KeepYourGroup

Know which chapters the IRS lists under your group, and file Form 15644 on time.

For the treasurer, secretary or director of a federation, council or association that holds an IRS group exemption for its chapters. Every central organization with a group exemption (church centrals excepted) now files Form 15644 each year. We pull your chapter list from IRS files, flag the chapters in trouble, and draft the form for you to review and file.

Looking up your group is free. The full report is $149, once. A private service; not the IRS.

Not sure you have a group exemption? You may have one if your clubs don’t have their own IRS letters. Search your federation’s name to check.

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If your year ends Dec 31: this year’s window

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39 days left to file

Cleanup due for every group exemption letter that existed on Jan 20, 2026, whatever your year-end

90 days left

If you must remove chapters, add a first chapter, or keep one group letter and terminate the others (Rev. Proc. 2026-8 §12.02(2)), file that before this date, as an interim update if your annual window is later. See the cleanup checklist.

Other year-ends have other windows: find your group to see yours. Days counted from today in your time zone.

This season for a December 31 fiscal year-end. The window runs from 90 to 30 days before the year ends (Rev. Proc. 2026-8 §7.01). Other year-ends have other windows.

What the IRS changed this year

Rev. Proc. 2026-8, in effect since January 20, 2026, replaced the 1980 rules for group exemptions. Four changes matter most if you keep the books for a federation.

  • A filing every year

    Each central organization (church centrals excepted) now files Form 15644 every year, in a window from 90 to 30 days before its fiscal year ends. If nothing changed, you still file and say so.

  • The whole group exemption is at stake

    The IRS may end a group exemption when the filing is late or incomplete, or when more than half of its chapters have been automatically revoked for not filing their annual returns.

  • A cleanup due before Jan 22, 2027

    Every group exemption letter that existed on Jan 20, 2026 must complete its cleanup before Jan 22, 2027, whatever its year-end. If your window is later, the cleanup goes in as an interim update.

  • Supervision means more than a 990-N

    Each year you collect each chapter’s finances and activities and remind it how to stay exempt. A copy of its 990-N isn’t enough.

Sources: Rev. Proc. 2026-8 §§4.02, 7.01, 8.01 and 12.02; Form 15644 and its instructions (Rev. 10-2026). A plain-English summary, not legal advice. The Form 15644 guide covers the details, and the glossary explains the terms.

What the report does for you

$149, once, for your group number. You check it, complete the form and file it yourself.

  1. See your IRS roster

    Every chapter the IRS lists under your group number, in a spreadsheet. Compare it with your own list in minutes, right in your browser.

  2. Catch the problems

    Chapters already revoked (they must be reported on the form, and the IRS removes them from your group), and chapters one missed filing away from losing their exemption, while there’s still time to call them.

  3. Get the form drafted

    A draft Form 15644 worksheet prefilled from that data, with each answer marked for your review. You file it on IRS.gov.

Where each part comes from

What you getWhere it comes from
Your IRS chapter list, as a spreadsheetIRS EO BMF, posted Oct 13, 2026 (the IRS roster file)
Chapters automatically revoked since October 2024, with datesIRS revocation list, includes revocations posted through Oct 13, 2026, matched to your chapter list in the IRS EO BMF as archived Oct 1–3, 2024 (Internet Archive)
Chapters one missed filing from revocation, and chapters with no return on record to checkIRS 990-N file, updated Oct 19, 2026
Our estimate of the share of your chapters revoked, with the count it’s based onRev. Proc. 2026-8 §8.01(1)(g) sets the more-than-half rule but doesn’t say over what period or out of what count
A draft Form 15644 worksheet: the header items, Part I answers marked for review, the Part III counts and one entry per changed chapter, with copy buttonsForm 15644 (Rev. 10-2026) and the data above
A check of your own chapter list against the IRS list, by EIN or by name and cityRuns in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.
A one-page handover summary for the next treasurer, plus CSV downloads and a printable reportGenerated on your computer

Every number in the report shows its IRS source file and that file’s date. We email you a private link to your report.

See a sample report

The report for a fictional garden club federation. Open it to try every tab.

Sample State Garden Club Federation

Group exemption 9999, Sampleville, OR. A fictional group.

IRS EO BMF, posted Oct 13, 2026

Form 15644 window

Oct 2 – Dec 1, 2026

Chapters on file

40

Posted to the revocation list since Oct 1, 2024

4

Our estimate: 4 of 46 chapters listed since Oct 1, 2024 (40 on file now + 4 revoked + 2 that left for other reasons) · 8.7%

One missed filing from revocation

4

Plus 4 with no return on record, to check.

Draft worksheet, Section B: first 2 of 4 entriesA Removal takes only 3a and 3b; the full report adds copy buttons and the reference name and address.

Chapter (reference)3a. Entry3b. EINRevoked
Marigold Bend Garden ClubRemoval00-0020102May 15, 2025
Peony Flats Garden ClubRemoval00-0020101May 15, 2025
Open the sample reportNo sign-up. Try the tabs, the CSV downloads and the roster check.

