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REDWOOD CITY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS GROUP

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $106K · expenses $72K · assets $30K

EIN
30-0067243
Address
PO BOX 1266, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94064-1266
NTEE code
S41
Subsection
501(c)(6)
Ruling year
2002
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Mission

The Redwood City Downtown Business Group DBG is a non-profit organization that lends support and guidance to an economically viable downtown business district. The DBG is a relevant member of the downtown community a sponsor and host to many of the citys diverse musical and cultural celebrations.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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
Regina Van Brunt EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2014-2024 $47,100$159,400 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

24 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
Kevin Caffrey PRESIDENT2023-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Keith Kadera BOARD MEMBER2023-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Greg Garcia BOARD MEMBER2021-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Gita Raza BOARD MEMBER2021-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Ralph Garcia BOARD MEMBER2016-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Ron Jones (former) PRESIDENT2021-2023 5 $0 reported 1
David Shearin (former) President2019-2022 5 $0 reported 1
Sue Mitchell (former) Vice President2021-2022 5 $0 reported 1
Gregg Garcia (former) VICE PRESIDENT2018-2019 0 $0 reported 1
Regina Van Brunt Van Brunt (former) SECRETARYTRE2019 0 $0 reported 1
Gary Johnson (former) PRESIDENT2016-2018 0 $0 reported 1
James Hadley (former) BOARD MEMBER2017-2018 0 $0 reported 1
Frank Bartaldo (former) BOARD MEMBER2014-2017 0 $0 reported 1
Vikkielea Choroski (former) BOARD MEMBER2017 0 $0 reported 1
Vikkie Leahy (former) Board Member2016 0 $0 reported 1
James Handley (former) Board Member2016 0 $0 reported 1
Alpio Barbara (former) President2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
D Michael Kastrop (former) Board member2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Nina Kadera (former) Vice President2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Mary Albitz (former) Board Member2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Meredith Hagerdorn (former) Board Member2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Jason Sutherland (former) Board member2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Estelle Weyl (former) Board member2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Stephen Tabler (former) Board Member2014 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $47K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
REGINA VAN BRUNT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR5 $47,100-$0 $47,1001
KEVIN CAFFREY PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $01
KEITH KADERA BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
GREG GARCIA BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
GITA RAZA BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
RALPH GARCIA BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $46K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
REGINA VAN BRUNT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR5 $45,800-$0 $45,8001
RON JONES PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $01
KEITH KADERA BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
GREG GARCIA BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
RALPH GARCIA BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
GITA RAZA BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
KEVIN CAFFREY BOARD MEMBER5 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $40K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Regina Van Brunt Executive Director5 $40,000-$0 $40,0001
David Shearin President5 $0-$0 $01
Sue Mitchell Vice President5 $0-$0 $01
Greg Garcia Board Member5 $0-$0 $01
Ron Jones Board Member5 $0-$0 $01
Ralph Garcia Board Member5 $0-$0 $01
Gita Raza Board Member5 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
David Shearin President5 $0-$0 $01
Sue Mitchell Vice President5 $0-$0 $01
Greg Garcia Vice President5 $0-$0 $01
Ron Jones Executive Director5 $0-$0 $01
Ralph Garcia Executive Director5 $0-$0 $01
Gita Raza Executive Director5 $0-$0 $01
Regina Van Brunt Executive Director5 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RALPH GARCIA BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID SHEARIN PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
GREGG GARCIA VICE PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
REGINA VAN BRUNT VAN BRUNT SECRETARYTRE0 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RALPH GARCIA BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
GARY JOHNSON PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
GREGG GARCIA BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JAMES HADLEY BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RALPH GARCIA PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
GARY JOHNSON VICE PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
FRANK BARTALDO BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
VIKKIELEA CHOROSKI BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JAMES HADLEY BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2016 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $14K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
REGINA VAN BRUNT Secretary/Treas0 $14,400-- $14,4001
RALPH GARCIA President0 $0-- $01
GARY JOHNSON Vice President0 $0-- $01
VIKKIE LEAHY Board Member0 $0-- $01
FRANK BARTALDO Board Member0 $0-- $01
JAMES HANDLEY Board Member0 $0-- $01
2015 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ALPIO BARBARA President0 $0-- $01
D MICHAEL KASTROP Board member0 $0-- $01
NINA KADERA Vice President0 $0-- $01
MARY ALBITZ Board Member0 $0-- $01
FRANK BARTALDO Board Member0 $0-- $01
