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THE FREEDOM COMMITTEE OF ORANGE COUNTY

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $69K · expenses $54K · assets $127K

EIN
90-0736962
Address
2973 HARBOR BLVD PMB 644, COSTA MESA, CA 92626-3912
Website
WWW.FC-OC.ORG
NTEE code
A80
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2011
Cross-check
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Mission

TO ENHANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING VETERAN MILITARY SPEAKERS WHO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL MILITARY EXPERIENCES WITH THE STUDENTS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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 12 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

12 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
Timothy Richards SECRETARY2013-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Ray Walls VICE PRESIDE2024-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Janet Krochman TREASURER2024-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Wayne Scott PRESIDENT2023-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Scott Williams (former) PRESIDENT2020-2023 0 $0 reported 1
James Grimm (former) VICE PRESIDE2018-2023 0 $0 reported 1
Kirk Hayward (former) TREASURER2018-2023 0 $0 reported 1
J Scott Williams (former) PRESIDENT2013-2019 0 $0 reported 1
Frank L Pangborn (former) VICE PRESIDE2013-2017 0 $0 reported 1
Bette Bell (former) TREASURER2013-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Jack R Hammett (former) CHAIRMAN2013-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Fred Whitaker (former) CHIEF FINANC2013-2015 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
RAY WALLS VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
JANET KROCHMAN TREASURER0 $0-- $01
WAYNE SCOTT PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
RAY WALLS VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
JANET KROCHMAN TREASURER0 $0-- $01
WAYNE SCOTT PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
2023 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
JAMES GRIMM VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
KIRK HAYWARD TREASURER0 $0-- $01
WAYNE SCOTT PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
JAMES GRIMM VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
KIRK HAYWARD TREASURER0 $0-- $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $01
JAMES GRIMM VICE PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
KIRK HAYWARD TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
J SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
JAMES GRIMM VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
KIRK HAYWARD TREASURER0 $0-- $01
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
J SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
JAMES GRIMM VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
KIRK HAYWARD TREASURER0 $0-- $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
J SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
FRANK L PANGBORN VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
2016 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
J SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
FRANK L PANGBORN VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
2015 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
J SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
BETTE BELL TREASURER0 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
JACK R HAMMETT CHAIRMAN0 $0-- $01
FRED WHITAKER CHIEF FINANC0 $0-- $01
FRANK L PANGBORN VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
2014 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
J SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
BETTE BELL TREASURER0 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
JACK R HAMMETT CHAIRMAN0 $0-- $01
FRED WHITAKER CHIEF FINANC0 $0-- $01
FRANK L PANGBORN VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
2013 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
J SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT30 $0-- $01
BETTE BELL TREASURER20 $0-- $01
TIMOTHY RICHARDS SECRETARY15 $0-- $01
JACK R HAMMETT CHAIRMAN30 $0-- $01
FRED WHITAKER CHIEF FINANC10 $0-- $01
FRANK L PANGBORN VICE PRESIDE10 $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
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$69,058$54,460 $126,707$126,697 $58,995$10,000 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$49,637$54,903 $112,099$112,099 $49,556- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$29,926$63,283 $117,365$117,365 $30,544- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$99,378$51,211 $150,719$150,719 $99,343- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$75,557$17,297 $106,235$106,235 $75,110- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$146,485$123,931 $47,976$47,976 $146,214- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$136,165$126,301 $25,419$25,419 $136,816- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$88,446$84,812 $15,556$15,556 $87,973- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$83,605$83,397 $11,920$11,920 $83,873- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$87,182$85,765 $11,710$11,710 $86,513- ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$91,982$86,486 $10,291$10,291 $91,911- ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,954$41,316 $53,153$53,153 $91,093- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $250 in all, tax years 2016 to 2016. 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
BEIGHTLER SQUIRES CHARITABLE TR Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “THE FREEDOM COMMITTEE OF ORANGE COUNTY” 2016 1$250 2016$250
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Who funds organizations like this

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FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS DAF sponsor$603,9408 12015–2024 LEGION SIX HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$428,75021 102016–2024 OAKLAND HERITAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC; HISTORICAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE NATIVE SONS OF GOLDEN WEST; SARATOGA FOOTHILL CLUB HISTORICAL LANDMARK FOUNDATION; FRIENDS OF NO 9 INC and 6 more
MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$387,2155 12013–2023 SAUSALITO WOMANS CLUB PRESERVATION SOCIETY
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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.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $54,460 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $48,090 88.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,320 7.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,000 3.7%
Fees to independent contractors $50 0.1%
Total$54,460100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $54,903 spent · pay $0 · grants $7,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $43,583 79.4%
Grants and similar amounts paid $7,000 12.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,320 7.9%
Total$54,903100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $63,283 spent · pay $0 · grants $17,006 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $44,273 70.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $17,006 26.9%
Printing, publications, postage $1,929 3.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $75 0.1%
Total$63,283100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $51,211 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $41,015 80.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,140 10.0%
Printing, publications, postage $2,556 5.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,500 4.9%
Total$51,211100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $17,297 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,678 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,633 55.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,986 28.8%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,678 15.5%
Total$17,297100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $123,931 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $121,466 98.0%
Printing, publications, postage $1,715 1.4%
Fees to independent contractors $750 0.6%
Total$123,931100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $126,301 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $120,388 95.3%
Printing, publications, postage $4,353 3.4%
Fees to independent contractors $1,560 1.2%
Total$126,301100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $84,812 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $81,732 96.4%
Printing, publications, postage $2,289 2.7%
Fees to independent contractors $791 0.9%
Total$84,812100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $83,397 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $80,122 96.1%
Printing, publications, postage $2,235 2.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,040 1.2%
Total$83,397100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $85,765 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $82,866 96.6%
Printing, publications, postage $2,319 2.7%
Fees to independent contractors $580 0.7%
Total$85,765100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $86,486 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $83,301 96.3%
Printing, publications, postage $2,785 3.2%
Fees to independent contractors $400 0.5%
Total$86,486100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $41,316 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $39,107 94.7%
Printing, publications, postage $2,209 5.3%
Total$41,316100%

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