LITTLE FISH COMIC BOOK STUDIO INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $184K · expenses $196K · assets $46K

EIN
45-4625378
Address
6822B EL CAJON BLVD, SAN DIEGO, CA 92115-1724
NTEE code
O50 Youth Development Programs (Youth Development) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
May 2017 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
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Mission

Little Fish Comic Book Studio prepares the next generation of comic creators through academic and artistic instruction and mentor-ship and we use the comic art medium to improve and empower communities.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Alonso Nunez CEO2016-2024 $53,300$329,608 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

15 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Matthew Dunford Director2016-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Charlene Hovey Director2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Jocelyn Bojanowski Director2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Klaus Janson Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Aubree Corliss Miller Secretary2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Mark Habegger President2018-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Philip Haxo Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Sarah Thaller Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Aaron Trites Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Karen Coutts (former) Treasurer2016-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Alison Flynn (former) President2018-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Charlene Clingman (former) Secretary2016-2019 1 $0 reported 1
Igor Goldkind (former) Director2016-2019 1 $0 reported 1
Neil Kendricks (former) Treasurer2018-2019 1 $0 reported 1
Ben Glibert (former) Director2016-2017 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $53K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $53,300-- $53,3001
Matthew Dunford Director1 $0-- $01
Charlene Hovey Director1 $0-- $01
Jocelyn Bojanowski Director1 $0-- $01
Klaus Janson Director1 $0-- $01
Aubree Corliss Miller Secretary1 $0-- $01
Mark Habegger President3 $0-- $01
Philip Haxo Director1 $0-- $01
Sarah Thaller Director1 $0-- $01
Aaron Trites Director1 $0-- $01
2023 · 12 people listed · 1 paid, $45K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $45,125-- $45,1251
Matthew Dunford Director1 $0-- $01
Karen Coutts Treasurer2 $0-- $01
Charlene Hovey Director1 $0-- $01
Jocelyn Bojanowski Director1 $0-- $01
Klaus Janson Director1 $0-- $01
Alison Flynn President2 $0-- $01
Aubree Corliss Miller Secretary1 $0-- $01
Mark Habegger Vice President3 $0-- $01
Philip Haxo Director1 $0-- $01
Sarah Thaller Director1 $0-- $01
Aaron Trites Director1 $0-- $01
2022 · 12 people listed · 1 paid, $48K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $48,500-- $48,5001
Matthew Dunford Director1 $0-- $01
Karen Coutts Treasurer2 $0-- $01
Charlene Hovey Director1 $0-- $01
Jocelyn Bojanowski Director1 $0-- $01
Klaus Janson Director1 $0-- $01
Alison Flynn President2 $0-- $01
Aubree Corliss Miller Secretary1 $0-- $01
Mark Habegger Vice President3 $0-- $01
Philip Haxo Director1 $0-- $01
Sarah Thaller Director1 $0-- $01
Aaron Trites Director1 $0-- $01
2021 · 12 people listed · 1 paid, $51K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $50,820-- $50,8201
Matthew Dunford Director1 $0-- $01
Karen Coutts Treasurer2 $0-- $01
Charlene Hovey Director1 $0-- $01
Jocelyn Bojanowski Director1 $0-- $01
Klaus Janson Director1 $0-- $01
Alison Flynn President2 $0-- $01
Aubree Corliss Miller Secretary1 $0-- $01
Mark Habegger Vice President3 $0-- $01
Philip Haxo Director1 $0-- $01
Sarah Thaller Director1 $0-- $01
Aaron Trites Director1 $0-- $01
2020 · 8 people listed · 1 paid, $32K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $32,195-- $32,1951
Matthew Dunford Director1 $0-- $01
Karen Coutts Treasurer2 $0-- $01
Charlene Hovey Director1 $0-- $01
Jocelyn Bojanowski Director1 $0-- $01
Alison Flynn President2 $0-- $01
Aubree Corliss Miller Secretary1 $0-- $01
Mark Habegger Vice President3 $0-- $01
2019 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $49K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $48,915-- $48,9151
Matthew Dunford President2 $0-- $01
Karen Coutts Vice President3 $0-- $01
Charlene Clingman Secretary1 $0-- $01
Jocelyn Bojanowski Director1 $0-- $01
Igor Goldkind Director1 $0-- $01
Alison Flynn Director1 $0-- $01
Aubree Corliss Miller Director1 $0-- $01
Mark Habegger Director2 $0-- $01
Neil Kendricks Treasurer1 $0-- $01
2018 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $27K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $27,135-- $27,1351
Matthew Dunford President3 $0-- $01
Karen Coutts Vice President3 $0-- $01
Charlene Clingman Secretary1 $0-- $01
Jocelyn Bojanowski Director1 $0-- $01
Igor Goldkind Director1 $0-- $01
