Soroptimist International of the Americas Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Improving the lives of women and girls through education.
- Income
- $162,599
- Spending
- $139,751
- Reserves
- 14 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 75%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (6)
- Lois Neece Awards are given to high school girls who have overcome extreme obstacles in their young lives, our Mentoring and Scholarship Awards are paid to female college students based on financial needs.
- Soroptimist Live Your Dream Awards are scholarships given to women based on financial needs to continue their education in order to improve their employment opportunities, Soroptimist Dream It Be It program for high school girls and Soroptimist International Projects.
- Sponsored the Whittier Women and Children's Crisis Shelter and the Whittier Boys and Girls Club Smart Girls Program for Jr. High School girls, Bridge of Faith for former foster women, CAPC education program, Rio Hondo CARE for single mothers, Welcome Home for previously homeless women and their families. Interfaith Food Center feeding homeless. All programs serve women to help them improve their lives.
- Soroptimist Int'l of Whittier in partnership with five other Soroptimist Clubs support a low-income housing facility for seniors called Soroptimist Village where there are 47 units available for seniors. Costs are to support events for residents.
- S-Club is a high school girls club we sponsor at California High School in Whittier
- SART Center-Sexual Assault Recovery Team facility at PIH Health where we provide kits for survivors of sexual assault.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 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? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as 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 October 2002.
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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