IRS revokes tax-exempt status of hundreds of thousands of non-profits

The IRS has started publishing a list of organizations that have had their federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked for failing to file an annual information return or notice with the IRS for three consecutive years.

Here's a link to the IRS list for California: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/ca.pdf. If you regularly give money to a charitable organization, be sure and verify they aren't on this list. If their tax exempt status has been revoked, your donation will not be tax deductible.