Pricing

Posted prices, no sales call. In US dollars.

Report

$149 once, for one filing

  • See your IRS roster: every chapter listed under your group number
  • Catch the problems: revoked chapters to report, and chapters one missed filing from revocation
  • Get the form drafted: a Form 15644 worksheet to review and file
  • A handover summary, the roster check and every CSV download

Filing Form 15644 with the IRS is free, and you can do it yourself; our free guide shows how. You pay us only if you want your roster, the checks and a drafted form done for you.

Find your group to reserve

No payment now. We'll email you a payment link when checkout opens in early November. Uses public IRS data. Not affiliated with the IRS. You review and file.

Annual monitoring

The IRS warns the chapter, not you. We tell you when a chapter is about to lose its exemption.

  • Every month we check your chapters against the new IRS files.
  • When something changes (a chapter misses its yearly filing, is revoked, or its IRS record changes), you get an email naming the chapter and the next step.
  • Before your window opens each year: a fresh roster, an updated draft of Form 15644, and email reminders when your window opens, at its midpoint, and 5 days before it closes.
  • Officers change; monitoring keeps the history, so the next treasurer isn’t starting from zero.
Annual monitoring price by number of chapters
Up to 24 chapters$99 a year
25 to 499 chapters$199 a year
500 or more chapters$399 a year

Why it’s worth it: a chapter caught one filing early needs a reminder to file its e-Postcard. A chapter caught after revocation has to apply to the IRS for reinstatement and pay a fee. It also has to be reported on your form and leaves your group, and it counts toward the more-than-half rule that can end your group’s exemption.

Join the monitoring listNo payment now. We'll email you when monitoring opens.

Renews yearly until you cancel. We email a reminder 15–30 days before each renewal. Cancel any time from the link in any email. Not affiliated with the IRS.

Questions

How much does it cost?

The group lookup and the Form 15644 guide are free. The report (with a draft Form 15644 worksheet) is $149, one time, for one filing. Annual monitoring is $99 a year for groups with up to 24 chapters, $199 for 25–499 and $399 for 500 or more. It adds a monthly check against new IRS files, an email when a chapter’s status changes, window reminders, and a fresh report before each window. Monitoring renews yearly until you cancel. Prices are in US dollars, and sales tax may apply. No payment now: reserve a report by email, and we’ll send you a payment link when checkout opens in early November.

Where does the data come from, and how current is it?

All of it comes from public IRS bulk files: the Exempt Organizations Business Master File (the roster), the Form 990-N e-Postcard file and the automatic revocation list. An Internet Archive copy of the IRS roster file, captured Oct 1–3, 2024, lets us see which chapters left your group since then. Every number shows its source file and that file’s date. The IRS updates these files about monthly, and they can lag. In our analysis, revocations usually appear in the IRS file about three months after the revocation date. So check anything important about a single chapter, by EIN, in the IRS’s own Tax Exempt Organization Search. It draws on the same IRS data, so it can lag too.

Do you file Form 15644 for us?

No. We prepare a draft and the supporting lists. Your organization’s officer reviews and completes it, signs it and files it with the IRS, online or by fax. We never submit anything to the IRS on your behalf, and we don’t give tax or legal advice.

What happens to our own chapter list?

If you compare your own roster with the IRS roster, the comparison runs in your web browser and your file isn’t uploaded to us. For now we keep only the emails you send us, such as a reservation or a question. The site sets no cookies and runs no trackers. We don’t sell data. See the privacy policy.

What if the report is wrong or never arrives?

Within 14 days, we refund in full if your report never arrived, or if we processed the IRS data for your group wrongly. Gaps or errors in the IRS’s own files aren’t covered; every number shows its source and date so you can check. Write to support@keepyourgroup.com.

Annual monitoring renews yearly until you cancel. We email a reminder 15–30 days before each renewal, and you can cancel any time from the link in any email.

Are you part of the IRS?

No. KeepYourGroup is a private service operated by Studio Pyrizhky, in Washington State. We are not affiliated with the IRS or any government agency.

We’re a CPA firm. Can we use this for clients?

Yes. You can reserve reports for client groups, and our partner program offers free sample reports and a referral fee. Write to hello@keepyourgroup.com. The report gives you the IRS data organized for the form; the professional judgment stays with you.

We’re a church or religious group. Do we need to file?

A central organization that is itself a church, or a convention or association of churches, may file Form 15644 but isn’t required to (Rev. Proc. 2026-8 §7.05). Our free lookup currently lists the groups that IRS codes show as non-church groups. If your group is religious but the central isn’t a church, ask your adviser whether the exception applies.

Find your group’s window

3,081 non-church group exemptions in the IRS file (IRS EO BMF, posted Oct 13, 2026), searchable by number, EIN or name.