California Student Public Interest Research Group Inc
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What it says it does
THE SPECIFIC AND PRIMARY PURPOSES FOR WHICH THIS CORPORATION IS FORMED ARE TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE ISSUES INVOLVING PUBLIC POLICY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST; TO COORDINATE EFFORTS OF ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH BETWEEN EXISTING PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS AND THE ACADEMIC SECTORS OF SOCIETY; TO PRESENT ACTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATION BEFORE LEGISLATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND REGULATORY BODIES AND AGENCIES AND WHEN SO DEEMED NECESSARY, TO PURSUE REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES TO THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH LITIGATION AND OTHER LEGAL MEANS.
- Income
- $920,781
- Spending
- $555,541
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 815
- Highest pay
- $46,340, organizing director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 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 990 for the year ending August 31, 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 August 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 (2)
- $292,420 spent. RESEARCH: STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: PROTECTING OUR OCEANS AND FORESTS, REDUCING THE USE OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS AND KEEPING HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABLE.
- $125,322 spent. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, DISTRUBUTING EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE, CONDUCTING SURVEYS DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKLEY, DAVIS, IRVINE, RIVERSIDE, SAN DIEGO, SANTA BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, LOS ANGELES, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: PROTECTING OUR OCEANS AND FORESTS, REDUCING THE USE OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS AND KEEPING HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABLE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 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)(4) social welfare 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? 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending August 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 1973.
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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