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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ORANGE COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$768,459
Total expenses
$360,233
Contributions and grants received
$101,016
Grants paid
$223,814
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$667,443
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,078,035
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,078,035
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$231,243
Management and general expenses
$128,990
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$231,243

Program services were 64.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $101,016

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $233,947 · excluded $233,947

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,786,027

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,352,531

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $433,496

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $433,496 · excluded $433,496

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $221,104 · program services $221,104

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,710 · program services $2,710

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $55,000 · program services $5,500 · management and general $49,500

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,537 · program services $454 · management and general $4,083

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $14,757 · program services $1,475 · management and general $13,282

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,293 · management and general $15,293

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $40,030 · management and general $40,030

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,531 · management and general $1,531

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $649 · management and general $649

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $771 · management and general $771

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,676 · management and general $3,676

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSE FEES

    total $175 · management and general $175

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,686 · end of year $100,820

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $93,847 · end of year $93,856

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,592,520 · end of year $6,883,359

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $6,693,053 · end of year $7,078,035

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO RAISE MONEY TO PRESERVE, ENHANCE, AND PROMOTE THE USE AND APPRECIATION OF PARKS AND BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR ORANGE COUNTY PARKS AND BEACHES.

  • THE FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH ITS DONOR BASE, INCLUDING THE IRVINE COMPANY AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY TO SOLICIT POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR PROJECTS WITHIN ITS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OR ACCEPT TITLE TO ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO COLLABORATING WITH OC PARKS TO RAISE FUNDS AT SPECIAL EVENTS AND CONCERTS IN THE PARK.

    Expenses $231,243 · Grants $223,814

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pam Passow

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Denny

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Campbell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Chaffee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Shawver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • IRVINE RANCH CONSERVANCY

    $128,000

    TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY IRVINE RANCH CONSERVANCY, HELP IMPROVE PARKING LOT, RESTROOM, TRAILHEAD ACCESS, SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING FOR WATERWORKS TRAIL, AND NATIVE SEED FARM DEMONSTRATION GARDEN.

  • CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY

    $60,000

    TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO CONNECT CLASSROOM LEARNING TO REAL-WORLD INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVATORY, HELP STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS WORK ALONGSIDE STATE PARK MANAGERS AND UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS TO ANALYZE AND SOLVE REAL-WORLD CONSERVATION PROBLEMS.

  • ORANGE COUNTY PARKS

    $30,000

    CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610969349300936

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