MEREDITH HAGERDORN Board Member0 $0-- $01
JASON SUTHERLAND Board member0 $0-- $01
REGINA VAN BRUNT Secretary/Treas0 $0-- $01
ESTELLE WEYL Board member0 $0-- $01
2014 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $12K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
REGINA VAN BRUNT Secretary/Treas0 $12,100-- $12,1001
ALPIO BARBARA President0 $0-- $01
D MICHAEL KASTROP Board member0 $0-- $01
NINA KADERA Vice President0 $0-- $01
MARY ALBITZ Board Member0 $0-- $01
FRANK BARTALDO Board Member0 $0-- $01
MEREDITH HAGERDORN Board Member0 $0-- $01
JASON SUTHERLAND Board member0 $0-- $01
STEPHEN TABLER Board Member0 $0-- $01
ESTELLE WEYL Board member0 $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 ↗
$106,489$71,927 $29,831$18,690 -- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$123,308$74,156 $37,558$34,654 -$15,000 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$149,157$133,578 $37,527$37,527 -- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$53,112$40,287 $28,053$25,016 $83,901- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$39,269$43,529 $20,778$20,778 $19,450$89,086 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$39,014$41,014 $29,402$29,402 $21,850- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$34,795$30,087 $31,402$31,402 $9,548- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$16,869$32,523 $26,694$26,694 $8,620- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$36,592$37,031 $34,289$34,289 $1,000- ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$11,591$36,732 $36,874$36,874 -- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $7,000 in all, tax years 2018 to 2018. 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
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2018 1$7,000 2018$7,000
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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.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $71,927 spent · pay $47,100 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $47,100 65.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,600 25.9%
Fees to independent contractors $3,500 4.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,520 3.5%
Printing, publications, postage $207 0.3%
Total$71,927100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $74,156 spent · pay $45,800 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $45,800 61.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $22,188 29.9%
Fees to independent contractors $3,500 4.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,394 3.2%
Printing, publications, postage $274 0.4%
Total$74,156100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $133,578 spent · pay $40,000 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $59,263 44.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $40,000 29.9%
Fees to independent contractors $31,498 23.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,353 1.8%
Printing, publications, postage $464 0.3%
Total$133,578100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $40,287 spent · pay $24,600 · grants $0 · events $35,789
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $24,600 61.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,613 21.4%
Fees to independent contractors $4,426 11.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,236 5.6%
Printing, publications, postage $412 1.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$35,789reported apart
Total$40,287100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $43,529 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,596 · events $54,093
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $29,115 66.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,557 22.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $3,596 8.3%
Benefits paid to members $1,200 2.8%
Printing, publications, postage $61 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$54,093reported apart
Total$43,529100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $41,014 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,900 · events $73,540
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $29,786 72.6%
Fees to independent contractors $4,482 10.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,644 8.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,900 7.1%
Printing, publications, postage $202 0.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$73,540reported apart
Total$41,014100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $30,087 spent · pay $0 · grants $500 · events $88,362
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $27,270 90.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,199 7.3%
Grants and similar amounts paid $500 1.7%
Printing, publications, postage $118 0.4%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$88,362reported apart
Total$30,087100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $32,523 spent · pay $14,400 · grants $0 · events $96,770
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,012 55.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $14,400 44.3%
Printing, publications, postage $111 0.3%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$96,770reported apart
Total$32,523100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $37,031 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $74,536
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $36,292 98.0%
Fees to independent contractors $405 1.1%
Printing, publications, postage $334 0.9%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$74,536reported apart
Total$37,031100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $36,732 spent · pay $12,100 · grants $0 · events $94,893
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $24,035 65.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $12,100 32.9%
Fees to independent contractors $395 1.1%
Printing, publications, postage $202 0.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$94,893reported apart
Total$36,732100%

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