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ORANGE COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION

EIN 80-0813815 IRVINE, CA

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Revenue 2024
$768,459
Expenses 2024
$360,233

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

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S12
Classification
1000
Street
13042 OLD MYFORD RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $768,459
    Expenses
    $360,233
    Contributions
    $101,016
    Grants paid
    $223,814
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $470,393
    Expenses
    $282,515
    Contributions
    $730
    Grants paid
    $166,680
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $204,429
    Expenses
    $359,081
    Contributions
    $325
    Grants paid
    $251,127

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $380,317
    Expenses
    $380,381
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,798,547
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $569,430
    Expenses
    $412,318
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,798,611
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $251,251
    Expenses
    $55,850
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,642,417
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $206,027
    Expenses
    $50,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,446,098
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $345,130
    Expenses
    $46,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,290,416
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $345,130
    Expenses
    $46,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,290,416
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $280,691
    Expenses
    $134,577
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,991,384
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $316,686
    Expenses
    $31,146
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,841,314
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,028,141
    Expenses
    $153,597
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,553,085
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,703,673
    Expenses
    $17,104
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,703,960

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • 2022 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.

  • 2024 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.

  • 2023 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.

  • 2023 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.

  • 2024 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.

  • 2022 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

    2024 CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT THE TREATMENT, CARE, HOUSING, AND FEEDING OF THE BIRDS IN THEIR CARE, AND REHABILITATE RAPTORS SO THEY CAN EMBARK ON THEIR JOURNEY BACK TO THE WILDLIFE.

  • COUNTY OF ORANGE OC PARKS

    $12,500

    2022 THE FUNDS SUPPORTED A NATURE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.