Alison Flynn Director1 $0-- $01
Aubree Corliss Miller Director1 $0-- $01
Mark Habegger Director1 $0-- $01
Neil Kendricks Treasurer1 $0-- $01
2017 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $0-- $01
Matthew Dunford President20 $0-- $01
Karen Coutts Vice President20 $0-- $01
Charlene Clingman Secretary30 $0-- $01
Igor Goldkind Director20 $0-- $01
Ben Glibert Director5 $0-- $01
2016 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $24K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Alonso Nunez CEO40 $23,618-- $23,6181
Matthew Dunford President20 $0-- $01
Karen Coutts Vice President20 $0-- $01
Charlene Clingman Secretary30 $0-- $01
Igor Goldkind Director20 $0-- $01
Ben Glibert Director5 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$184,291$195,709 $46,109$28,988 -$184,291 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$196,577$203,669 $44,901$40,406 -$196,576 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$177,450$166,029 $47,498$47,498 -$177,449 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$153,417$151,030 $36,077$36,077 -$153,417 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$96,101$98,632 $35,417$33,690 -$96,101 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$125,616$124,144 $36,221$36,221 -$125,616 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$103,947$106,271 $35,417$34,749 -$103,947 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0- $0$33,523 -- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$70,744$63,342 $34,099$33,523 -$70,744 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $17,500 in all, tax years 2021 to 2022. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION $17,5002 $10,0002022 2021-2022 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LITTLE FISH COMIC BOOK STUDIO INC”
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Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $195,709 spent · pay $120,658 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $120,658 61.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $43,019 22.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $27,780 14.2%
Fees to independent contractors $4,200 2.1%
Printing, publications, postage $52 0.0%
Total$195,709100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $203,669 spent · pay $116,685 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $116,685 57.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $42,133 20.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $41,745 20.5%
Fees to independent contractors $3,060 1.5%
Printing, publications, postage $46 0.0%
Total$203,669100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $166,029 spent · pay $101,527 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $101,527 61.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $36,058 21.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $25,271 15.2%
Fees to independent contractors $3,045 1.8%
Printing, publications, postage $128 0.1%
Total$166,029100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $151,030 spent · pay $94,041 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $94,041 62.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $28,833 19.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $20,446 13.5%
Fees to independent contractors $7,478 5.0%
Printing, publications, postage $232 0.2%
Total$151,030100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $98,632 spent · pay $57,714 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $57,714 58.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,579 17.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,037 16.3%
Fees to independent contractors $7,302 7.4%
Total$98,632100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $124,144 spent · pay $76,369 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $76,369 61.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $21,746 17.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,539 13.3%
Fees to independent contractors $9,335 7.5%
Printing, publications, postage $155 0.1%
Total$124,144100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $106,271 spent · pay $50,044 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $50,044 47.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $31,020 29.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,759 16.7%
Fees to independent contractors $7,300 6.9%
Printing, publications, postage $148 0.1%
Total$106,271100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $63,342 spent · pay $28,943 · grants $250 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $28,943 45.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $19,491 30.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $11,396 18.0%
Fees to independent contractors $3,138 5.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $250 0.4%
Printing, publications, postage $124 0.2%
Total$63,342100%

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