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REDWOOD CITY PARKS AND ARTS FOUNDATION

EIN 45-4990174 REDWOOD CITY, CA

Revenue 2024
$619,747
Expenses 2024
$622,218

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N11
Classification
1000
Street
855 JEFFERSON AVE

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO AID, ASSIST, PROMOTE, ADVOCATE AND DEVELOP SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC PARK FACILITIES, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING VISUAL PERFORMING AND PUBLIC ART AND CIVIC EVENTS IN THE REDWOOD CITY COMMUNITY. TO ADVOCATE, ADVANCE, AND DEVELOP SUPPORT FOR PARKS, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING, COMMUNITY SERVICES, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND THE ARTS IN REDWOOD CITY AND SURROUNDING UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

  • HOSTED VALENTINE'S MESSAGE FUNDRAISER - DONORS' VALENTINE MESSAGES WERE DISPLAYED ON LARGE LED SCREEN ON COURTHOUSE SQUARE WITH LARGE LIGHTED FLORAL HEART IN FRONT OF IT FOR PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES.PLANNED AND HOSTED CHALK FULL OF FUN IN DOWNTOWN REDWOOD CITY ON JULY 3 AND 4.HOSTED THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, PICNIC EN BLANC, TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A COMMUNITY NEED.HOSTED A PRE-SUMMER FUNDRAISER FOR MUSIC ON THE SQUARE.PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS (THE BUCKET BRIGADE) FOR MUSIC ON THE SQUARE FUNDRAISING AT THE 13 FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERTS HOSTED BY THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY.CO-HOSTED OKTOBERFEST (AN EVENT OVER 9 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) WITH THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY.CO-HOSTED 4 PUB IN THE PARK EVENTS IN LOCAL PARKS DURING THE SUMMER WITH THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY.MAINTAINED AND MANAGED VOLUNTEER KINDNESS AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO PROVIDE STAFFING AT THE MAGICAL BRIDGE PLAYGROUND, AND PLANNED AND HOSTED 10 EVENTS AT THE PLAYGROUND.PLANNED AND HOSTED MAGICAL MUSIC & MOTION, WHICH IS 11 LIVE PERFORMANCES AT MAGICAL BRIDGE PLAYGROUND. FACILITATED OTHER PROGRAMMING AT THE MAGICAL BRIDGE PLAYGROUND.SUPPORT CONCESSION SALES AT ZOPPE CIRCUS WHICH IS HOSTED BY THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY.SPONSORED AND SUPPORTED AN INCLUSION FESTIVAL IN RED MORTON PARK.FOUNDATION CONTINUED A NEWSLETTER AND SWITCHED TO CONSTANT CONTACT FOR DISTRIBUTION WHICH IS AVAILABLE THROUGH DONOR PERFECT SUBSCRIPTION.PROVIDED A GRANT TO THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY'S PARKS, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARCADE AND VIDEO GAMES TO CREATE A PUBLIC CENTER FOR VIDEO GAMING.MAINTAINED CHARLES SCHWAB ACCOUNTS FOR FOUNDATION FUNDS, PRCS GRANT FUNDS AND THE LIABILITY ACCOUNT. PARTNERED WITH EMMA TAYLOR OF PENINSULA PUZZLERS TO CO-HOST TWO JIGSAW PUZZLE TEAM COMPETITIONS.MAINTAINED A MEMBERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER SAN MATEO COUNTY.CONTINUED FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OF OYE LATINX CONFERENCE.SPONSORED THE BRAVEMAKER FILMFEST.SPONSORED DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IN NOVEMBER HOSTED BY CASA CIRCULO CULTURAL.BOARD MEMBERS CONTINUED A MONTHLY WORK GROUP MEETING, IN ADDITION TO REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS. RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE CHAN ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE TO CONTINUE THE ARTS PROGRAMMING PLAN FOR THE CZI COMMUNITY SPACE. IMPLEMENT THE CZI COMMUNITY SPACE ARTS PROGRAMMING PLAN BY CONVENING AN ART ADVISORY WORK GROUP AND ISSUING A CALL FOR ART.HOSTED ONE ART EXHIBITION OPENING AT THE CZI COMMUNITY SPACE.WE CONTINUED TO HAVE A PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FROM JAN. 2024 THROUGH SEPT. 2024 AT WHICH TIME SHE RESIGNED.

    Expenses $473,097 · Grants $350,554 · Revenue $57,328

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • PAMELA ESTES

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12.5

  • SHEILA CEPERO

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.2

  • LISA SCHOFIELD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.6

  • PAM BEARD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.7

  • LORI HART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.6

  • COURTNEY RAPPOPORT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • PAUL MARELICH APR-NOV

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
    $619,747
    Expenses
    $622,218
    Contributions
    $287,313
    Grants paid
    $350,554
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $654,557
    Expenses
    $389,572
    Contributions
    $309,943
    Grants paid
    $94,685
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $949,035
    Expenses
    $653,163
    Contributions
    $357,542
    Grants paid
    $108,576

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
    $684,995
    Expenses
    $526,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,109,974

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $748,444
    Expenses
    $295,137
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,360,930

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $438,900
    Expenses
    $323,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,531,167

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $507,743
    Expenses
    $342,554
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,091,658

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $537,810
    Expenses
    $204,824
    Assets (EOY)
    $743,072

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $389,689
    Expenses
    $265,267
    Assets (EOY)
    $252,752

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2012

Tax period
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
Principal officer
Shawn White
Mailing address
1400 Roosevelt AvenueRedwood City CA 94061
Website
www.rwcpaf.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.