DAYTON BEAR LAKE OUTING CLUB
EIN 31-6049788 · Education (B)
What they do
THE DAYTON BEAR LAKE OUTING CLUB is AN ORGANIZTION WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE is to PRESERVE LAKE SHORE WATER FRONTAGE FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD NOT BE CONDUSIVE to THE NATURAL NATURE of THE LAKESHORE AREA KEEPING THE NATURAL NATURE of THE SHORELINE of BEAR LAKE IN ITS CURRENT STATE and KEEPING DEVELOPERS FROM CHANGING THE SHORELINE THIS HAS BEEN THEIR MISSION SINCE THE INCEPTSION of THE DAYTON BEAR LAKE OUTING CLUB FROM THE BEGINNING of THE CLUB DONE THEIR BEST to ENSURE THAT THEIR MAIN MISSION is PRESERVATION THEY WISH to KEEP THEIR MISSION of LAKESHORE PRESERVATION GOING for FUTURE GENERATIONS and MEMBERS of THEIR ASSOCIATION and KEEPING FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS UNABLE to PROCEED WITH THEIR DEVOPMENTS and KEEPING THE SHORELINE IN ITS CURRENT NATURAL STATE IN KEEPING WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA and NORTHERN MICHIGANS BEAUTIFUL SCENERY and NATURALIST AREAS EFILING THIS RETURN is REQUIRED and OUR GOSYSTEMS is REQUIRING A LONGER EXPLANATION of THE PRIMARY PURPOSE of DAYTON BEAR LAKE OUTING
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (4)
JAMES HOLMENSECRETARY
RICK OHAREVICE PRESIDENT
ROSE ANN SWITTTREASURER
TIM BELLPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 502 WINDAMER CT, VALPARAISO, IN 46383-1429
- County
- Erie
- In care of
- % ROSE ANN SWIT
- Primary officer
- ROSE ANN SWITT, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- H AND R BLOCK
- NTEE classification
- Education (B)
- IRS tax category
- Education