for ongoing cleanup and rebuilding projects.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 November 6, 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 June 2023.
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 November 4, 2026.
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