OPTIMIST CLUB OF CARLSBAD FOUNDATION

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2014 · Form 990EZ · revenue $7K · expenses $16K · assets $5K

EIN
68-0414602
Address
6478 TERRAZA PORTICO, CARLSBAD, CA 92009-3047
NTEE code
T30
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
February 1999 (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 supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
David Daftary (its 2025 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

WE PROMOTE POSITIVE THINKING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF CHILDREN.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 11 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

11 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
David Daftary DIRECTOR2014 1 $0 reported 2
Carl Tillinghast DIRECTOR2014 1 $0 reported 2
Nicole Pappas DIRECTOR2014 1 $0 reported 2
Julie Tillinghast DIRECTOR2014 1 $0 reported 2
Donald Elling DIRECTOR2014 1 $0 reported 2
Valdemar Amaya DIRECTOR2014 1 $0 reported 1
Joe Ayers DIRECTOR2014 1 $0 reported 1
Irene Chow-Pong PRESIDENT2014 5 $0 reported 2
Joe Tosto Jr VICE PRESIDENT2014 5 $0 reported 1
E Richard Busby SECRETARY2014 5 $0 reported 2
Kevin Radcliffe TREASURER2014 5 $0 reported 2

People by year

2014 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DAVID DAFTARY DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
CARL TILLINGHAST DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
NICOLE PAPPAS DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JULIE TILLINGHAST DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
DONALD ELLING DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
VALDEMAR AMAYA DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOE AYERS DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
IRENE CHOW-PONG PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $02
JOE TOSTO JR VICE PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $01
E RICHARD BUSBY SECRETARY5 $0-$0 $02
KEVIN RADCLIFFE TREASURER5 $0-$0 $02

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
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$6,727$15,622 $4,761$4,761 $6,727- ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,255 in all, tax years 2016 to 2023. 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

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
SHELL USA COMPANY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Optimist Club of Carlsbad Foundation”, “OPTIMIST CLUB OF CARLSBAD FOUNDATION” 2016-2018, 2022 4$1,200 2022$300
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “OPTIMIST CLUB OF CARLSBAD FOUNDATION” 2020-2023 4$55 2023$16
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Where the money went

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.

2014 · Form 990EZ · $15,622 spent · pay $0 · grants $15,548 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $15,548 99.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $74 0.5%
Total$15,622100%

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