Rotary International
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
Our major goal is to serve the youth of West Salem, Oregon. The main way we accomplish this is through student scholarships and grants to teachers for their students' education. These are our major but not our sole areas of service.
- Income
- $34,016
- Spending
- $25,733
Source: Form 990EZ 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 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 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)
- $7,000 spent. Scholarships to graduating high school seniors to further their education
- $5,000 spent. Grants to teachers grades 1 through 12 to provide students with programs not otherwise funded.
- $1,580 spent. Rotary International Service projects: $350 to Rotary Global Grant #2457220 for the Fish & Food for Families project in Nicaragua of the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara; $200 to Rotary District Grant #DG20326 for the safe cookstoves in Guatemala project of the Rotary Club of White-Salmon; $250 to the Believe in Belize project; $300 for the Ngama Primary School WaSH project in Kenya of the Pearl Fund; $400 to the Rotary Foundation for a project in Uganda; and $80 donation to The Rotary Foundation.
Source: Form 990EZ 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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