Nonprofit · EIN 77-0523678
CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
Tax-exempt · OXNARD, CA 93036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $947,181 | $1,065,790 | -$118,609 | $295,915 | $0 | $295,915 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,091,754 | $1,127,535 | -$35,781 | $418,130 | $3,606 | $414,524 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,177,955 | $858,989 | $318,966 | $450,811 | $506 | $450,305 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $947,181
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $7,521
- Program services (functional)
- $852,634
- Management and general (functional)
- $213,156
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $418,130
- Total assets, end of year
- $295,915
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $295,915
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $295,915
- Gross receipts
- $947,181
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 300
- Year formed
- 1996
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTH GUILLEN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GREG BERINI | FESTIVAL CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| VALERIE SAMANIEGO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SANDY MONTES-CERNA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY MCADEN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LULY LOPEZ | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIMBERLY GIBAS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TANI CARLTON | EXECUTIVE BOARD Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BUD HARLEY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW SALINAS | Vice CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DEAN KATO | PAST Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DEAN MAULHARDT | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DENISE KATO | SOUVENIRS CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TAYLOR PENNY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAISY TATUM | VOLUNTEER CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARK SPELLMAN | SPONS. CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARSHA CORDES | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM BELCHER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GREG BERINI | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SUE ODGERS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SANDY MONTES-CERNA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY MCADEN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LULY LOPEZ | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIMBERLY GIBAS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TANI CARLTON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BUD HARLEY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUMIKO GRANT KATO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW SALINAS | Vice CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DEAN KATO | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| VALERIE CSOTAI | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEAN MAULHARDT | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DENISE KATO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TAYLOR PENNY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAISY TATUM | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE THOMPSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK SPELLMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARSHA CORDES | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 25 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM BELCHER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CONRAD RAUL ALVAREZ SR | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GREG BERINI | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUE ODGERS | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SANDY MONTERS-CERNA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES DONELSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROSIE GARCIA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIMBERLY GIBAS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TANI BALDONALDO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHARON GILES | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BUD HARLEY | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUMIKO GRANT KATO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WENDY HOLDER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEAN KATO | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LULY LOPEZ | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEAN MAULHARDT | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY MCADEN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LINNEA HOWE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TONY MURGUIA | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW SALINAS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RANDOLPH J ORTIZ | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAISY TATUM | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE THOMPSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK SPELLMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HEATHER WILLIAMS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1650 E GONZALES RD 306, OXNARD, CA 93036-3700
- Signed the 990
- DEAN MAULHARDT, CFO
- Phone
- (805) 385-4739
- Website
- WWW.STRAWBERRY-FEST.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SOARES SANDALL BERNACCHI PETROVICH
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 77-0523678 or by the name CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
TO EDUCATE BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUSINESS TO THE RICH HERITAGE AND HOSPITALITY OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY.
Program accomplishments
- ORGANIZE AND OPERATE THE ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL TO EDUCATE AND INTRODUCE THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO THE RICH HERITAGE AND HOSPITALITY OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY.Expenses $852,634
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 77-0523678
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2002
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $295,915
- Income (IRS master file)
- $947,181
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $947,181 | $1,065,790 | $295,915 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,091,754 | $1,127,535 | $418,130 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,177,955 | $858,989 | $450,811 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $212,634 | $42,663 | $215,192 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 77-0523678).
Questions about CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
- What is the EIN of CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL is 77-0523678.
- Is CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2002.
- Are donations to CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $947,181, expenses of $1,065,790 and total assets of $295,915 at year end.
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